On this day, we ventured out to visit King Fahd Qur'an complex where copies of the Qur’an and translations of its meaning are printed.
The complex is a manufacturing plant with access to the latest technology & equipment on printing, and with a strikingly competent publication capacity. It prints approximately ten million copies of Qur’an a year, 95% of which are donated around the world to various organizations, and 5% of which are sold at the bare cost of manufacture.
Qur’ans are printed in approximately 20 different sizes, and each page of each size goes through a scrupulous 5-stage process led and supervised by scholars and scientific experts. The process consists of 1) printing of the letters, 2) printing of the nuqta (dots), 3) printing of the tashkeel (punctuation), 4) printing of the rules of recitation (tajweed symbols), and 5) printing of aesthetic details such as numbers of the verses, ornaments, and borders. At each stage, a committee of experts examines each page approving or rejecting its accuracy. The entire process lasts approximately 2 ½ years for the publication of one Qur’an size.
A display of translations of the meaning of the Qur’an included translations to Greek, Indonesian, Bosnian, Spanish, Zulu, and even, to my surprise, a translation accompanied with a CD in sign language for the deaf.
For more information on this printing house, visit www.qurancomplex.org
The complex is a manufacturing plant with access to the latest technology & equipment on printing, and with a strikingly competent publication capacity. It prints approximately ten million copies of Qur’an a year, 95% of which are donated around the world to various organizations, and 5% of which are sold at the bare cost of manufacture.
Qur’ans are printed in approximately 20 different sizes, and each page of each size goes through a scrupulous 5-stage process led and supervised by scholars and scientific experts. The process consists of 1) printing of the letters, 2) printing of the nuqta (dots), 3) printing of the tashkeel (punctuation), 4) printing of the rules of recitation (tajweed symbols), and 5) printing of aesthetic details such as numbers of the verses, ornaments, and borders. At each stage, a committee of experts examines each page approving or rejecting its accuracy. The entire process lasts approximately 2 ½ years for the publication of one Qur’an size.
A display of translations of the meaning of the Qur’an included translations to Greek, Indonesian, Bosnian, Spanish, Zulu, and even, to my surprise, a translation accompanied with a CD in sign language for the deaf.
For more information on this printing house, visit www.qurancomplex.org
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