title: Shiek Abdulazis Guroalim Saromantang
text: # Shiek Abdulazis Guroalim Saromantang
  
  Shiek Abdulazis Guroalim Saromantang is a Maranao, an Ulama, and a specialist in Arabic sayings in the Qur’an. He was the first Filipino Muslim who translated Qur’an into Maranao language. He was a former mayor of Tugaya, Lanao del Sur.
  
  ## Qur'an translation in Maranao Language
  
  Ustadz Muhammad Sulaiman, a Maguindanaon, criticized Saromantang's second chapter translation on the Qur'an telling the story about "Moses." Two Maranao people Jamil Tamano and Saromantang's grandson Rasol Abbas defended the criticism as Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao have different native language.
  
  