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Toshihiko Izutsu

was a Japanese scholar who specialized in Islamic studies and comparative religion. He took an interest in linguistics at a young age, and according to some sources, came to know more than thirty languages, including Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish, Persian, Sanskrit, Pali, Hindustani, Russian, Greek, and Chinese. He is widely known for his translation of the Qurʾān into Japanese. Provided by Wikipedia