Install Urdu on Computer

Step 1: Urdu Nastaleeq Fonts Installer (v2.1)

Released 10th March, 2009

اگر آپ یہ اردو الفاظ اسی طرح ٹھیک پڑھ سکتے ہیں جیسا کہ مندرجہ ذیل اسلام کے بارے میں جملہ لکھا ہوا ہے تو پھر اردو فونٹ آپ کے کمپیوٹر پر انسٹال ہوگیا ہے یا پہلے سے ہی موجود ہے ۔اس لئے آپ کو مندرجہ ذیل ہدایات پر عمل کرنے کی ضرورت نہیں۔ ۔ لیکن اگر یہ تحریر کا انداز ویسا نہیں تو آپ فانٹ انسٹال کرکے اس کو مزید نکھار سکتے ہیں۔ شکریہ اور جزاکم اللہ

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How to install Urdu Fonts on Windows	اردو فانٹ کیسے انسٹال کریں؟
If you are using Windows XP or Vista computer, you can download and run this program: Jameel Noori Nastaleeq Urdu Fonts Installer – click here to download. When you click, you will see the following popup window, please click on the Runbutton:	اگر آپ ونڈوز کمپیوٹر استعمال کررہے ہیں تو آپ ایک خوبصورت نستعلیق فانٹ یہاں کلک کرکے ڈاؤن لوڈ کریں اور اپنے کمپیوٹر پر اس پروگرام کو چلائیں تو یہ اردو فانٹ آپ کے کمپیوٹر پر انسٹال ہوجائے گا۔. جب آپ یہ ونڈو دیکھیں تو Run کا بٹن دبائیں
and click on Run again if you get this popup window:	اور اب اگر یہ ونڈو دیکھیں تو پھر Run کا بٹن دبائیں
after this click on Next button on this screen:	اس ونڈو پر Next کا بٹن دبائیں
Next click on Install button:	اور اب Install کا بٹن دبائیں
The Urdu Fonts will be installed after this step. Please restart your Internet Browser. Enjoy reading Urdu now!	اس کے بعد اردو فانٹس انسٹال ہوجائیں گے۔ اپنے انٹرنیٹ براؤزر کو بند کرکے پھر چلائیں۔ اب آپ اردو نستعلیق میں پڑھ سکتے ہیں۔

If you get a warning on Windows Vista that a program is trying to access your computer, please allow it to run so it can install the font. After this the font will be installed and you can close the window, and restart your browser or refresh/reload this page to view the text in newly installed font. If you install the font again when new update becomes available, you may need to restart your computer.

Other Operating Systems

If you are on Linux or other operating system which also supports OpenType/TrueType fonts, then you can manually download and install the ttf files from here. The zip file contains 3 ttf files. Please follow your operating system instructions on how to install these fonts.

Installing the Urdu Font on Apple Mac

Download the font zip file from here. Extract the zip file and double click the ttf files one by one to install. When you double click the font file, you will be presented with a small preview (written in the Roman alphabet) along with a button at the bottom that says “Install Font” as shown below:

Clicking it will install the font.

Proceed to Step 2…

Step 3: Enable Unicode Urdu in Windows XP

If you are on Windows XP, follow these steps: (Note: this step is not required for Windows Vista/7/8)

• Click on Start, Settings, and then Control Panel
  
• Click on Regional and Language Options. (You may need Windows XP CD in your CD/DVD drive after this step)
  
• Click on Languages tab, and select first checkbox that says “Install files for complex scripts and right-to-left languages…”
  

  and then click on OK button. This will bring this prompt. Click OK button to continue:

  
• Now it will ask you for Windows XP CD in your CD/DVD drive:
  

  Once you press ok and the correct CD is in the drive, it will continue with the installation like this:

  
• Next it will ask you to restart the computer. Select No at this time.
  
• Now click on the Details… button which will bring this window, which lists the currently installed languages and keyboards:
  
• Now click on the Add… button which will bring this window, where you will select Input language: Urduand Keyboard layout/IME: Urdu Phonetic 1.0 (this is the keyboard layout that we installed in step 2)
  
• Now press OK on all windows to close them. You can restart your computer now to load new settings. Once you have restarted, you can see that Urdu language is available in your taskbar as shown in this screen shot:
  
• Now to switch between Urdu and English, you can press Alt+Shift. Or on your taskbar you can see EN orUR and click on it to select the language.

