In many scholarly discussions, the network of Malay-Indonesian ulama has gained important attention as it is maintained as the major element contributing to the process of Islamization in Sunda region (West Java), whereas the articulation of Islam in the lights of the indigenization efforts of Islam is often neglected.

It is one of contributions of Sundanese culture and literature in narrating the same story of sīrah in various language of the world. Wiranatakoesoe-ma's Riwajat reflects the influence of Sundanese culture which represents the author as a Sundanese people. This research shows that Sundanese culture held great influence on Wiranatakoesoema's narration of Muhammad's life. The life of Muhammad was described into a Sundanese character like the personality of Sundanese noble. Wira-natakoesoema did not only translate the book into Sundanese, but also added the great narratives in the form of Sundanese metrical poetry or dangding. It is a Sundanese translation of Dinet and Sliman's The Life of Mohammad (1918) which inserted twenty-seven French realist painting illustrations.

Wiranatakoesoema's Riwajat Kangdjeng Nabi Moehammad s.a.w. The article aims to analyze the influence of Sundanese culture in a book of sīrah or biography of Muhammad.

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