The new version has been translated by Iranian scholar Tahereh Saffarzadeh. In the introduction, Saffarzadeh gives a brief history of translation of the Holy Quran and explains why she made a new ...

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - More than 20 years ago, retired Major Jason Howk of the U.S. Army joined special forces from the United Arab Emirates as a paratrooper. Over the years, he learned Farsi and ...

(RNS) — In the past three years, Islam By Touch has sent more than 150 braille renderings of English translations of the Quran to U.S. mosques and Muslims. (RNS) – When Yadira Thabatah converted to ...

I have 3 questions. I read tafsir ibn kathir which states a hadith which is "whoever explains the Quran with his opinion or with what he has no knowledge of, then let him assume his seat in the fire" ...

A Nigerian Islamic scholar, Dr Dauda Awwal, has launched what he describes as the world’s first comprehensive Yoruba-English Qur’an translation, an initiative aimed at making the Islamic holy book ...

The collective failure to deradicalise London Bridge attacker Usman Khan has raised some difficult questions about Muslims, the dangers of extremism and the efforts of counter-terrorism. It appears ...

This page was published in 2014 and updated in June 2025. Today the Quran is a best-seller in Britain. Copies can be found in the UK’s 1,500 mosques, in the homes of nearly 2.7 million Muslims and in ...

"Mea culpa" or in today's vernacular, "My bad." In each of the past articles I've penned for this column, I have quoted from the Quran. Yet, I have failed to give even a brief introduction to the ...

An internationally recognized Qur'an scholar, Dr Dauda Awwal, has announced the launch of the English-Yoruba Qur'an 4-in-1 project and the 'My First 13 Surahs for Children' edition. The initiative is ...