Quran Auto Reciter

Quran Auto Reciter (FREE) for Windows 8/7/Vista/XP/98/2000/

Quran Auto Reciter is used to read and listen the Quran from a vast choice of famous reciters. It can be configured to launch automatically at specific times for recitals or for giving Athan at times manually configurable by yourself. Prayer timings of local Masjids can be configured so that you’re alerted five times a day by an Athan of your choice. It also has lectures from well known scholars and Azan (Athan) sounds from many Moazans (Reciter) all over the world. Read the Quran script in the Uthmani font and Simple Arabic font with full Tashkeel. English and Urdu translations of Quran are also available for reading. Lot of Arabic fonts to display the Quran in beautiful arabic Calligraphy styles. 100% FREE Download server 1! OR Download server 2!

Hadith Collection

This is a collection of the English translations of Saheeh Bukhaaree, Saheeh Muslim, Muwatta’ Maalik, and (partial) Sunan Abu Daawood. It is a Compiled HTML Help (.chm) file and includes the regular functionalities of a (.chm) file such as searching and printing. You can also easily copy any text from the file.

You can download the file from the following ImaanStar.com page:

موسوعة الحديث النبوي الشريف – The Encyclopedia of Hadeeth

This is a nice collection of books of Ahaadeeth. It contains Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (+ Ibn Hajar’s commentary), Saheeh Muslim (+ Nawawee’s commentary), Sunan at-Tirmithee, Sunan an-Nasaa’ee, Sunan Abu Daawood, Sunan Ibn Maajah, Musnad Ahmad, Muwatta’ Malik, Sunan ad-Daarimee, Mustadrak al-Haakm, Sunan al-Bayhaqee, Sunan ad-Darqutnee, Saheeh Ibn Habbaan, Saheeh Ibn Khuzaymah, Musnaf Ibn Abi Shaybah and others. All the books are in Arabic with no English translations.

You can download the file in both Compiled HTML Help (.chm) file format or in Executable (.exe) file format from the IslamSpirit.com website:

       EXE Format

CHM Format

موسوعة رواة الحديث – The Compendium of Narrators

Description and Features

1) It contains the biographies of 8858 narrators of Hadeeth

2) Information about the narrators is taken from the books: “تهذيب الكمال في أسماء الرجال” by Al-Haafidh Al-Muzzee, “تهذيب التهذيب” and “تقريب التهذيب” by Al-Haafidh Ibn Hajar, and “الكاشف” by Al-Haafidh Adh-Dhahabee.

3) Regarding the narrators, these categories of information are provided: date of birth, date of death,Tabaqah (i.e. category or level – a technical term in Hadeeth science indicating the era in which the person lived), who narrated from him (from the people of the books of Hadeeth), his evaluation by Imaam Ibn Hajar, his evaluation by Imaam Adh-Dhahabee, whatother scholars said about him, his teachers, and his students.

4) Ability to search for narrators by name using an advanced search capability and the ability to jump to a narrator by number according to the number of “تقريب التهذيب” by Imaam Ibn Hajar.

5) Ability to copy the information about a narrator or more than narrator at a time and ability tobookmark a narrator.

6) A database of nick names of narrators and a database of the evaluation terms used by Al-Haafidh ibn Hajar.

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Supported OS

The program is an executable (.exe) and should work on most Windows operating systems. I tried it onVista and it had no problems.

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Download

Download the program in a zip format from this link:

Alternatively, you can download the file from this link.

Extract the contents of the zip file and open the “SETUP.exe” file to proceed with the installation.

Juz30

Description and Features

1) A Qur’aan memorization application allowing you to drag single verses or an entire Surah onto a heart icon as you memorize them; the verses are in image form and are optionally accompanied by the English interpretation ofHilali/Khan andtransliteration

2) Ability to download Surah packs for al-Husary, Basfar, or ‘Affasy and choose any one to play; you can loop verses, the entire Surah, or a defined range of verses; you can also add a custom pause between verses for your own recitation

3) Supports multiple profiles

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Supported OSs

The application is designed to run on Windows.

