The Noble Quran has many names including Al-Quran Al-Kareem, Al-Ketab, Al-Furqan, Al-Maw'itha, Al-Thikr, and Al-Noor. The Quran comprehends the complete code for the Muslims to live a good, chaste, abundant and rewarding life in obedience to the commandments of Allah, in this life and to gain salvation in the next. It is the "chart of life" for every Muslim, and it is the "constitution" of the Kin
gdom of Heaven on Earth. The Qur'an is the eternal contemporary of the Muslims. Each generation of Muslims has found new sources of strength, courage and inspiration in it. It is also, for them, a "compass" in the turbulent voyage of life, as it has explained itself in the following verses:
. . . Indeed, there has come to you light and a clear book from Allah; With it Allah guides him who fill follow His pleasure into the ways of safety and brings them out of utter darkness into light by his will and guides them to the right path. (V: 15-16)
It has created an all but new phase of human thought and a fresh type of character. It deserves the highest praise for its conceptions of Divine nature in reference to the attributes of Power, Knowledge, and Universal Providence and Unity--that its belief and trust is one God, creator of Heaven and Earth is deep and fervent, and that it embodies much of a noble and moral earnestness. It is Quran which transformed the simple shepherds and wandering Bedouins of Arabia into the founders of empires, the builders of cities, the collectors of libraries. If a system of religious teachings is evaluated by the changes which it introduces into the way of life, the customs and beliefs of its follower, then Qur'an as a code of life is second to none. It is not strange then, that more translations and more commentaries of the Holy Qur'an have been published than that of any other book claimed to be the Divine Revelation. The Glorious Quran is the Word of Allah as revealed to His Prophet, Muhammad, peace be on him and his progeny. On reading the Quran one is at once convinced that it is the Word of Allah, for no man can write such perfect guidance on so many subjects. The Holy Qur'an says that no man will be able to forge even a part of it and that no corruption shall touch it from any side. It is a miracle that the Holy Qur'an has remained unchanged and unaltered during all these 1400 years and it shall remain so till the Day of Resurrection, for Allah, has taken it on Himself to protect it. The less learned, like children, collect pebbles and shells from its shores. The scholars and thinkers, like pearl divers, bring out from it the highest philosophy, wisdom and rules of a perfect way of living. As the Hadeeth (prophetic statement) in At-Tirmithi states: “Whoever reads a letter from the Book of Allah, he will have a reward, and this reward will be multiplied by ten. I am not saying that 'Alif, Laam, Meem' (a combination of letters frequently mentioned in the Holy Quran) is a letter, rather I am saying that ‘Alif’ is a letter, ‘Laam’ is a letter and ‘Meem’ is a letter.” [At-Tirmithi] We hope this page will help you increase your recitation of the Quran and increase your blessings in this world and the hereafter. Development help
Asalamu Alykom, Firstly, thank you very much for your interest to help us develop Quran.com and its projects. We are excited to work with you! We are a team of developers, designers, product managers and thinkers working on Quran.com on a volunteer basis. Alhamdulilah we have been blessed to work for some great companies in Silicon Valley, Toronto and UAE - and we feel that this is the least we can do to help our Ummah move forward in learning and studying their religion. Working on Quran.com is very gratifying and may Allah reward us all (and reward you) for our efforts. We have a number of projects all hosted on Github. You can find them all here. But to outline them:
Quran.com - written in Ruby on Rails. Quran.com API - written in Ruby on Rails. Quran Android
Quran iOS
Quranic Audio and Quranic Audio mobile apps
Quran Audio Segments
Typically we use Github issues as the source for what to work on next, what's coming up and what bugs exist that need to be solved. For example this url has list of bugs, things we need help with, and upcoming features. Should you have any questions or want to contact maintainers, just write an issue! We will get back to you as soon as we can, inshAllah. Thanks for reading! Looking forward to seeing you commit some code!
