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As of 2015, Urdu has at least two translations available of the [[Tirukkural]].<br />
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==Background==<br />
The first Urdu translation of the Kural text was by Hazrat Suhrawardy, a professor of Urdu Department of Jamal Mohammad College, [[Tiruchirappalli]].<ref name="Polilan2019">{{cite book |editor1= Polilan|editor2=K. Gunathogai|editor3=Lena Kumar|editor4=Tagadur Sampath|editor5=Mutthamizh|editor6=G. Picchai Vallinayagam|editor7=D. Anbunidhi|editor8=K. V. Neduncheraladhan|title=Tiruvalluvar 2050|page=682 |url= |year=2019 |edition=1|publisher=Periyar Enthusiasts Group |location=Chennai|access-date= |language=Tamil|isbn= }}</ref> It was published by Sahitya Academy in 1965, with a reprint in 1994. The translation is in prose and is not a direct translation from Tamil but based on English translations of the original. According to the then Special Additional Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, H. K. Ghazi, I.A.S., "His [Suhrawardy's] is a fine piece of work in chaste Urdu. Apart from its own literary merit, the work is faithful to the original."<ref>{{cite book<br />
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The second translation was made in verse by poet Mukhtar Badri in 2001 and was published in Chennai under the title ''Lafz lafz gohar''.<ref name="Polilan2019"/> Some sources claim that a second translation was that by Muhammad Yousuf Kokan in 1976. However, it is the first [[Arabic]] translation of the Kural text.<ref name="TH_SaudisCelebrateTK">{{cite news<br />
| last = Kolappan <br />
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| title = Saudis celebrate wisdom of Tirukkural<br />
| newspaper = The Hindu <br />
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| publisher = Kasturi & Sons <br />
| date = 17 June 2015<br />
| url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/saudis-celebrate-wisdom-of-tirukkural/article7323809.ece<br />
| access-date = 9 September 2020}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, as part of its Ancient Tamil Classics in Translations series, the [[Central Institute of Classical Tamil]] (CICT) in Chennai released its Urdu translation of the Kural by M. B. Amanulla.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Tirukkural translations]]<br />
* [[List of Tirukkural translations by language]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Bibliography==<br />
* Ghazi, H. K. (1973). ''Tirukkural – Some parallels in Urdu poetry''. In: First All India Tirukkural Seminar Papers 1972. University of Madras. Pp.&nbsp;87–96.<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite web | url = http://www.oocities.org/nvkashraf/kur-trans/Urd-Int.htm | title = Thirukkural (Sacred Couplets) in Urdu | last = Ashraf | first = N. V. K. | date = June 2005 | website = OOCities | publisher = | access-date = 23 April 2017 | quote = }}<br />
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