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Download

To download the application and the Surah packs go to the following page:

أَحْكَامُ التَّجْوِيدِ – Rules of Tajweed

Description and Features

1) A compilation of the rules of Tajweed from the narration ofHafs from ‘Asim

2) Contains an introduction aboutTajweed and the Qur’aan; the topics are well-categorized intochapters

3) Each topic is supplemented withaudio examples from well-known reciters; you can also record your own recitation and listen to it

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Supported OSs

The application is designed to run on Windows.

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Download

You can download the application from this link:

The Noble Qur’an

Description and Features

1) Contains the entire Qur’aanic text verse by verse in image form

2) Each verse is followed by its transliteration and theEnglish interpretationby Hilali/Khan

3) Since it is in CHM format, you can search for words and add bookmarks

4) A section of referencesto various topics in the Qur’aan is provided

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Supported OSs

Any system that can read CHM files should be able to run it (and that includes Windows, Linux, Mac,Symbian, iOS, Android, etc.)

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Download

Download the first item from the following page:

Tafseer Ibn Katheer

Description and Features

1) The English translation of an abridged edition of the great commentary on the Qur’aan by the scholar Ibn Katheer

2) Prepared in a CHM (compiled HTML help file) which hassearch capability

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Supported OS

Any system that can read CHM files should be able to run it (and that includes Windows, Linux, Mac,Symbian, iOS, Android, etc.)

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Download

You can download the file from this link:

Holy Quran Viewer / Search Utility

Description and Features

1) A search- and navigation-orientedapplication containing theentire Qur’aanic text; you can copy any part of the text to the clipboard

2) Ability to navigate to a particular Juz’, Surah, or verse

3) Ability to search for words either looking for anexact phrase, all the wordsin order or different order, orany of the words entered; you can choose whether tosearch the whole Qur’aanor only the current Juz’, Surah or page

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Supported OSs

The application is designed to run on Windows.

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Download

You can download the application from this page:

Qur’an Viewer 2.9

Description and Features

1) Contains the entire Qur’aanic text in addition to its transliterationand English interpretation

2) The ability todownload additional interpretations in a wide range of different languages

3) The ability toview the content in different ways; you can also create customized views containing up to three texts

4) A Qur’aanic index with references to the locations where certain words are mentioned along with an introduction to each Surah in English

6) The ability to search, copy, easily navigate to and bookmark verses

7) A number of lists including Du’aas from the Qur’aan, a glossary of Islaamic terms, and a list ofalternative Surah names

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Supported Operating Systems

The software is designed to run on Windows. It may also be tried on Linux using Wine.

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Download

You can download the application itself from the following link:

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To download the Hilali/Khan English interpretation click this link:

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To download interpretations in other languages go to the following page and download the package that includes the language you need:

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Quran Tajweed Flash

Description and Features

1) A flash-based Mus-hafwith a realistic page-turningexperience both visually and audibly

2) Navigation featuresincluding navigating 10 pages backward or 10 pages forward and navigating to the page number

3) Navigation by Juz’ number or Surah name

4) Color-coding for basicTajweed rules

5) Ability to navigate using the keyboard as well as the mouse

6) Can remember your last position

7) Four different types of the Mus-haf can be downloaded (more are available for online viewing)

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Supported Operating Systems

It can run on Windows, Mac, and Linux (using “Wine”).

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Download

You can download any of the four available types of the Mus-haf from the link below:

Zekr 1.0

Description and Features

1) Contains the entire Qur’aanic text in addition to a broad scope of interpretation packages in many different languagesthat can be downloaded and installed optionally

2) Ability to choose different ways of viewing the material: viewing the Qur’aan alone, viewing an interpretation alone, viewing both (either mixed or in separate frames, whether in block or in lines), or viewing the Qur’aan along with multiple interpretations; the material viewed can be as an entire Juz’, a Surah, a Hizb quarter, or a custom number of verses; the application itself can be viewed in various languages

3) A powerful navigation capability, providing a “Go to” option, in addition to navigation to thenext or previous defined page, Surah, verse, Juz’, Hizb quarter, or Sajdah position; you cansearch both the Qur’aan and the interpretations; there is also the ability to bookmark verses and to create sets of bookmarks; the application remembers your position from last time

4) The software has a powerful integration of recitations (verse by verse) from a selection of reciters; you can either play them online from within the software, or download complete packs of reciters and play them offline

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Supported OSs

The software can run on Windows, Mac, and Linux. There is also a portable edition for Windows.

