RIYADH, 18 May 2004 — In a move to counter false accusations against Islam and to educate people about what is in the Qur’an, the Madinah-based King Fahd Qur’an Printing Complex recently launched a multilingual website on the Internet.
The site, www.qurancomplex.org, is in English, French, Spanish, Urdu, Hausa and Arabic, said Dr. Muhammed Salem ibn Shudaid Al-Aufi, secretary-general of the complex.
“The site is designed to provide detailed information about the Holy Qur’an,” said Dr. Al-Aufi, adding: “The site contains an electronic copy of the Holy Qur’an with topic search options and the morphology of the words and meanings besides the complete index of the subjects mentioned.”
The site also provides complete translations and interpretations of the Qur’an in the languages with relevant search options.
There are Qur’anic interpretations prepared by Ibn Jarir, Ibn Katheer, Al-Saadi and Al-Baghwai online in addition to a database about major interpretations and books written about the Qur’an plus a database of answers to frequently asked questions. The site contains recordings of the Qur’an by four famous readers.
The complex follows strict quality control in printing the Holy Book.
The Ministry of Islamic Affairs also ensures that the text is verified by a panel of scholars specializing in various fields of study.
The committee is also entrusted with the task of checking mistakes during the various stages of production including printing, assembling and binding.
The complex covers an area of some 250,000 square meters in Madinah and is an integrated facility with a mosque, administration buildings, maintenance facility, printing press, warehouses, transport section, marketing department, lodging facility, dispensary, library and restaurants.
