1st Ukrainian Translation of Quran to be Unveiled
Ukrainian scholar and history expert Mikhail Yakobevich has translated the Quran in five years, IINA reported.
He says efforts have been made in the past to render the entire Quran into the Ukrainian language but they did not succeed.
Yakobevich notes that he has studied about Islamic terms in order to choose the best equivalents for the terms on his translation.
Osnova Publications has published the rendering, according to the report.
Dana Pavekcheko, director of the publications, says Ukraine is a multi-cultural society and reading the Quran will help people of the country better understand one another.
Ukrainian is an East Slavic language. It is the official state language of Ukraine and first of two principal languages of Ukrainians.
