Bangalore: Noted scholar and journalist Ahmed Noori who has to his credit the translation of the entire Quran into Kannada, passed away on September 2, Sunday at the age of 92.

Hailing from Mangalore, Noori is survived by  his three daughters, two sons and a host of admirers. He had translated the Quran into Kannada with the title ‘Divya Quran’ along with a six member team. The team had put in seve years of efforts to bring out the Kannada translation. Noori was  also the author of Maikala, a documentary on history of Beary community in DK.

Noori had also translated more than 20 works from several languages into Kannada and has also translated Father Muller’s ‘The Guide to Health’ into Urdu.

He was the recipient of several awards including the Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy award