The Ruling on Translating the Qur'an and Explaining Its Meanings in Languages Other Than Arabic
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is the ruling on translating the Qur'an or explaining its meanings in a language other than Arabic?
The Shaykh:
This is not possible. It is not possible to interpret the Qur'an in a language other than Arabic, because it was revealed in the Arabic language. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Interpreting the Qur'an: it is permissible to translate it for non-Arabs. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
And they call it an interpretation of the meanings of the Qur'an, the meanings of the Qur'an, and they do not say the wording of the Qur'an. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is the ruling on translating the Qur'an or explaining its meanings in a language other than Arabic?
The Shaykh:
This is not possible. It is not possible to interpret the Qur'an in a language other than Arabic, because it was revealed in the Arabic language. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Interpreting the Qur'an: it is permissible to translate it for non-Arabs. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
And they call it an interpretation of the meanings of the Qur'an, the meanings of the Qur'an, and they do not say the wording of the Qur'an. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين-14-07-1439هـ — af.org.sa (52:08)
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