1.                  King Fahd Bin Abdel Aziz, the Custodian of the Two Holy Shrines, laid the cornerstone of the Complex in 1403 A.H., inaugurated it in 1405 A.H.

2.                  The average annual production of the Complex is 10 million copies, the distribution is the same. It has produced more than 90 editions and 165 million copies, and has so far distributed more than 142 million copies to Muslims all over world continents.

3.                  The Complex has published 55 different translations of the Holy Qur’an      in 39 languages.

4.                  It always makes continuous studies and researches for the service of the Holy Qur’an and the Sunnah.

5.                  The Complex has the most advanced printing technologies in the world.

6.                  the Complex offers each pilgrim a copy of the Mushaf on his way back home after completing Hajj rituals.

Important considerations have accounted for the establishment of the Complex:

1.      First, the increasing need of the Muslim world for the Glorious Qur'an and its related fields of study.

2.      Second, the importance of providing the best services for the Sunnah of the Prophet. 

3.      The important role which the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia plays in the service of Islam and Muslims.  

1.                  Printing the Holy Quran.

2.                  Producing audio-recordings of the Holy Quran.

3.                  Translating the meaning of the Holy Quran and its interpretation

4.                  Promoting Quranic fields of study.

5.                  Promoting the study of the Sunnah and the Prophet’s Biography

6.                  Supporting Islamic studies and researches

7.                  Providing domestic & international networks with the Complex publications

1.                  The Complex’s High Commission

2.                  The Complex’s Scholarly Council.

3.                  The Scholarly Committee for Revising the Madinah Mushaf.

4.                  The Committee Supervising the Recordings.

5.                  Translations Center

6.                  The Center of Research and Islamic Studies.

7.                  The Center of Serving the Sunnah and Sirah of the Prophet.

8.                  The Quranic Studies Center.

9.                  Training and Technical Qualification Center.

1.                  The area of the Complex is about 250,000 square meters.

2.                  The Complex is considered as an integrated residential area as it includes a mosque, buildings for administration, maintenance, press, warehouses, transport, marketing, lodging, entertainment, dispensary, library, restaurants and others.

3.                  The Islamic architectural design of the Complex was awarded the prize of Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah in Rajab 1416 A.H. (December 1995 CE).

King Fahd Complex is distinguished for its control system which is not found in any other institution in the world; it includes text control, quality control and a final control.

The production capacity of the Complex reached more than ten million copies of different publications a year for every single shift. It is possible, if needed, to make it work three shifts to produce 30 million copies a year. The number of publications produced by the Complex so far has exceeded ninety different publications, including complete Mushafs and parts, translations, recordings, books of Sunnah and of the Prophet’s Biography and others. The Complex has three manuscripts of the Holy Qur’an of its own. Two, according to the narration of Hafs after Asim, and one, according to the narration of Warsh after Nafi‘, and all are written by the calligrapher of the Complex and revised by the Scholarly Committee for Revising the Mushaf of Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah.

1.                  Offering the Present of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to the pilgrims every year.

2.                  Providing the Two Holy Mosques and other mosques of the Kingdom with the required Mushafs.

3.                  Providing the male students in the Ministry of Education and the female students in the General Presidency of Teaching Girls with Mushafs.

4.                  Participating with the editions of the Complex in rewarding the winners in the domestic and international competitions for memorizing and reciting the Holy Qur’an.

5.                  Giving the participants of the Qur'an competitions, the winners of Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah Prize and the participants the opportunity to visit the Complex.

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