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OP - May 08, 2013, 07:00 PM

Hi all

Gathering information to understand the Quran more deeply is a difficult task. To make it easier I have put together this website - It is essentially the Quran by chapter and verse, with multiple English translations, word by word break down of the Arabic (so you can see where else in the Quran the same word is used), and each verse also links directly to commentaries from 5 tafsirs and also to hadiths from 11 different collections.

Hopefully this will make it easier for Muslims to delve deeper into their religion.

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Reply #1 - May 08, 2013, 08:46 PM

Are there any companies called ALM? Was Allah advertising the equivalent of coca cola?

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Reply #2 - May 09, 2013, 04:42 AM

You already finished putting it together? That was amazingly fast!

FreeThought Wiki is looking for translators!

Current projects: Faraj Foda's "al-Haqiqa al Ghaib" (Arabic) and Turan Dursun's "Din Bu I" (Turkish)
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Reply #3 - May 10, 2013, 09:23 PM

Alright, I have a suggestion:

It would be convenient to have he tafsirs and hadiths load on the same page as the verse and word by word break down, perhaps using hash links to link them to the top.

I'm thinking something like the Online Parallel Bible (but please don't let their crazy layout influence you). There will be less clicking needed to reach the content.

FreeThought Wiki is looking for translators!

Current projects: Faraj Foda's "al-Haqiqa al Ghaib" (Arabic) and Turan Dursun's "Din Bu I" (Turkish)
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Reply #4 - May 13, 2013, 12:02 PM

this is definitely useful for a Muslim, but I don't think they will trust it
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Reply #5 - May 16, 2013, 09:55 AM

Hi guys

The idea is to make it almost impossible for someone to read the Quran without it being easy to read classical tafsirs and relevant hadiths for any given verse. This also includes a word-by-word break down of the Arabic so that it is possible to see where else the same word is used and in what context.

And now to the point, because I want something

The hadiths have been scanned and software has converted them into text. There are quite a few places where a verse is referenced using Roman numerals but the software has confused an uppercase i with a lower case L so a verse reference is incorrect; sometimes you will see (I G) instead of (16) so a verse reference is missing; and sometimes the hadith relates to a verse but doesn't mention it at all.

There are currently 11 hadith collections on the site. This is far too many hadiths for one person to read. What I need is a small army of people to read through them, email errors, email suggestions of missing or erroneous verse links, or even suggest relevant links. As all of this text is authentic Islamic writing I think this is going to be an excellent resource for anyone with even a passing interest in Islam and the Quran.

You can contribute even without any knowledge. Just do things like check the Roman numerals have been linked to the correct verse. Find verses which are quoted (e.g. "No compulsion in religion") but not linked. For the more knowledgeable if you spot a hadith which is of relevance to a verse but not linked or even mentioned in the hadith then send that along.

Please could you do all you can to help to make this a successful project by requesting help to cross reference the data and clean up any scan errors? All you have to do is to choose a random section of hadiths, read them, and if you spot anything then click the "Report missing link / error" link at the bottom of the page it is on.

Thanks

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Reply #6 - May 25, 2013, 07:51 AM

Does nobody have any time to help me to look through these? There are 37,642 hadiths in total, it would take a single person years to complete.

All I want is for people to occasionally take a look at a hadith and send me an email (linked at bottom of each page) if there is a relevant quran verse link missing.

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Reply #7 - May 27, 2013, 12:26 PM

Out of interest Rationaliser, how did you do the 'Word for Word breakdown'. I thought you didn't know Arabic?
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Reply #8 - May 27, 2013, 01:37 PM

Qurancorpus? ^
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