Is it permissible for a disbeliever to read the Qur'an? Thank you.
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It is permissible for a non-Muslim to read the Qur'an, listen to it, learn it, and recite it with the intention of being guided by it. However, he should not be enabled to touch the (the physical copy of the Qur'an). He may be given a copy of a translation of the meanings of the Qur'an.
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Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
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