- TEHRAN: Iranian publishers are complaining that cost-saving plans to print copies of Qur’ans in China are yielding embarrassing results: A slew of typos.
The head of Iran’s Qur'an oversight office says some of the Chinese-printed versions of Qur’an are littered with spelling errors.
Ahmad Haji-Sharif is quoted by Iran’s semiofficial Mehr news agency as warning consumers that lower-cost copies of Quar’an may have mistakes in the holy verses. He noted earlier this week that Iranian-produced copies of Qur’an carry a higher price but have passed a careful inspection for any flaws.
Officials are now discussing a ban on Chinese-printed copies of Qur’an.
The copies of Qur’an that are in use in Iran often have both Persian and the original Arabic.
Haji-Sharif didn’t say whether the misspellings prevail in the Arabic or Persian segments.
