Gurmukhi version of the Quran

Quran in Gurmukhi script

Title-page of 'Quran Sharif', a Punjabi (in Gurmukhi) translation of the Quran, Shri Gurmat Press, Amritsar, April 1911
Original title	ਕੁਰਾਨ ਸ਼ਰੀਫ਼
Translator	Sant Vaidya Gurdit Singh Alomhari
Language	Punjabi
Genre	Religious scripture
Publication date	1911
Publication place	Punjab, India
Media type	Hardbound book
Pages	784

A Punjabi-language Quran, written with the Gurmukhi script, was found in the village of Lande, in the Moga district of Punjab State. It is believed to be the oldest Quran in the Gurmukhi script, published in 1911. ^{[1] [2]} The quran was published through the efforts of Hindu and Sikh funders and a Sikh translator. ^{[3] [1]}

History

The Quran was translated/transliterated from Arabic by a Sikh scholar, Sant Vaidya Gurdit Singh Alomhari of the Nirmala tradition, with money and other arrangements for its publication made by two Hindu businessmen, Bhagat Buddhamal Aadatli and Vaidya Bhaga, and a Sikh, Sardar Mela Singh Arif. It was first published by a Sikh publisher named Sardar Buddh Singh at Shri Gurmat Press, Amritsar in 1911, with a print run of 1,000, and each copy sold for Rs  2.25. ^[1]

The particular copy found in Moga by Subhash Parihar is in the possession of Noor Mohammad. ^[1] It was formerly in the possession of Jhanda Singh Aarif, a local poet of Kotkapura. After Jhanda Singh Aarif's death, the ownership of the Quran was given to Noor Mohammad by Aarif's eldest son, Natha Singh. ^[1] Prior to its discovery, it was previously believed that the earliest Gurmukhi version of the Quran has been the one produced by the Ahmadiyya sect in the 1980's. ^[1] Punjabi University, Patiala planned to digitize the work. ^[4]

References

1. Pal, Amaninder (4 April 2016). "Gurmukhi translation of Quran traced to Moga village". The Tribune. Archived from the original on 2024-07-14.
2. "Sikh translated Qur'an into Punjabi, Hindus bore printing expenses". The Milli Gazette. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
3. Kamal, Neel (May 5, 2016). "Punjabi Quran had Sikh translator, Hindu funders". Times of India. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
4. Goyal, Divya (May 6, 2016). "Translated by a Sikh, funded by Hindus, Patiala varsity to digitise century-old Quran". Indian Express. Retrieved 11 June 2025.