When the Qur'aan Shareef had been burnt here in the U.S.A., a non-Muslim prisoner asked me to show him the Qur'aan.

Answer

Yes, you had committed a sin by giving the Holy Qur'aan to the non-Muslim to hold regardless of your good intention. Remember that when it is haraam for even a Muslim to touch the Qur'aan if he is without wudhu, how can it be permissible for a non-Muslim to touch the Qur'aan

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when he is perpetually in the state of janaabat which requires ghusl (a full bath) for purification? You should repent and not repeat the sin again. If a non-Muslim wants to see the Qur'aan, you should politely explain to him that even Muslims who are not in the state of ceremonial purity are not allowed to touch the Qur'aan. For this reason you may not give the Qur'aan to non-Muslims.