Islamic religious adviser to the prime minister Dr Abdullah Md Zin said non-Muslims could use Quranic verses but should recite and deliver the message correctly.

"It is a conditional permission and the interpretation must be delivered without any deviation from its true meaning and with good intentions."

But he warned that any person who is ignorant of the Quran, meanwhile, is not qualified to speak on it to the public.

Abdullah was asked to comment on the wrong interpretation of Quranic verses 190-191 in the Al-Imran Chapter by a non-Muslim recently.

"If a wrong like this has been committed, it should not be allowed to persist or be repeated. It is a sin if it is committed by a Muslim and if by a non-Muslim, it should be prevented.

"We don't want chaos in the country arising out of dissemination of wrong interpretation of Quranic verses."

Abdullah said Muslims who were well-versed with the Quran but did not do anything although they were aware that Quranic verses had been erroneously interpreted, were like "mute satan" and whose faith was weak.

A PKR delegate at the recent party's Seventh Annual Congress, K Subramaniam, was reported to have given his own interpretation of Quranic verses when debating on the PKR president's policy speech.

- Bernama