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[1], 26, [1 blank] pp.An unrecorded and thus extremely rare trilingual publication of the 36th surah, known as the Ya Sin (sometimes called "the heart of the Qur'an", though the meaning of the name, two characters in the Chinese alphabet, remains uncertain). The 83 verses of text are presented in a naskh Arabic script with a transliteration in the Latin alphabet for phonetic reading, together with the English and Mandarin Chinese translations. It was compiled by a Hong Kong imam and printed and published "with the compliments of the Mission of Hong Kong Muslims" in 1385 AH (= 1965 CE) by the Hong Kong Muslim Press for the local Muslim community. The presence of both a Chinese and an English translation is due to Hong Kong still being a colony and dependent territory of the British Empire (1841-1997) at the time of publication. This pamphlet, containing the so-called "heart (or core) of the Qur'an", was most likely intended for distribution among and consumption by the region's small Muslim…
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Ya-Sin. A chapter in the Holy Quran.Hong Kong, [on the back wrapper:] Hong Kong Muslim Press, 1385 AH [= 1965 CE]. 8vo (19 x 13 cm). With the upper half of each page opening with the text in Arabic, followed by a transliteration in the Latin alphabet and the Chinese, while the lower half has 2 columns of text: translations into English (right column) and Chinese (left column). With a small overview of the system of transliteration on the inside of the front wrapper and a vignette of the Hong Kong Muslim Press on the back wrapper. Original publisher's orange printed wrappers.
by [QUR'AN]. MA TAT NG, Imam Muhammad Yaqub bin Ibrahim, editor.
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