HAJJ-HAFIZ IBRAHIM EF. TREBINJAC

Abstract

Ibrahim Trebinjac was born on October 14, 1912 in Sarajevo. Upon the completion of elementary school, he enrolled in the Gazi-Husrev-bay’s Madrassah, which he completed in 1939. By that time he became a hafiz- helearned the whole Qur’an by heart - under the mentorship of Hafiz Mustafa ef.Mujezinovic and a vajub (kiraeti seb`u), mentored by hafiz Hamdi ef. Berberovic. In 1935 he enrolled in the Islamic Sharia School of Theology. He graduated on time, with the highest academic distinction. Until 1945/46 he was the theology professor in several Sarajevo schools. In Ramadan of 1946 he was taken to custody. He was tried one year later and he spent altogether two years in the Central Prison. When the communist dictatorship let up a bit, he was appointed a professor at the Gazi-Husrev-bay’s Madrassah where he stayed until his retirement in 1977. When the Faculty of Islamic Theolog yopened up, he was appointed a professor of Kiraet and Hadith and he worked on this post until his death. He was well versed in Arabic, Turkish and English languages, from which he translated many important articles, monographes and books and contributed with his writings to various magazines and papers. He ranslated the book of Nedim El-Jesir: ‘The Belief in the Light of Philosophy, Science and the Qur’an’ published in Sarajevo in 1976. In cooperation with Professor Omer Nakicevic, he translated the Qur’anic chapter “Ya-sin”. When he died, he left behind the following manuscripts: the translation from Arabic of Muhammad Hazkal’s book: ‘Seera - the Life of the Prophet Muhammad’, the translation of Yashar Nabi’s “Adam and Havva” from Turkish and his thesis from the School of Sharia Theologytitled ”The Characteristics of Chapter sand Verses".