Question 28: Is listening attentively to the Persian translation of the Quran required according to the Quranic verses and their interpretations?

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✅ Answer: The ruling of the Quran cannot be applied to the Persian translation, as according to the following narration, no language is capable of fully expressing the Quran:

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ أَبِي حَمَّادٍ عَنِ الْحَجَّالِ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِلِسانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُبِينٍ- قَالَ يُبَيِّنُ الْأَلْسُنَ وَ لَا تُبَيِّنُهُ الْأَلْسُنُ.

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 2, p. 632

Translation: The narrator says, I asked one of the two Imams, Al-Baqir or Al-Sadiq (peace be upon them), regarding the saying of Allah, the Exalted: 'In a clear Arabic tongue.' He replied: The Quran speaks every language, but other languages cannot fully express the Quran.

✅ However, some exercise caution in this matter, which is not without reason. InshaAllah.

اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْرَ