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Christian missionary translation of the Qur’ān into Yoruba

Islam predated Christianity in Yorubaland in south-western Nigeria. Early Muslim preachers engaged in the cultural Islamisation of the followers of the Yoruba traditional religion as early as the Fourteenth Century. Christianity was introduced to Yorubaland some five centuries later in the first hal...

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Main Authors:	Solihu, Abdul Kabir Hussain, Abdulhameed, Abdulganiy Akorede
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	BP100 Sacred books BP171 Relation of Islam to other religions
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/44468/1/44468.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/44468/ http://cqr.um.edu.my/?modul=Events_and_Activities&pilihan=MUQADDAS_IV
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spelling	my.iium.irep.44468 http://irep.iium.edu.my/44468/ Christian missionary translation of the Qur’ān into Yoruba Solihu, Abdul Kabir Hussain Abdulhameed, Abdulganiy Akorede BP100 Sacred books BP171 Relation of Islam to other religions Islam predated Christianity in Yorubaland in south-western Nigeria. Early Muslim preachers engaged in the cultural Islamisation of the followers of the Yoruba traditional religion as early as the Fourteenth Century. Christianity was introduced to Yorubaland some five centuries later in the first half of the Nineteenth Century. In their engagement with the local cultures, the Christian missionaries chose a course less traversed by their Muslim counterparts. The translation of the Bible into local vernacular languages is among the more common techniques employed by Christian missionaries in evangelization, particularly in Yorubaland. Yoruba is the first African language which the Bible was translated into by an indigenous, native speaker. Curiously, it was the Christian missionaries who also translated the Qur’ān into Yoruba, the first translation of the Qur’ān in an African language. Without question, Yorubaland was the centre of Muslim-Christian engagement in the Nineteenth Century. This paper deliberates on the emergence of the translated Qur’ān into the Yoruba language by the local Christian missionaries. It explores the theological bases and historical circumstances that led to the emergence of the Yoruba translation of the Qur’ān. The paper then provides an overview of the translations produced by Reverend Michael Samuel Cole in 1906 and Elijah Kola Akinlade in 1965. 2014-04 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/44468/1/44468.pdf Solihu, Abdul Kabir Hussain and Abdulhameed, Abdulganiy Akorede (2014) Christian missionary translation of the Qur’ān into Yoruba. In: 4th Annual International Qur’anic Conference 2014 (MUQADDAS IV), 14th-15th Apr. 2014, The Centre of Quranic Research (CQR), University of Malaya. http://cqr.um.edu.my/?modul=Events_and_Activities&pilihan=MUQADDAS_IV
institution	Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
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continent	Asia
country	Malaysia
content_provider	International Islamic University Malaysia
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language	English
topic	BP100 Sacred books BP171 Relation of Islam to other religions
spellingShingle	BP100 Sacred books BP171 Relation of Islam to other religions Solihu, Abdul Kabir Hussain Abdulhameed, Abdulganiy Akorede Christian missionary translation of the Qur’ān into Yoruba
description	Islam predated Christianity in Yorubaland in south-western Nigeria. Early Muslim preachers engaged in the cultural Islamisation of the followers of the Yoruba traditional religion as early as the Fourteenth Century. Christianity was introduced to Yorubaland some five centuries later in the first half of the Nineteenth Century. In their engagement with the local cultures, the Christian missionaries chose a course less traversed by their Muslim counterparts. The translation of the Bible into local vernacular languages is among the more common techniques employed by Christian missionaries in evangelization, particularly in Yorubaland. Yoruba is the first African language which the Bible was translated into by an indigenous, native speaker. Curiously, it was the Christian missionaries who also translated the Qur’ān into Yoruba, the first translation of the Qur’ān in an African language. Without question, Yorubaland was the centre of Muslim-Christian engagement in the Nineteenth Century. This paper deliberates on the emergence of the translated Qur’ān into the Yoruba language by the local Christian missionaries. It explores the theological bases and historical circumstances that led to the emergence of the Yoruba translation of the Qur’ān. The paper then provides an overview of the translations produced by Reverend Michael Samuel Cole in 1906 and Elijah Kola Akinlade in 1965.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Solihu, Abdul Kabir Hussain Abdulhameed, Abdulganiy Akorede
author_facet	Solihu, Abdul Kabir Hussain Abdulhameed, Abdulganiy Akorede
author_sort	Solihu, Abdul Kabir Hussain
title	Christian missionary translation of the Qur’ān into Yoruba
title_short	Christian missionary translation of the Qur’ān into Yoruba
title_full	Christian missionary translation of the Qur’ān into Yoruba
title_fullStr	Christian missionary translation of the Qur’ān into Yoruba
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publishDate	2014
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/44468/1/44468.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/44468/ http://cqr.um.edu.my/?modul=Events_and_Activities&pilihan=MUQADDAS_IV
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