23 August 2010 - 19:30

The Ansarian Publications in Tehran plans to publish the translation of the holy Quran in Chinese and Japanese.

Ahlul Bayt News Agency, Mehrdad Golshan director of the publications’ pavilion at the International Quran exhibition in Tehran said tht a number of translators have been selected for the project and the translations are expected to be presented at the Tehran International Book Fair next year.

He said the publications has put a number of its published works on display at the Quran exhibitor. They include translation of the Holy Quran in Spanish by Raul Gonzales Benes, two English translations of the Holy Book one by Muohammad Saeed and Muhammad Hamid Shakir and the other by A.J. Arberry.

Visitors to the pavilion can also see Quran translations in German, French, and Turkish as well as translation of Nahj-ol-Balaqa, Mafatih-ul-Jinan and other religious books in different languages.

The 18th International Quran Exhibition is being held at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Mosalla (prayer hall).

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