Assalamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullah,
We are here to announce and exciting update 🚀
Alhamdulillah, Word by Word translation of the Quran in French is now available in your favourite ‘Al Quran’ app. Many of you have been asking for it, and it’s finally here! Tafsir Ibn Kathir in French language is also added.
We hope this will help our French-speaking brothers and sisters better understand the Quran Insha’Allah.
How to Enable French Word By Word?
Just follow these steps to use this:
- Open any Surah in the app
- Tap the top-right icon to open Quick Settings
- Tap the ‘Word By Word’ option and swipe down to refresh the list
- You will now find the French language listed
- Tap French to download and read the word-by-word translation
- Enjoy reading Al Quran word by word in French
The following video demonstrates how to enable French word-by-word translation in your ‘Al Quran (Tafsir & by Word)’ app.
How to Read French Tafsir Ibn Kathir?
Just follow these steps to do this:
- Open any Surah in the app
- Tap the top-right icon to open Quick Settings
- Tap the ‘Tafsir’ option and swipe down to refresh the list
- You will now find the French Tafsir Ibn Kathir listed
- Tap to download the start reading the tafsir in French, in sha Allah
- You can read the tafsirs in regular reading mode by ticking Tafsir checkbox in the Quick Settings (only in android)
- Or you can also read the Tafsir only in Tafsir reading mode. Disable the tafsir checkbox in the Quick settings and go to Tafsir reading mode by tapping on the 3 dot menu above any ayah > Tafsir/Note view
The following video demonstrates how to enable French Tafsir Ibn Kathir in the Quran app.
Download the app: Android | iOS
Share this exciting update with everyone in your network, so they can also benefit from this in Ramadan, insha’Allah.
Courtesy
Jazak Allahu Khairan to Brother Dr. Usama for sharing the Quran word by word in French with us. He also helped us adding the Tafsir Ibn Kathir in French. May Allah reward him in the world and the hereafter, Ameen.
Short Biography of Brother Dr. Usama Nonnenmacher
Dr. Usama Nonnenmacher is the son of Imran Asad Khan. He was born in Kehl (Germany) but spent most of his childhood in France. He studied in France from his first year of primary school all the way to 12th class. He passed the French Baccalauréat (section Scientifique) as well as the German Abitur. He then left to study medicine in China and graduated from there too Alhamdulillaah.
During his medical studies, he had discovered the GTAF app and started reading the English word-by-word translation as well as Tafsir Ibn Kathir in English from the app. Once it was clear that classes will be conducted online due to covid lockdowns, he went to Pakistan to do Hijrah and to study Islam there.
He already knew some basics Alhamdulillaah and was able to read Arabic books Alhamdulillah. He found many teachers there, including:
– Shaykh Hunain Quddusi, who taught him both at the madrasah at Lawrence Road (Jami’ah Ehsan Elahi Zaheer) and at his home. Over time, he became one of his best friends and his brother-in-law.
– Shaykh Yahya Arifi, one of the famous teachers in Pakistan, he taught in different places. Brother Usama studied under him at Markaz Anas bin Maalik (a madrasah teaching Takhassus, meaning post-madrasah level, in Lahore).
– Shaykh Abu Abdillah Tariq, who taught him at the same Markaz and at the Masjid near his home.
– Shaykh Khavir Rashid, the famous Munaazir, among the greatest experts of doing Radd of the Qadianis
– Ateeq-ur-Rahman Alawi, the principal of Markaz Anas bin Malik
When Brother Usama found there wasn’t a French word-by-word Quran translation, he hoped that Allah will make him the first author of such a translation and his hopes became true Alhamdulillaah. He does not see himself as a scholar though, so he was really scared of doing mistakes that he’ll regret on the Day of Judgement, wa na’oodhu billaah. So, he used about 15 books to help him write this translation, among them are multiple Arabic Tafseer as well as books on Qur’anic grammar, dictionaries and existing translations of the Qur’an in various languages.
