ANSWER:

You cannot touch it without a barrier like gloves or handkerchief, if you have to move it from one place to another.

In state of major or minor impurity, what exactly is meant by “Shouldn’t touch the Quran”? Does it mean the pages that contain the sacred text or it includes even the outer hardcover of the Quran which doesn’t contain any sacred text. Is touching the outer cover of the Quran not allowed, to shift it from one place, in state of Junub?