MADINAH-BASED KING FAHD HOLY QURAN PRINTING COMPLEX, ESTABLISHED IN 1405, DISTRIBUTED UP TO THE END OF THE LUNAR MONTH OF SHAWAL 1427, ABOUT 196,176,601 COPIES OF THE HOLY QURAN AND ITS MEANINGS AND ISLAMIC BOOKS AND CASSETTES. IN A STATEMENT TO SPA, THE COMPLEX'S SECRETARY GENERAL DR MOHAMMED AL-AUFI SAID THE COMPLEX DISTRIBUTED IN THE LAST LUNAR MONTH OF SHAWAL 117,766 COPIES OF THE HOLY QURAN AND ITS MEANINGS, ISLAMIC BOOKS AND CASSETTES. HE NOTED THAT 78364 COPIES OF THE HOLY QURAN, 36907 COPIES OF THE MEANINGS OF THE HOLY QURAN IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES, IN ADDITION TO 4569 ISLAMIC CASSETTES WHICH CONTAIN RECITATION OF THE HOLY QURAN AS WELL AS 12630 ISLAMIC BOOKS WERE DISTRIBUTED DURING SHAWAL MONTH. DR AL-AUF SAID THE MEANINGS OF THE HOLY QURAN WERE TRANSLATED INTO 27 LANGUAGES, INCLUDING ENGLISH, FRENCH, TURKISH, URDU, INDONESIAN, PERSIAN, GERMAN, RUSSIAN, CHINESE, SOMALIAN, SPANISH KOREAN, GREEK, AND PORTUGUESE.
