The King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Quran edition of the Somali translation — a different rendering from the Darussalam edition, and worth knowing about if you are choosing between them.
The Complex in Madinah is the institution responsible for producing Quran translations across dozens of languages to a consistent standard, and its editions are the ones distributed at the Haramain.
Somali is spoken by more than twenty million people across the Horn of Africa and a very large diaspora. Arabic script alongside the Somali, with tafsir set beneath.
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
Quraanka Kariimka — Iyo Tarjamada Macnihiisa Ee Afka Soomaaliga: qoraalka Carabiga dhinac ah iyo tafsiir hoos ku qoran. Waa daabacaadda Machadka Malik Fahd ee Madiinada.
Machadka Malik Fahd ee Daabacaadda Qur'aanka Kariimka wuxuu soo saaraa tarjumaado Qur'aan ah oo ku qoran tobanaan luqadood, isla heer tayo ah — waana daabacaadaha lagu qaybiyo Xaramayn labada ah.
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.