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Download

You can download the appropriate version for your operating system from this page:

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You can download the Hilali/Khan English interpretation from this link:

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You can download other interpretation and recitation packs from this page:

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Installing Packs

Interpretation Packs:

1) First download the desired pack from the link above, then open the Zekr application. Click Tools ->Add -> Translation…

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2) Browse to the location of the downloaded interpretation pack and select it. Then click Open.

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3) The software then asks you whether to install this interpretation for the current user profile only or for all the users of the computer (if there are multiple accounts). Choose the one you prefer and clickOK.

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4) The interpretation can now be used from the View -> Translation submenu.

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Recitation Packs

Follow the same steps as those for the interpretation packs above except that you need to begin through the Tools -> Add -> Recitation submenu item. You have two options in this case:

1. Recitation (*.properties) … This is used to add new recitation profiles that you have downloaded from the resources page in the Download section above. This simply adds the name of a reciter that is not already in the software. The recitation is still played from online and requires an internet connection.
2. Recitation (*.recit.zip) … This one is used to add a complete recitation pack that you have downloaded. The recitation will be played offline and will not need an internet connection.

Kalimaatul Qur’aan – كَلِمَاتُ القُرْءَانِ

Description and Features

كلمات القرآن (“The Words of the Qur’aan) is a mobile phone application that contains a comprehensive list of words and phrases that are found in the Qur’aan. It offers the following features

1) Arabic interpretation of the words of the Qur’aan adopted from the book كلمات القرآن تفسير وبيان (“The Words of the Qur’aan: An Interpretation and a Clarification”) by Hasanayn Muhammad Makhlooq

2) Automatic search for words as you type

3) The ability to view all the words available for a certain Surat

4) Automatic setting of the phone language to Arabic

5) Onscreen Arabic keyboard for phones that don’t have Arabic support

5) The ability to change font size

Supported Phones

All Java-enabled phones supporting files larger than 440 KB

Download

The application can be downloaded from the following MediaFire link:

Pocket Quran

This is a mobile phone application which contains the full text of the Qur’aan along with search, bookmark, and useful navigation features. The most outstanding feature is its support for a wide variety of different mobile phone devices including:

Java-enabled phones

Palm OS 3.5+

Pocket PC 2000+

MS Smartphone 2002

Nokia series 60v3 and 60v1

Nokia 9500 and 9300

UIQ 2 devices

Nokia series 90

Blackberry 3.8+

Onhand devices

There are also Mushaf widgets available for:

Yahoo! Widgets Engine

Windows Vista Sidebar

Mac OS X

To download the version suitable for your portable device or your widget engine, visit the following link:

Quran Reader Basic

The main features available in the basic version (the free version) are:

1) The complete Qur’aanic text with English interpretation by Hilaali/Khaan

2) The ability to view the Qur’aan alone, the English interpretation alone, or both verse with its interpretation

3) Navigation by verse number and easy navigation to the beginning and end of the active Surat and one bookmark

4) Supports many handhelds

Much more features are available in the pro version and it is your choice if you want to upgrade to the pro version and also support the developers but this blog is mainly for free materials so the pro features are will not be discussed here and they can be viewed at the developers’ website.

The following link takes you to the page where you select the version suitable for your handheld and you should be lead to the actual download link:

Moshaf Tafsir

This is another mobile application containing the whole Qur’aan with Tashkeel and well-set colors. It also includes a simplified Tafseer and you have the ability to run the Qur’aan and the Tafseer either separately or load them both and switch between them by pressing the # key. It also lets you easily navigate to the beginning and end of a Surat as well as navigation by Aayat number.

