Ruling on a non-Muslim touching a translated mushaf

As His Eminence the Shaykh expresses, I have a Qur'an translated into English, and in fact I do not know whether a non-Muslim may touch it before he pronounces the two testimonies of faith, or only after he does so?
Answer: There is no harm in his touching it, because a translation means it is a book of exegesis, not the Qur'an itself; it is considered one of the books of tafsir (exegesis), because the translation is an explanation of the meanings of the Qur'an. Therefore, if a non-Muslim or someone who is not in a state of ritual purity holds it, there is no harm, for it does not carry the ruling of the Qur'an. The ruling of the Qur'an applies only when it is written in Arabic alone and contains no exegesis. However, if it is accompanied by a translation, it carries the ruling of exegesis, and it is permissible for one in a state of ritual impurity, a Muslim, or a non-Muslim to carry it, because it is not the book of the Qur'an but is considered a book of exegesis. Yes.