Józef Bielawski
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Józef Bielawski (August 12, 1910 – September 19, 1997) was a Polish Arabist and scholar of Islam.
A graduate of Jagiellonian University, where he studies law as well as oriental languages, in the years 1948 - 1950 he was the cultural attaché of the Polish Embassy in Turkey. From 1968 he was a professor at the University of Warsaw, where he created the Arab and Islamic studies program. In 1979 he became a member of the Iraqi Academy of Science. He was a founding member of the Polish-Arab Friendship Association. He is also known for his translation of the Qur'an into Polish.http://www.planetaislam.com/koran.html {{in lang|pl}} He is also the author of many books relating to Islam and Arabian culture.{{cite web |url=http://www.wiedza.pl/popup.php?id=513 |title=Ibn Chaldun - Józef Bielawski |accessdate=2007-01-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928060505/http://www.wiedza.pl/popup.php?id=513 |archivedate=2007-09-28 |language=pl}}
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- [http://al-quran.info/default.aspx#&&sura=1&trans=pl-jozefa_bielawskiego&show=both,quran-uthmani&format=rows&ver=1.00 Online Quran Project] includes the Qur'an translation of Józef Bielawski.
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Category:20th-century Polish translators
Category:Burials at Powązki Cemetery
Category:Jagiellonian University alumni
Category:Polish Islamic studies scholars
Category:Academic staff of the University of Warsaw
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