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is byhearting of the holy quran allowed in english that is can i byheart the english translation?my native language is not arabic and i do read the quran in arabic.

· 1 Dhuʻl-Hijjah 1423 AH1 min readFatwa 7849English

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is byhearting of the holy quran allowed in english that is can i byheart the english translation?my native language is not arabic and i do read the quran in arabic.

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Qur?aan is the actual Arabic. By byhearting the English, that will be byhearting the translation and not the actual Qur?aan.

You should endervour to memorise the Arabic of the Qur?aan.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

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