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Kashmiri Quran

In October 1887, Mirwaiz Yahya Shah had translated the last siparah or chapters from 98-114, that were known as Nur ul Ayoon.

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Mirwaiz Yusuf Shah

In 1925, student of the Dar ul uloom Deoband seminary, Mohammad Yusuf Shah (1892-1962) who was under the tutelage of the eminent Islamic scholar Maulana Anwar Shah Kashmiri returned to Kashmir. He later led the rebellion against the Dogra regime. He was later exiled to Azad Kashmir in 1947 where he became its President.

Mirwaiz Yusuf Shah completed his translation in the month of Safr 1377 hijri, that would be in August-September 1957. After the demise of the Mirwaiz Yusuf Shah, his son Maulvi Mohammad Ahmad Shah based in Muzzafarabad, Azad Kashmir took to Radio Azad Kashmir. The daily broadcast by Maulvi Mohammad Ahmad, reciting the Holy Quran in Kashmiri language was popular among the masses in Kashmir.

Mirwaiz Mohammad Ahmad Shah broadcasting the Kashmiri translation of the Holy Quran on Radio Azad Kashmir

Later Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq Shah published the Koshur Quran in 1989, a year before his martyrdom. It was distributed in the mosques and libraries in Kashmir. It’s also published by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Recently, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq published the digital recordings of the Koshur Quran.

Bayanul Furqan or Koshur Quran as it’s locally known is one of the most renowned literature in Kashmiri Language.

You can also download the Quran in pdf.

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