Spanish intellectual publishes first translation of Koran in Catalonian

A Spanish intellectual has translated for the first time the Koran into Catalonian to bring some 10 million Catalonian-speaking people closer to the book venerated by over one billion people.

The book, a homage to the inimitability of the Koran, is designed to complete knowledge of Islam in the west. The author, Mikel De Epala, teaches Arab thought at the university, conducted research to find new and more appropriate answers to problems traditionally posed by the translation of the Koran.

In view of theoretical specificities of the original language, Arabic, the translator first conducted research on the language and a comparative study of existing translations in Spanish and Portuguese.

The author explained that translating the Muslims' holy book has always sparked religious questions by Muslims as the Koran, which is Islam's miracle, is known by its inimitability and it is also a divine message to the entire humankind. The result is at the same time an intellectual, spiritual and aesthetic endeavor.