Posted by Zaufishan
Link-Love,
organisations,
quran,
quran links,
reviews
Monday, January 11, 2010
In the name of God, compassionate & merciful بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ | Peace be with you السلام عليكم
I mentioned Islamic Nature on passing in an earlier post and then realised that they were a valuable Link that we all need to know about.
BEHOLD! Our online Islamic Nature...
What: Islamic Nature [link], our most recent favourite online source for reading Quran easily, memorising short prophetic sayings, the Prophet Muhammad's biography, embedding Quran widgets (gadgets) onto our blog [check top-right sidebar] and bookmarking tool.
Who: Islamic Nature is ran by Umar Sheikh, a highly skilled professional and graphic designer, masha'Allah.
Aim: This site was created so IslamicNature team, could hone their computer "skills and talents for good use so that the Muslim ummah can benefit from us and learn about Islam, the Quran and the Prophet SAW. Our main aim is to provide islamic web services to the Muslim Ummah which they would want to use and benefit from in one way or another." It's contemporary Islamic learning without all the extra fuss.
"And there is the type of man who gives his life to earn the pleasure of Allah: And Allah is full of kindness to (His) devotees." Quran, [2:207]
Resources: Islamic Nature has the full Quran available online including a tafsir (interpretation) for listening, bookmarking and reading in multi languages.
- They provide viewers with the seerah -biography- of Prophet Muhammad, a global prayer timetable (with very cool visual map).
- External links on Islamic Nature lead to Islamic Ink [link here] which is an up and coming Bloggery network, - Extra tools cover Islamic videos from around the 'net, images and updated news.
To search through Islamic Nature's tools click [HERE]. Below is a sample of Islamic Nature's FREE embedding widgets which we at Muslimness are looking forward to incorporate into our site, insha'Allah.
iKnowledge {Quran tool}
How cool is that? Alhamdulillah.
Add Islamic Nature on Facebook [HERE] and follow their updates on Twitter world [HERE].
LET US KNOW IF YOU USED THEIR GADGETS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THEM?
Posted by Zaufishan
muslim blogs,
organisations,
quran,
quran links
Saturday, January 09, 2010
In the name of God, compassionate & merciful بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ | Peace be with you السلام عليكم
This is a seriously excellent Quran recitation tool provided by
IslamicNature.com.
Select and click the chapters you're interested in, then click play to hear the audio recitation. Don't forget to add Islamic Nature to your Twitter & Facebook love. Cool, huh?
Peace & respect ★ www.Muslimness.com
Posted by Muslimness
Link-Love,
quran,
quran links,
recitation
Friday, December 04, 2009
In the name of God, compassionate & merciful بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ | Peace be with you السلام عليكم
What: The Tanzil Project is a Quranic project launched in early 2007 to produce a highly verified precise Quran text to be used in Quranic websites and applications.
Aim: Tanzil's mission is to "produce a standard Quran text and serve as a reliable source" for this standard text on the web. The Tanzil Project was launched to standardise a highly verified error-free Quran text for interface applications to prevent further spreading of the erroneous texts. Sites such as Quran Source and Social Religion use this Arabic.
Review: What Tanzil nobly aims to do is fix the punctuation errors, the diacritic marks existing in some printed Qurans, by placing all the correct marks where needed. I have a Quran with Uthmani script which means all the punctuation isn't there; this is not a grave mistake, it's a style of script and was very common when the Quran was first reproduced. I have learnt this style of reading and now recognise after studying where all the vowel sounds are supposed to be. Tanzil provides support on this for Quran readers primarily, as well as contributing to the online Quran reading sources.
Resources: Tanzil has a comprehensive sidebar with features for navigating, searching specific terms, reciting and reading.
» A search bar provides quick root word searches in the Quran. This search function is currently available only in Arabic.
» The browse tool enables navigation between chapters (suwar), verses (ayah) and volumes ('juz) as well as flipping pages just like the real book.
» A recitation feature provides no less than 16 well known reciters (Qari); in addition Ibrahim Walk reads the entire Quran in English.
» Most spectacular are the options in choosing the 'type' of script: a standard clearer Arabic, the liquid flowing Uthmani script, with/without full diacritic marks and so on. Changing font/type options are also available.
» Presented here is the English translation; clicking the 'Quran' tab converts the text to Arabic.
» Hovering over the Arabic script with the cursor shows the translation of every single verse in English.
Our Rating: One point deducted only for the no-English search box and use of age-old English for the translation. For contemporary English speakers, we need a Quran that is translated in our eloquent style of speaking, a small upgrade if you will.
The Tanzil Project is most excellent,
9/10.
For more information about Tanzil click here.
Peace & respect
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online networking,
quran links,
Social-Media,
Social-Networking
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
In the name of God, compassionate & merciful بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ | Peace be with you السلام عليكم
Asalam Aleykum and Welcome to Ayat.in
What: Ayat.in. A new online Quran source with easy to use search, listening and sharing features.
Objective: The main aim for this project is to create a database of the Holy Quran that is easy to reference, easy to find any verse and easy to share.
Sharing features unlike any other Quran site
Function: Typing any word, verse number, or a sentence gives the exact result in no time. Create a cloud of tags based frequent used words in the Quran thus giving you a simple way to visualize the holy Quran. Make sharing any verse of the holy Quran on any where on the web a one click away, you can post any verse to Twitter, Facebook, Google, etc and also email them. All the verses on Ayat's database are available via RSS. Every verse of the Quran has its own unique address for example http://ayat.in/112_1 meaning chapter 102 verse 1.
Transliteration; click play to listen
Review: This recently developed online Quran source is picking up great momentum as a social tool for sharing and linking Quranic verses.
Our rating: 9/10
