The Ruling on Giving a Translation of the Meanings of the Qur'an to a Disbeliever

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: A Christian colleague at work has been someone I have spent the past years trying to draw closer to Islam through kind words, assistance, and so on. Today, I was surprised when he asked me to bring him a translation of the meanings of the Qur'an. He told me, "I just want to look at it; do not think that I am turning away from my religion." My question is: Should I give him this translation or not? And should I add other booklets about the virtues of Islam?

Answer:
As long as he says he will not turn away from his religion, do not give him anything. As long as his only intention is to look at it, and he has not turned away from his religion, and there is no return in him, do not offer him anything.
Leave it be. You have done what you can and you have done well in this, but guidance is in the hand of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). However, if you hope that he will be affected and that he will accept Islam, there is no harm in the translation of the Qur'an, because it is not considered the Qur'an; rather, it is an interpretation (tafsir). What is not permissible to give to a disbeliever is the mushaf (written copy of the Qur'an). As for the translation and the interpretation, there is no harm, or books of knowledge; they may be given to him, provided that his Islam is hoped for. But if his Islam is not hoped for, nothing is given to him. Yes.

The presenter:
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