Staff Reporter
Lahore
The Punjab government has made it mandatory for universities to teach students the Holy Quran with translation, according to a notification issued by the provincial government on Sunday.
The notification states that a student will not be awarded a degree if he or she does not study the Holy Quran with the translation.
“Lecturers in all universities of Punjab will teach the Holy Quran with translation to all students,” said the notification. It added that the holy book will be taught separately from the Islamiat subject, which is already being taught at universities.
In April, the Punjab governor had formed a seven-member committee of vice-chancellors to submit recommendations on how to make the teaching of the Holy Quran with translation compulsory in all provincial universities.
Universities will decide credit hours and other micro academic details. Lecturers in all the universities of Punjab will recite the Qur’an to the students with translation and it will be as mandatory for the students to participate in this lecture as it is for other lecturers.
Addressing a press conference after a meeting with vice-chancellors at Governor’s House, he had stated that it will be compulsory for students to attend lectures in which the Holy Quran is taught with translation, adding that the Book is a complete code of life and its better understanding will help masses in winning Allah’s favour.
Chaudhry Sarwar said that Quran is the source of real guidance for us. Only by following the teachings of the Qur’an can the world and the hereafter be improved. The Holy Qur’an is the complete code of life revealed to our Prophet (Peace be Upon Him) to guide the world. “We will teach the Holy Quran with meaning to the students in all the universities of Punjab so that they can take guidance from it and become a good person.”
