Researchers from the University of Birmingham say the fragments are at least 1,370 years old.
Written on sheep or goat skin, the pages back to between AD 568 and 645 with 95.4 per cent accuracy, radiocarbon dating tests have indicated.
Muhammad Afzal, chairman of Birmingham Central Mosque, said there were “tears of joy and emotion” in his eyes when he saw the pieces
Radiocarbon dating was used to establish the age of the manuscript, according to the University of Birmingham website.
I would have shed tears too if I saw the manuscript.
It is a shame that Mohammed was not drowned at birth.