Free Qur’an
We give away a free Qur’an in Kuala Lumpur to anyone who wants one, in more than fifteen languages. You do not have to be Muslim, you do not have to explain why you want it, and we will not take your details or contact you afterwards.
Nothing is sold. Curiosity is a perfectly good reason to ask.
Fifteen languages, not just English
This is the part we work hardest on, because it solves a problem most people do not think about until it is theirs. A visitor from Seoul, Chennai or São Paulo who becomes curious in a mosque is usually handed an English copy and left to manage.
We currently hold translations in English, Spanish, Chinese, French, German, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Tamil, Italian, Urdu, Filipino, Thai and Vietnamese, alongside copies in the original Arabic.
Reading scripture in your second language is hard work even when you are motivated. Reading it in your own is a different experience entirely, and it is the difference between a book somebody gave you and a book you actually finish.
Three ways to get a free Qur’an in Kuala Lumpur
On a Sunday afternoon. We carry translations to every street dawah session, at Bukit Bintang in Kuala Lumpur and USJ in Selangor, between noon and six. Walk up to the table, say which language you read, and take one. You can be gone in ninety seconds if that is what you would prefer.
At the mosque. Copies are stocked at the mosques we guide at, so if you are already on a mosque tour or simply visiting one, ask your guide or at the desk.
At the academy. For anything outside those times, or if you want several copies, come to PV8 in Setapak. Message us first so we can check we have your language in stock and tell you which block to head for.
You do not have to be Muslim
Worth stating plainly, because it is the thing people hesitate over.
There is no rule keeping the text away from anybody, and we are not handing it over as a first step in a process. Some people who take one read a few pages and put it on a shelf. Some read the whole thing and remain exactly as they were. Both of those are fine, and neither is a failure from our side.
We take no details. No name, no email, no phone number. There is nothing to sign.
Nobody will follow up. You will not be messaged, added to anything, or asked later what you thought of it.
If you would rather ask a few things before taking one, send us a question and stay anonymous, or read what Islam is first.
What to expect when you open it
A few things surprise first time readers, and knowing them in advance saves a lot of confusion.
It is not arranged chronologically. The 114 chapters are ordered roughly from longest to shortest rather than in the sequence they were revealed. Starting at page one and reading straight through is therefore harder than it sounds, which catches out people expecting a narrative.
It is not a biography. Unlike the Gospels, it is not primarily an account of a life. It reads more like address and argument than story, and that shift takes a chapter or two to adjust to.
A translation is a translation. Muslims hold the Qur’an to be the Arabic itself, so what you are holding is understood as a rendering of the meaning rather than the thing itself. Two translations of the same verse can read quite differently, which is why the choice of translation matters.
Footnotes vary in quality. Some editions carry commentary that helps enormously. Others carry very little.
None of this needs solving before you start. Ask us on a Sunday and we will tell you where most people find it easiest to begin.
If we do not have your language
Stock in the less common languages moves quickly and runs out from time to time. If you need a specific one, message us before making the trip rather than turning up hopefully.
If a language is not on our list at all, tell us anyway. Knowing there is demand is how a language gets added, and we would rather hear it from you than guess.
If you have just become Muslim, a translation in your own language comes as part of the Shahadah Kit along with an Arabic copy, a prayer mat and everything else needed in the first week. That sits with the rest of our new Muslim support.
If you are a daie
Take a stack. Having a translation in the right language in your hand the moment a visitor turns out to be Vietnamese rather than British changes that conversation completely, and it is the single most useful thing to keep in the boot of your car.
Come to the academy at PV8 for quantities, or pick up what you need at any weekly session. Everything on our resources shelf exists to be given away rather than stored, and if you are not doing dawah yet, this is where it starts.
