The Ministry of Islamic Affairs will distribute copies of the holy Qur’an in Arabic and other translations to departing pilgrims as a gift from Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.
Sheikh Talal bin Ahmad Al-Aqeel, adviser to the Minister of Islamic Affairs and chairman of the committee of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, said a plan had been approved for distributing copies of the holy Qur’an to departing pilgrims.
In a statement on Wednesday, he said there is no greater gift for the guests of God than the holy Qur’an. Around 1,350,000 copies in Arabic and translations of other languages are distributed every year.
The copies include the regular Qur’an, Al-Jwami’ Qur’an for the elderly, a Qur’an for Pakistani nationals, Al-Warsh which targets Al-Maghrib Al-Arabi, and the interpretation of the Qur’an in Urdu, Hosa, English, French, Turkish, Thai, Indonesian, Chinese, Spanish, Milbari, Russian, German and Albanian languages.
Al-Aqeel said an operational team has been deployed at the Kingdom’s various ports to ensure round-the-clock distribution of the “Haj gift.”
The gift which is published by the Publication and Scientific Research Agency includes the holy Qur’an, four books, a CD and a tape that has lectures, which deals with several issues. It publishes religion sciences and explains the rules of Islam and contributes to the spread of Islamic directions, and information that raises the awareness of Islamic culture, and knowledge of Shariah rules.
These gifts are distributed among the Hajis in 55 centers across the Kingdom with 1,000 employees.
Departing Hajis to get copies of Qur’an
