AhlulBayt News Agency

source : IBNA
Tuesday

23 April 2013

7:30:00 PM
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Iran to publish Holy Quran in 22 languages

Head of the Tarjoman Vahy Cultural Institute announced that it is engaged with translation of the holy Quran into 22 languages.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Hujatoleslam Mohammad Naghdi stated that so far the institute has released the translation of the holy Quran into 7 languages; besides it has finished working on translation of the book into 6 other languages and is having them edited. Moreover, the center has called for translators to render the holy book of Quran into 9 other languages. Elsewhere in his interview, Naghdi highlighted the great need of the Islamic community in the world for translation of the holy book of Quran into various languages to be accessible by more people in the world so that the great divergences and conflicts between various Islamic groups and human societies are resolved with clinging to Quranic instructions and guidelines. He went on to say that Iran is making every effort to present translations of the holy Quran to the world so that every free human can learn about the book’s content. He posited that the translations are being provided without any considerations for different religions or sects. Tarjoman Vahy has so far published translation of the holy Quran in English, French, Spanish, Turkish and Chinese, and has had them distributed in the countries of the US, France, the UK, Canada, India and Azerbaijan.End item/ 149