Mykhaylo Mykhaylovych Yakubovych ( uk, Михайло Михайлович Якубович, born 1986) is a translator and scholar of Islamic Studies from Ukraine. He received his PhD from the National University of

Ostroh Academy Ostroh Academy ( pl, Akademia Ostrogska) was an academy located in Ostróg, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It is considered to be the first institution of higher education in the territory of present-day Ukraine, dating to 1576 and founded ...

where he worked as an Associate Professor and researcher in

Islamic Studies Islamic studies refers to the academic study of Islam, and generally to academic multidisciplinary "studies" programs—programs similar to others that focus on the history, texts and theologies of other religious traditions, such as Easter ...

. He later moved to Uni Freiburg, Germany. He conducted his research on the Medieval Islam during his fellowships in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

(2008, 2009), Italy (2009, 2011),

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(2010) and United States (

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, 2014). He published few books, numerous articles and translations in various scientific journals in

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, Russia,

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and

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("Religion, State and Society", "Journal of Ottoman Studies", "Yearbook of Muslims in Europe" etc.). He completed the first full translation of the

Qur’an The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God. It is organized in 114 chapters (pl.: , sin ...

into the

Ukrainian language Ukrainian ( uk, украї́нська мо́ва, translit=ukrainska mova, label=native name, ) is an East Slavic language of the Indo-European language family. It is the native language of about 40 million people and the official state lan ...

, approved for publishing by the King Fahd Glorious Qur’an Printing Complex (

Madinah Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the Holiest sites in Islam, second-holiest city in Islam, ...

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) and released in 2013 (second edition: Kyiv, 2015). He is a member of the research projects on the reception of the Arabic culture in Poland (2013-2015, 2016-2018, Warsaw University).

Main academic interests

Qur’anic Studies, Medieval and Contemporary Islamic Thought
History of Islam in Ukraine.

Books

* The Qur'an: Ukrainian translation and commentaries by Mykhaylo Yakubovych. Madinah, 2013; Kiev, 2015. * Islam in Ukraine (Vinnycia, 2016, in Ukrainian). * Philosophical Thought of the Crimean Khanate (Kiev, 2016, in Ukrainian).

Some articles in English

Mykhaylo Yakubovych. Islam in Ukraine (country report), Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, Volume 7, Leiden: Brill, 2016
* Mykhaylo Yakubovych. Jan Latosz (1539–1608) and His Natural Philosophy: reception of Arabic science in early modern Poland, Cultures in Motion. Studies in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods. Ed. by Adam Izdebski and Damian Jasiński, Kraków: Jagiellonian University Press, 2014.
Mykhaylo Yakubovych. Ukrainian Translations of the Meanings of the Glorious Qur'an: Problems and Prospects
* Mykhaylo Yakubovych. Islam and Muslims in Contemporary Ukraine: Common Backgrounds, Different Images, Religion, State and Society, 2010, No. 3.
A Cultural Significance of the Modern Islamic Exegetics for the Theory of Religious Tolerance
* Mykhaylo Yakubovych. Prophethood as a Historical Necessity: Between The Islamic Traditionalism and The Eastern Neoplatonism, Studia Antyczne i Mediewistyczne, No. 7 2 2009, P. 57-43.
Mykhaylo Yakubovych. Muhammad al-Aqkirmānı and his ‘ Iqd al-La’ālı: The Reception of Ibn Sınā in Early Modern Ottoman Empire

A Neglected Ottoman Sufi Treatise from 16th century: Mawāhib al-Rahman f bayān Marātib al-Akwān by Ibrāhim al-Qirimi

Post-Classical Islamic Philosophy in the Medieval Crimea

Sources

Holy Qur’an to be Published Full in Ukrainian

Profile on Academia.Edu
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