Kuanzia karne ya kumi na sita, wakati mashine ya kuchapisha yenye herufi zinazohamishika ilipotumika kwa mara ya kwanza barani Ulaya na baadaye katika sehemu zote za dunia, mfumo wa kuandika na kuchapisha Qur'ani ulizidi kusanifishwa.

From the sixteenth century, when the printing press with movable type was first used in Europe and later in all parts of the world, the pattern of writing and of printing the Qur'an was further standardised.

Tayari kulikuwa na nakala zilizochapishwa za Qur'an kabla ya hapo, katika aina iliyoitwa uchapishaji wa vizuizi vya mbao, na baadhi ya mifano kutoka mwanzoni mwa karne ya kumi imefika hadi kwetu, zikiwa ni vizuizi halisi vya mbao na karatasi zilizochapishwa.

There were already printed copies of the Qur'an before this, in the so-called block-print form, and some specimens from as early as the tenth century, both of the actual wooden blocks and the printed sheets, have come down to us.

[Grohmann, op. cit., uk. 38; Maonyesho katika Maktaba ya Uingereza, London.] Qur'an ya kwanza inayojulikana ambamo chapa ya herufi zinazohamishika ilitumika ilichapishwa Hamburg (Ujerumani) mwaka 1694. Matini yake imewekwa alama zote za irabu. [Al-Coranus, lex islamitica Muhammedis, Officina Schultzio-Schilleriania. Hamburg, 1694; Maonyesho Na. 22.] Pengine Qur'an ya kwanza kuchapishwa na Waislamu ni ile inayoitwa 'toleo la Mulay Usman' la mwaka 1787, lililochapishwa St. Petersburg, Urusi, likifuatiwa na mengine huko Kazan (1828), Uajemi (1833) na Istanbul (1877). [Blachere, R.: Introduction au Coran, Paris, 1947, uk. 133.] Mwaka 1858, mwanazuoni wa Kijerumani wa masomo ya Mashariki Fluegel alitoa, pamoja na faharasa muhimu, toleo lililoitwa 'toleo la Fluegel' la Qur'an, lililochapishwa kwa Kiarabu, ambalo tangu hapo limetumiwa na vizazi vya wanazuoni wa masomo ya Mashariki. [Fluegel, Gustav: Corani texn Arabicus. Leipzig, 1834.] Hata hivyo, toleo la Fluegel lina kasoro ya msingi sana: mfumo wake wa kuhesabu aya haukubaliani na matumizi ya kawaida katika ulimwengu wa Kiislamu. [See e.g. 74: 31, where he makes four verses out of one.]

[Grohmann, op. cit.. p.38; Exhibition in the British Library, London.] The first extant Qur'an for which movable type was used was printed in Hamburg (Germany) in 1694. The text is fully vocalised. [Al-Coranus, lex islamitica Muhammedis, Officina Schultzio-Schilleriania. Hamburg, 1694; Exhibition No. 22.] Probably the first Qur'an printed by Muslims is the so-called 'Mulay Usman edition' of 1787, published in St. Petersburg, Russia, followed by others in Kazan (1828), Persia (1833) and Istanbul (1877). [Blachere, R.: Introduction au Coran, Paris, 1947, p. 133.] In 1858, the German orientalist Fluegel produced together with a useful concordance the so-called 'Fluegel edition' of the Qur'an, printed in Arabic, which has since been used by generations of orientalists. [Fluegel, Gustav: Corani texn Arabicus. Leipzig, 1834.] The Fluegel edition has however a very basic defect: its system of verse numbering is not in accordance with general usage in the Muslim world. [See e.g. 74: 31, where he makes four verses out of one.]

Toleo la maandishi ya Qur'ani lililochapishwa ambalo sasa linatumika sana katika ulimwengu wa Kiislamu na linaelekea kuwa "toleo la kawaida", ni lile linaloitwa toleo la "Misri", pia linajulikana kama toleo la Mfalme Fu'ad, kwa kuwa lilianzishwa nchini Misri wakati wa Mfalme Fu'ad. Toleo hili linatokana na usomaji wa Hafsi, kama ulivyosimuliwa na 'Aasim, na lilichapishwa kwa mara ya kwanza mjini Cairo mwaka 1925/1344H. Nakala nyingi zimechapishwa tangu wakati huo.

The Qur'anic text in printed form now used widely in the Muslim world and developing into a 'standard version', is the socalled 'Egyptian' edition, also known as the King Fu'ad edition, since it was introduced in Egypt under King Fu'ad. This edition is based on the reading of Hafs, as reported by 'Asim, and was first printed in Cairo in 1925/1344H. Numerous copies have since been printed.

Hatimaye, Qur'an iliyochapishwa na wafuasi wa Sa'id Nursi kutoka Uturuki inapaswa kutajwa kama mfano wa kuchanganya maandishi yaliyoandikwa kwa mkono na yaliyopambwa kwa uzuri na teknolojia ya kisasa ya uchapishaji wa offset. Maandishi hayo yaliandikwa kwa mkono na mpiga kaligrafia wa Kituruki Hamid al-'Amidi. Mara ya kwanza ilichapishwa mjini Istanbul mwaka 1947, lakini tangu mwaka 1976 imetengenezwa kwa wingi na kwa ukubwa mbalimbali katika chapisho linaloendeshwa na wafuasi wa Sa'id Nursi huko Berlin Magharibi (Ujerumani).

Finally, the Qur'an printed by the followers of Sa'id Nursi from Turkey should be mentioned as an example of combining a hand-written beautifully illuminated text with modern offset printing technology. The text was hand written by the Turkish calligrapher Hamid al-'Amidi. It was first printed in Istanbul in 1947, but since 1976 has been produced in large numbers and various sizes at the printing press run by the followers of Sa'id Nursi in West Berlin (Germany).