New Quran Translation into Urdu Completed

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Arabic scholar and researcher Muhammad Kazim has completed his long awaited translation of the Holy Quran into Urdu and sent it for publishing.  The one-volume translation will be published by Sang-i-Meel Publications in two to three months, Kazim told The Express Tribune.  Kazim said that his aim was to produce an authentic translation that was also contemporary and readable.  “There is only one translation in Urdu that is close to the original text and that is the translation by Deputy Nazir Ahmad,” he said. “But the problem is that he uses Delhi idioms and too many brackets.  That makes it hard to read. My translation aims to be simpler and more fluent.”/129