The application is free but the registration might be a little troublesome so carefully follow the instructions that you are given when you run the application. It will give you a product key and probably direct you to this link where you provide the key, your e-mail and handset model. You can download the application from this GetJar.com link:

Mobile Mus-haf – مصحف الجوال

Description and Features

This is, by far, the best free mobile Qur’aan application available. Here are its main features:

1) Real Mus-haf images adapted to your screen size

2) Multiple Mus-haf types: Hafs, Qaaloon,Warsh, Mus-haf Tajweed, and Mus-haf of the Haramain

3) Complete recitations from a variety of reciters; the recitations are synchronized with the individual pages with smooth automatic scrollingof the page along with the recitation

4) Multiple books of Tafseer of the Qur’aan including the Tafseer of Ibn Katheer, Al-Qurtubee, As-Sa’dee, Al-Muyassar, and others

5) Support for installing multiple Mus-haf types and multiple recitations with easy switchingbetween them

6) Search capability by word and by topic

7) Ability to bookmark your location to easily catch up from where you last left, and the ability to jump to a Surah, a Juz’, or a page by number

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Supported Devices

1) Symbian Series S60 v3, S60 v3 FP1, S60 v3 FP2, S40 v3 FP2, S40 v5 FP1, S40 6-, and S60 2nd

2) Symbian S60 5th Edition devices: Nokia 5800, 5530, 5230, N97, N97 mini, and X6, Samsung i8910 Omina HD, and Sony Ericsson Satio

3) Pocket PC devices: Windows Mobile 5, 6, and 6.1, i-mate, HTC, and Samsung

4) Certain handhelds from Sony Ericsson, LG, Motorolla, and Samsung which support FlashLite 2 but have not been tested

For a more a comprehensive list of supported devices, please visit this page.

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Download

The package you should download can be one of the following:

1) For Nokia Symbian S60 v3, Symbian S40, Pocket PC, and any other devices not mentioned in the other two points below, download the following package:

2) For Nokia Symbian S60 V5, download this package:

3) For Nokia Symbian S60 V2, download this package:

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Installation

1) After you download the appropriate package from the previous step, run the file. The welcome screen will show up. Click on the middle button at the bottom, titled “التالي”:

2) The dialog box then shows information about the program. Click “Next” at the bottom of the dialog:

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3) On this window you get to choose where to extract the files from the package. You can choose your device’s memory card directly but I do not recommend it because it can get very slow. Instead choose one of your hard drives and click “التالي”:

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4) On this step you get to choose your device brand. Choose the appropriate option button and click “التالي”:

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5) Now click the button titled “تثبيت”.

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6) In this window you get to choose what files to extract. It is recommended to leave everything as it is (i.e. checked) and click “التالي”:

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7) This is the confirmation windows. Click “التالي” to begin the extraction:

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8) After the extraction, click “إنهاء” to close the dialog box.

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9) Go to the location which you chose to extract the files. You should find two folders “data” and “others”. Copy them onto your device’s memory card. After you do so, on the device itself, go to the “data” folder and open “installs”. Install both applications and you should see the application’s icon in your menu.

If the icon is not visible on the menu, or if it is not provided with the package, you can download the icon application separately for the first category from here (or this) for the second category from here, and for the third category from here.

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Additional Packages

1) Books of Tafseer – Download

2) Mus-haf Tajweed Images – Download

3) Mus-haf of the Haramain Images – Download

4) Mus-haf Qaaloon – Download

5) Mus-haf Warsh – Download

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For further downloads, visit the following pages:

1) For other image packages of the Mus-haf for different screen sizes and device types, visit this page.

2) For downloading the recitation packages, visit this page (note that it is 3 pages of reciters not just one, with links at the bottom left of the list)

3) For downloading different Flash applications for your phone, in case your phone doesn’t read the file properly, visit this page.

You may need to register at the website to see and use the download links.

القرآن الكريم (Qur’an) for iPhone, iPod, and iPad

Description and Features

1. the app contains the entire Mus-haf in ‘Uthmanifont

2. there is individual ayah recognition with tafseerand translations by tapping the number of the ayah

3. you can download 6 tafseer books in Arabic as well as 6 translations in other languages (English, French, Turkish, Malay, Malayalam) which can be viewed along with the Mus-haf

4. recitation packs can be downloaded for individualsurahs or for the entire Mus-haf for 12 different reciters

5. the ability to loop each ayah once or twice, to loop an ayah infinitely, or to loop a range of ayahsor an entire surah

6. navigation is possible by surah name, juz’number, rub’ number, and page number; you can also search for phrases

