Harakan said that it would be good for Muslims to do the same, and he asked Ting Chung-ming to translate a broadly accessible Qur'an. At that time Shen Hsia-huai expressed his desire to help. Being too busy, Imam Ting only translated the first few sections, but Shen didn't give up, completing his own translation.
哈爾康聽得羨慕不已，直說回教徒也能這樣多好，返國前就委請定中明翻譯一本可廣為流傳的中文古蘭經，沈遐淮當時表示願意襄助，後來定中明教長因事忙只譯了前面幾章，沈遐淮反而堅持下去，完成了自己的譯本。