King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur'an
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King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur'an (Arabic: مجمع الملك فهد لطباعة المصحف الشريف) is a printing plant located in Medina
, Saudi Arabia
that publishes the Qur'an
in Arabic and other languages.
The company produces about 10 million copies a year. It has 1,700 employees. It has published 55 different translations of the Qur’an in 39 languages. Its website offers the Arabic Qur'an, recitations, textual search, translations, images of early Qur'an manuscripts, and exegetic commentaries. Since 1985, The Complex made over 128 million books of the Qur'an, which is widely used by all sects of Islam. Original copy was written by calligrapher, Uthman Taha
Medina
Medina , or ; also transliterated as Madinah, or madinat al-nabi "the city of the prophet") is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, and serves as the capital of the Al Madinah Province. It is the second holiest city in Islam, and the burial place of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, and...
, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
that publishes the Qur'an
Qur'an
The Quran , also transliterated Qur'an, Koran, Alcoran, Qur’ān, Coran, Kuran, and al-Qur’ān, is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God . It is regarded widely as the finest piece of literature in the Arabic language...
in Arabic and other languages.
The company produces about 10 million copies a year. It has 1,700 employees. It has published 55 different translations of the Qur’an in 39 languages. Its website offers the Arabic Qur'an, recitations, textual search, translations, images of early Qur'an manuscripts, and exegetic commentaries. Since 1985, The Complex made over 128 million books of the Qur'an, which is widely used by all sects of Islam. Original copy was written by calligrapher, Uthman Taha
Uthman Taha
Uthman ibn Abduh ibn Husayn ibn Taha is an Arab calligrapher renowned for hand-writing Mushaf al-Madinah issued by the King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur'an....
Production
From 1985, its opening year, until 2007| Type | Amount | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holy Qur'an | 127.420.423 |
| 2 | Audio tapes | 1.817.129 |
| 3 | Translations | 24.624.813 |
| 4 | Parts of Qur'an | 47.592.277 |
| 5 | Prophet's traditions books | 210.000 |
| 6 | Others | 4.668.941 |
| Total | 206.333.583 |