The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz has issued directives to provide some of the governmental authorities and Saudi embassies and a number of Islamic organizations inside and outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with 1.6 million copies of the Holy Quran and its meanings in various languages, published by the Madinah-based Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd Complex for Printing the Holy Quran

The Minister of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance, Sheikh Salih Al Al-Sheikh, announced this in a statement to SPA. He noted that in line with monarch's directives, the General Secretariat of the Prince Salman Prize for the Memorization of the Holy Quran, the Presidency of the Administration of Islamic Research and IFTA, the Presidency of Girls’ Education, the Royal Protocol in Makkah, King Abdul Aziz University, the Saudi Red Crescent Society, the World Assembly for Muslim Youth, in addition to the Institute of Sheikh Abdullah Al-Ansari, the Society of Ansar Al-Sunnah Mohammediya in Sudan, as well as the Saudi Embassy in Algeria, will be provided with copies of the Holy Quran and its translations.