Presenting the Interpreted Mushaf to a Non-Muslim

The questioner:
Is it permissible for me to give a non-Muslim a gift of an interpreted mushaf?

The Shaykh:
To a non-Muslim.

The questioner:
A Muslim.

The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to gift a mushaf to a non-Muslim. However, a translation of the meanings, the meanings of the Qur'an, is not the verses themselves. The verses can never be translated. The Qur'an is a miracle, and it is impossible to find a word in other languages that corresponds to the word of the Qur'an. That is contrary to the truth. So, the text of the Qur'an cannot be translated. As for its meanings, the tafsir, such as the tafsir of Ibn Kathir or the tafsir of Ibn Sa'di, the meanings can be translated. There is no harm in gifting them, because this is not called the Qur'an and not called a mushaf; it is called a tafsir.