Hamid Choi

Hamid Choi (Choi Young-kil, born 1949) is a South Korean translator and professor of Islamic and Arabic studies at Myongji University and chairman of the Korea Muslim Federation, who has translated the meanings of the Qur'an and Sahih al-Bukhari into Korean. ^{1 2}

He took a BA in Arabic language and literature at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul (1975), a certificate from the College of Da'wa and Fundamentals of Religion at the Islamic University of Madinah (1980), an MA in Arabic at Hankuk (1982), and a PhD in Islamic studies at Omdurman Islamic University (1986) with a thesis on Islamic da'wa in Korea. ^{3 1}

He taught Koreans living in Saudi Arabia at the Islamic Education Center, was a visiting professor at Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University (1982–1983), and became professor of Islamic and Arabic studies at Myongji University, where he helped build Islamic studies in Korea; he chairs the Korea Muslim Federation. ^{3 1}

The English article says that in 1997 he completed the first direct Korean translation of the meanings of the Qur'an, reviewed by the King Fahd Complex, then translated Sahih al-Bukhari, and that he has written about ninety articles on Islamic studies. The museum's record of the Korean translation of the meanings of the Qur'an dates its first edition to 1988 and the Complex edition to 1997. ¹

The article says he received the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Award for Translation in 2009. He received the King Faisal Prize for Service to Islam in 2023; the prize's page says it was given for his many translations of Islamic books, noted for quality, accuracy and clarity, for his lessons and lectures, and for teaching Arabic and Islamic sciences at Myongji and Hankuk. ^{1 3}

Wikidata listed articles on him in eleven Wikipedia editions on 7 November 2026. ²

• English Wikipedia article, revision of 2 August 2026. ¹

• Wikidata item Q110269888. ²

• The laureate's page on the King Faisal Prize's official site, read on 7 November 2026. ³