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we should not do this. 

The Quran is in the Arabic language. If you want to have access its meaning then you would need to learn Arabic otherwise you would just be reading an interpretation of the Quran. 
 

however it is not wajib to learn Arabic apart from what is necessary for acts of worship. 

I recommend you to read the chapter on Lying in the book Greater Sins by Ayatollah Dastaghyb Shirazi

I have not read this about Imam Ali (as) but i have read that Imam Mahdi (aj) recited these after birth.