Arabic Original
32 traditional volumes
The Great Works of Quran Tafsir.
Translated for the World.
QuranOfficial translates and publishes the great classical works written in explanation of the Quran, so people around the world can read them in their own languages.
First undertaking: Imam Fakhr al-Din al-Razi's Mafatih al-Ghayb
The first great work
English completed for a potential audience of over 1,300,000,000.
Before asking the public to support another language, the complete 83 volume English translation of Imam Fakhr al-Din al-Razi's Mafatih al-Ghayb was completed through private funding. Its continuing publication can bring the Quran and its detailed Tafsir to English readers worldwide.
32
Original Arabic volumes
83
English volumes completed
5.89 million
English words
83/83
Translation complete
70/83
Published on Amazon
The English translation is complete. Publication of the remaining volumes is continuing.
The global vision
From Arabic to English. Urdu Next. Then More Languages.
English proves that the work can be done. Urdu is next. Other languages can follow as funding, translators and reviewers become available.
650+ languages mapped for long-term research and planning
Source
Complete
Urdu next
Future priority
Audience country
World view
Next translation
10
Urdu
اردو
246,000,000approximate total speakers
- Principal reference country
- Pakistan
- Mapped audience
- 1 representative country
- Translation team
- Team formation
- Funding
- Seeking volume sponsors
Language spoken in
Register support for Urdu
Pakistan
Country view
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Selected country
Focused map location
Mapped languages in this programme view
Featured landmark
Landmark profile being curated
Verified landmark details will be added to this country profile.
Mafatih al-Ghayb
Planned for future translation
Help build this country network
Future language editions can make Mafatih al-Ghayb available to readers in this country.
Help fund the next language editionA place in the global story
Featured landmark
Readers everywhere should be able to access the great works of Quran Tafsir in the languages they understand. You can help make that possible.
Help bring Quran Tafsir to readers worldwidePopulation priority
Selected 25 language view
Urdu remains first in the operational roadmap. Population orders this agreed candidate group.
650+ language ambition. Figures use rounded estimates of total first and second language speakers. One language can illuminate several representative countries without creating duplicate priorities. Ethnologue comparative language estimates.
Take part
Help Take Tafsir to the World
Join the translators, reviewers, sponsors and volunteers helping to bring the great works written in explanation of the Quran into more languages, one carefully completed volume at a time.
Translate and proofreadContribute language fluency and careful editorial work.
Review the workCheck references, terminology and meaning.
Fund a volumeHelp move one clearly tracked volume forward.
Connect librariesHelp readers, researchers and collections find the work.
Volunteer and buildContribute technology, media, outreach or coordination.
The translation path
From Arabic to English. Urdu Next.
Each translation is followed volume by volume, from funding through publication.
English
83-volume translation complete
Urdu
Next, funded volume by volume
More Languages
Future translations as resources become available
Urdu is next
Help Bring Tafsir al-Razi into Urdu
The completed English translation has a potential audience of over 1,300,000,000 English speakers. Urdu is next, with a potential audience of approximately 246,000,000 speakers.
Translation Review Proofreading Preparation for publication
Every contribution helps fund the next volume. You do not need to contribute the full amount.
One Urdu volume
£1,100
approximately funds its translation and online publication
- Edition
- Urdu
- Funding unit
- One volume
- Progress
- Publicly tracked
£25Contribute towards a volume
£100Support the current volume
£275Approximately one quarter
£550Approximately half
£1,100Translate and publish one volume online
How the work happens
From Funding to a Finished Volume
Fund
A volume receives enough support to begin.
Translate
The volume is translated.
Review
Language, references and terminology are checked.
Proofread
The completed text receives final editorial review.
Publish
The finished volume is prepared for readers.
Transparency
See Where the Money Goes
Every funded volume will have a clear record of its funding and progress.
Reporting status
Public reporting starts with the first contribution
No public funding or expenditure has yet been recorded for the Urdu programme. Verified figures will appear here as soon as activity begins.
Only received contributions enter the public total.
Every recorded cost is assigned to a clear reporting category.
Each funded volume is followed through translation, review and publication.
Delivered before public support
83 English volumes completedApproximate English words5.89 million
Founder and project lead
Sikander Sultan FCA
A professional business adviser, inventor, author, keynote speaker and technology enthusiast, Sikander Sultan FCA founded QuranOfficial to complete difficult work of lasting public value.
Before asking the public to support future languages, he privately funded and led the completion of the full 83 volume English translation of Mafatih al-Ghayb.
Verified profiles
The next volume
Help Take Tafsir al-Razi into Urdu
£1,100 approximately funds one volume’s translation and online publication.
Sponsor a full volume or contribute any amount towards the next one.
English translation complete: 83 volumes. Now the next language begins.