Tarjamar Kur'ani zuwa Jafananci ta wanda ba musulmi ba
Daya daga cikin fassarar kur'ani a cikin Jafananci "Okawa Shomei" ne ya yi. An buga wannan fassarar mai suna Kur'ani kuma an buga shi shekaru biyar bayan yakin duniya na biyu, watau a cikin Fabrairu 1950, ta gidan buga littattafai na "Iwanami Shoten" a cikin shafuka 863.
An haifi Okawa a shekara ta 1886 a yankin Yamagata da ke arewacin kasar Japan. Bayan da aka karbe shi a sashen falsafa na Faculty of Literature na Jami'ar Tokyo, ya saba da tunanin Gabas da falsafar Hindu. Bayan wani lokaci, ya fara aiki a "Manchuri" South Railway Company. Ya kuma yi ayyukan adabi dabam-dabam kuma ya shahara a matsayin kwararre a fannin kimiyyar ka'ida a tushen tunani da tunanin mutanen Japan.
Okawa ya kasance babban mai bincike a fannin shari'a kuma ya sami digiri na uku a fannin shari'a daga Jami'ar Tokyo da ke Japan. Daga cikin rubuce-rubucen Okawa, ya tabbata cewa ya yi nazarin tarihin rayuwar Annabi Muhammad (SAW) a lokacin makarantar sakandare kuma ya shiga kwasa-kwasan ilimi da suka shafi addinin Musulunci. Amma abin da ya sa Okawa ya yi nazari a kan Musulunci da kuma sha’awar Musulunci shi ne saninsa da ayyukan “Goethe”; Kamar yadda ya ambata wannan batu a farkon tarjamarsa ta Alqurani mai girma. Bayan haka Okawa ya ci gaba da karatun addinin Musulunci har zuwa karshen rayuwarsa.
Okawa ya fara tafsirin alqur'ani yana da shekaru talatin. Ana ci gaba da buga fassararsa har zuwa Surah Toba a cikin wata mujalla ta gida. Haka nan kuma ya fassara littafin “Al-Hadith” ya rubuta tarihin Annabi Muhammad (SAW). A shekara ta 1942, ya buga wani littafi mai suna "Acquaintance with Islam". Wannan littafi da aka buga da Jafananci, ya taimaka sosai wajen fahimtar Musulunci a matsayin addini na kwarai.
Bayan yakin duniya na biyu, Okawa ya yi tunanin fassara kur’ani mai tsarki gaba daya kuma ya shafe shekaru biyu yana wannan aiki har ya kai ga buga fassarar kur’ani mai tsarki da harshen Japan a shekara ta 1950.
Duk da cewa Okawa ya karanci addinin Musulunci sosai kuma yana sha’awar Manzon Allah (SAW), bai taba musulunta ba, a karshe ya rasu a shekara ta 1959 yana da shekaru 71 a duniya.
Duk da cewa Okawa yana da bayanai da yawa game da addinin musulunci kuma ya iya yarukan kasashen waje da dama, amma ba shi da isasshiyar ilimin larabci, don haka ya rubuta a cikin rubutu cewa: “Musulmi saliha ne kadai zai iya karanta kur’ani mai tsarki shi ma. kamar yadda yake da gwanayen harshen Larabci.” wanda ya cancanci fassara”.
