A Saudi court has ordered a drug user to spend six months memorising the Koran, but he faces a year in prison if he fails to recite the Muslim holy book by heart, a newspaper said on Tuesday.

　　沙特阿拉伯一家报纸于本周二（1月23日）表示，该国一法院已经要求一名吸毒者花上6个月时间来熟记《古兰经》，同时规定如果此人在规定的时间里不能将这本伊斯兰教经典著作倒背如流的话，那么他就将会面临长达一年的铁窗生涯。

　　The "alternative sentence" saves the Saudi man from Jeddah from a six-month jail term, al-Watan said. But that sentence will be doubled if his Koranic recitation classes fail to make him a "hafez", someone who knows the Koran by heart.There are more than 77,000 words in the Koran. It takes on average two years to study.

　　据路透社1月23日报道，根据《al-Watan报》的报道，此项"双重判决"使得这名来自于港口城市吉达的沙特男子暂时躲过了为期6个月的牢狱之灾。但如果他的《古兰经》背诵课程最后以失败而告终的话，那么其刑期将会延长一倍。整本《古兰经》所包含的词汇量超过了77000个。一般人平均需要花上两年的时间才能将它学完。

　　（国际在线独家资讯 张咏 未经允许请勿转载）

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