Mai fassarar kur'ani na farko da harshen Swahili
Kamfanin dillancin labaran kur’ani na iqna ya habarta cewa, ya nakalto daga shafin sadarwa na yanar gizo na Al Bayan cewa, Sheikh Abdullah Al Farsi, malamin Zanzibari dan asalin kasar Oman, shi ne marubucin daya daga cikin kammala fassarar kur’ani na farko zuwa harshen Swahili, inda tarjamarsa ta kasance abin ishara ga musulmin Tanzaniya da gabashin Afrika tun daga lokacin. an buga shi a cikin 1960s.
Kalli tarihin Abdullah Al Farsi
An haifi Sheikh Abdullah Al Farsi a shekara ta 1912 a Zanzibar. Lokacin da al-Farsi ya kai makaranta, mahaifinsa ya kai shi wurin mata musulmi wadanda suke koyar da kur’ani a gidajensu, kuma ya haddace kur’ani a wadannan makarantu.
Bayan kammala karatunsa na Darul Mulammin, Al-Farsi ya yi aiki a matsayin malami sannan a shekarar 1933 aka nada shi malami a makarantun firamare na jama'a a Zanzibar sannan kuma ya zama babban mai duba ilimin addinin musulunci. Bayan wani lokaci ya zama daraktan makarantar Islamiyya sannan kuma ya zama daraktan makarantar larabci a tsakanin shekarar 1952-1947. Zamanin da ya kasance daya daga cikin ranaku mafi fa'ida a rayuwarsa, inda ya dukufa wajen koyar da ilimin addinin musulunci da buga harshen larabci da tafsirin kur'ani, baya ga rubuta ayyukan tarihi da gabatar da shirye-shiryen ilimin addinin musulunci a gidajen rediyon Zanzibar da Mombasa.
Bayan haka, ya yi aiki a matsayin editan jaridar al-Falaq kuma ya buga waqoqinsa da dama a cikinta.
An dauki wannan jarida a matsayin daya daga cikin muhimman jaridu a Zanzibar kuma mai tasiri wajen yada labaran cikin gida da waje. To sai dai bayan juyin mulkin da 'yan gurguzu suka yi a Zanzibar sannan kuma aka hade kasar nan da Tanganyika, wanda ya kai ga kafa jamhuriyar Tanzaniya ta yanzu, saboda yawan takurewar da aka yi wa Larabawan Oman, Al-Farsi ya kasa daidaita da sabuwar siyasar kasar yanayi da manufofin sabuwar gwamnati.Don haka ya yi murabus ya bar Zanzibar a 1964 zuwa makwabciyar Kenya.
A can, musamman a shekarar 1967, tsohon shugaban kasar Kenya Jomo Kenyatta, saboda dimbin ilimin da Sheikh Abdullah Al Farsi yake da shi kan ilimin addinin musulunci, da kuma kwarewarsa a harsunan Ingilishi, Larabci, Swahili da wasu yarukan Afirka na gida, da harshen Hindi da ya koye a Zanzibar. Bai sami wanda ya fi shi zama babban alkalin kasar Kenya ba. Yaqai, wanda shi ma Ba’indiye ne da ya yi karatu a Zanzibar, bai iya samun wanda ya fi shi ba da zai hau mukamin Babban Jojin Kenya. Ya karbi wannan tayin kuma ya zama shugaban hukumar shari'a ta Kenya kuma ya zauna a Kenya tun daga lokacin har zuwa 1981 a lokacin da ya yanke shawarar komawa kasarsa ta Oman. Bayan ya koma Oman, ya zauna a Muscat, inda ya zauna cikin girmamawa na tsawon shekara guda kuma ya rasu a wannan birni a shekara ta 1982.
