AhlulBayt News Agency: The translations of the Holy Quran into Persian served the language, contributing to its development and growth, a member of Iran’s Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution said.
Gholam Ali Haddad Adel made the remark in a ceremony held in Tehran on Tuesday to unveil a Quran manuscript known as Mushaf Sharif, which dates back to the Seljuk era (1040-1157).
He said the first translation of the entire Quran in Persian was the Tashih of Tabari in the year 350 Hijri (961), adding that it could have been done earlier if there had not been concerns among some Faqihs (Islamic jurisprudents) that translating the Holy Book may lead to the distortion of its content.
Noting that Iranians and Persian speakers have a 1,100-year experience in Quran translation, he said one who wants to do a rendering of the Quran should benefit from this experience and refer to all the previous translations, which would certainly be helpful.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Haddad Adel referred to the Mushaf Sharif and said discovery of such a manuscript dating back to nine centuries ago signifies the cultural and civilizational advances that Iranians had made at the time.
Every manuscript copy that is found is proof of a nation’s genuine identity and should, therefore, be preserved and referred to as a document, he stated.
The head of Iran’s Academy of Persian Language also said that the large number of Quran manuscripts that have remained in Iran from centuries ago shows the fact that Iranians have been used to reading the Holy Book.
They had Quran copies at homes in every part of the land, even in remote villages, and the Quran copies were not produced only to be put in libraries, he went on to say.
Also speaking at the ceremony was Quran researcher Ali Ravaqi, who said the Mushaf Sharif is a valuable manuscript that has 580 pages and is believed to have been written in around the sixth Hijri century.
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Gholam Ali Haddad Adel made the remark in a ceremony held in Tehran on Tuesday to unveil a Quran manuscript known as Mushaf Sharif, which dates back to the Seljuk era (1040-1157).
He said the first translation of the entire Quran in Persian was the Tashih of Tabari in the year 350 Hijri (961), adding that it could have been done earlier if there had not been concerns among some Faqihs (Islamic jurisprudents) that translating the Holy Book may lead to the distortion of its content.
Noting that Iranians and Persian speakers have a 1,100-year experience in Quran translation, he said one who wants to do a rendering of the Quran should benefit from this experience and refer to all the previous translations, which would certainly be helpful.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Haddad Adel referred to the Mushaf Sharif and said discovery of such a manuscript dating back to nine centuries ago signifies the cultural and civilizational advances that Iranians had made at the time.
Every manuscript copy that is found is proof of a nation’s genuine identity and should, therefore, be preserved and referred to as a document, he stated.
The head of Iran’s Academy of Persian Language also said that the large number of Quran manuscripts that have remained in Iran from centuries ago shows the fact that Iranians have been used to reading the Holy Book.
They had Quran copies at homes in every part of the land, even in remote villages, and the Quran copies were not produced only to be put in libraries, he went on to say.
Also speaking at the ceremony was Quran researcher Ali Ravaqi, who said the Mushaf Sharif is a valuable manuscript that has 580 pages and is believed to have been written in around the sixth Hijri century.
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