Ubangiji Mai Dukkah replaces Allah in Hausa Bible …. Bible Society of Nigeria( BSN)
Finally, the Hausa Bible got it right. In 2014, the Bible Society of Nigeria ( BSN) was moved to call for a summit at Bishop Court in Jos. The SIM, The Seminary & The Hausa Community were represented. Reverend Ishaya Garba now retired, stood alone to argue on the name “Allah” in the Hausa Bible. He argued that, the name Allah is not a Hausa word Hence not the representation of the Supreme God in Hausa.Thus, it should be removed & be substituted with Yahweh, If there wasn’t yet the proper name to be used. That it is better to go Jewish than Arabic. Ubangiji Yahweh, not Ubangiji Allah. Unfortunately, the argument couldn’t scale through. There was fear of persecution by Hausa brethren if “Allah” was removed: no consensus was reached. But thanks to God on Sept 4, 2021 there was another Summit. The convener is a renowned former Moslem, Malam Nuhu Ibrahim Almasih. The Bible Society of Nigeria (BSN) & scholars came together. The outcome was a great success. Finally, the Name “Allah” is replaced with ” MAI DUKKAH” It is now cleared that, Allah is not the Hausa name for the Supreme Being hence Mai Dukkah, Ubangiji Mai Dukkah replaces Allah as a more suitable Hausa equivalent name of Yahweh – the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Any Christian who calls the name Allah, is on his/her own. Glory to God.
The above is worthy to be celebrated, the name Allah is hereby removed from the hausa Bible to be replaced with “Mai Dukkah”.
I Pray that Arab Christians will also take this bold step like the Hausa Christains and remove the name Allah from the Arabic Bible and replace it with the original generic name of God in Arabic call Ilah(ILAH) before the coming of Islam into Arabia . Allah is a name for a specific god but not the generic title for God..
Allah is Personal name of the Islamic deity just like Yahweh is the personal name of the Judeo-Christian Supreme being.
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