The Fragrant Secret: Language and Universalism in Muusaa Ka’s The Wolofal Takhmīs

Are all languages equal? Does the revelation of the Qur’an in Arabic elevate that language above all others? What is the goal of using language, and particularly of using it Islamically? The early twentieth-century Wolof-language poem The Wolofal Takhmīs takes on these questions in verse. In arguing...

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Main Author: Judt Nicholas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2025-05-01
Series:Open Theology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/opth-2025-0038
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