Quran’s Ukrainian translation released in Turkey

Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı, the State Administration for Religious Affairs of Turkey, has released a translation of the meanings of the Quran into the Ukrainian language.

Crimea.Realities portal learnt this from Mykhailo Yakubovych, the author of translation and Islamic scholar.

"The agreement was reached during my trip to Istanbul in the summer of 2015. Here we have the result after long proofread and typeset. Two publications were released, large and small – with and without the Arabic text," Yakubovych said.

He noted that the preface to the new edition of the translation of the meanings of the Quran had been written by Said Ismagilov, the mufti of Ummah, the center of spiritual administration of Muslims in Ukraine. The translator did not mention how the new edition would be distributed but noted he had transferred all the language rights to the Diyanet.

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