Somali is spoken by more than twenty million people across Somalia, Somaliland, Djibouti, eastern Ethiopia, northern Kenya and a very large diaspora in North America and Europe.
That diaspora is part of why this edition matters. Somali families abroad frequently have children who read English fluently and parents who do not — and a Quran in Somali is the version an older generation will actually sit and read.
Arabic script alongside the Somali, with tafsir in the footnotes.
About These Translations
A translation carries the meaning of the Quran rather than the Quran itself, which remains the Arabic. That is why these editions place the Arabic text alongside the translation rather than replacing it — a reader recites from the original and understands from the facing page.
For anyone whose first language is not English or Arabic, reading the Quran's meaning in the language they actually think in makes a considerable difference. It is also among the most effective things a family can give an elderly relative or a new Muslim from that language background.
Faahfaahin Af-Soomaali
Qur'aanka Kariimka — Iyo Tarjamada Macaanidiisa: Qur'aanka oo lagu turjumay Af-Soomaali, qoraalka Carabiga dhinac ah iyo tafsiir hoos ku qoran. Waxaa turjumay C. Xasan Yacquub.
Af-Soomaaliga waxaa ku hadla in ka badan labaatan milyan oo qof oo ku nool Soomaaliya, Somaliland, Jabuuti, bariga Itoobiya, waqooyiga Kenya iyo qurbo aad u ballaaran oo ku nool Ameerika Waqooyi iyo Yurub.
Qurbaha ayaa qayb ka ah sababta uu daabacaaddan muhiim u yahay: qoysaska Soomaalida ee dibadda ku nool, carruurtu waxay badanaa si fiican u akhriyaan Ingiriisiga halka waalidiintu aysan sidaas u akhrin — sidaas darteed tarjumaadda Af-Soomaaliga ayaa ah tan jiilka weyn dhab ahaan wax ka akhriyaan.
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