7. you can create bookmarks for ayahs or pages; the app also remembers your last location on startup

8. there is a night-reading option which turns the background black and the text white

9. the app supports portrait and landscape view, automatically switching to the top of the next page when sliding from the bottom of the previous page and vice versa

10. there is a statistics section on your reading experience

 

Supported OSs

Fully supported on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

Download

Downloading the Recitations from a Computer

There is no official way to download the recitations from a computer. It can, however, be done with some time investment. It needs:

1. downloading the files of the reciter from versebyversequran.com (the Ayat MP3 Recitations section)

2. unpacking the zip file, then placing the files of each surah in a folder with the surah’s three-digit number (use a batch folder creator to create the folders rapidly)

3. renaming the files such that you remove the three-digit number of the surah from all the files (using software like Advanced File Renamer)

4. placing all the folders in a single folder named with the three-digit number of the reciter in the app (e.g. 002 for ‘Ali al-Huthaifi)

5. transferring this final folder to your device in the directory [القرآن الكريم]//Documents/Private Documents/Reciters (in the User Applications section using iFunbox)

Ask more about this in the comments if interested.

القَاعِدَةُ النُّورَانِيَّةُ – The Luminous Rule

Description and Features

1) This is a simple, but well-designedand scientific, method for learning how to read the letters and wordsof the Glorious Qur’aan.

2) It is organized in areasonable orderstarting with single letters, combined letters, then the letters at the beginning of the Surahs of the Qur’aan, then vowels, and so on.

3) The book is simple and clear to read. It is divided into 17 chaptersfor ease of use.

4) Provided below, in addition to the book in PDF format, are 4 audio files for the recitation of theentire 17 chapters so that you can learn the proper pronunciation and reading even without having a live teacher with you.

5) This can be really helpful as a prerequisite to learning Tajweed (the science of the recitation of the Qur’aan).

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Supported OSs

The files are one ebook (.pdf) and 4 audio files (.mp3) and hence are OS-independent (can work on virtually any system).

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Download

Download the book from this address:

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Download the 4 audio files from these links:

Download Audio 1 (from the beginning of the book –> the beginning of the 8th chapter)

Download Audio 2 (from the continuation of the 8th chapter –> the end of the 10th chapter)

Download Audio 3 (from the beginning of the 11th chapter –> over the half of the 13th chapter)

Download Audio 4 (from the continuation of the 13th chapter –> the end of the book)

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How to Use

1) Open the ebook. The first chapter is on page 7. Move to that page and you will see that it is about the letters.

2) Open the first audio file. Play it to get oriented and see how he goes through the lecture.

3) Once you learn the order of recitation and the speed of the reciter, you can now go through the book by repeating after the reciter in the audio file in the way you find comfortable.

نور البيان في معلم القرآة بالقرآن – Teaching How to Read Arabic by the Qur’aan

Description and Featuers

1) A well-designed and user-friendly flash application for teaching the letters of Arabic alphabetand how to read and pronounce Arabic words correctly

2) The application usesthe Qur’aan as the guide for teaching the Arabic language

3) Most sections are divided into three parts: one for learning the subject, one forexamples, and one fortraining

4) A separate section dedicated to words from the Qur’aan

5) Three separate sections on the correct Islaamic ‘Aqeedah, the performance of Wudhu, and the performance of Salaah

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Supported OSs

Any system that can run flash applications (.exe) properly. Windows users should have no problem.

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Arabic Almanac – Arabic-English Dictionaries with Searching (Lane’s, Hans Wehr, Hava)

Description and Features

1. This web application, prepared by ejtaal.net website, provides fast and easy access to the three most popular Arabic-English dictionaries (Lane’s Lexicon, Hans Wehr, and Hava) which are arranged by word roots.

2. The web service allows you to search for word roots, and it will immediately take you to the relevant page (or very close to it) in each of the three dictionaries.

3. You can even search using English (Roman) letters and it will automatically change them into their corresponding Arabic letters. So typing in (ams) will search for (أمس). This is useful if you can’t type Arabic letters for some reason.

4. You can use keyboard shortcuts to explore the website; this makes using the service even better.

5. An excellent feature in it is the ability to download the entire website in a zipped format, so that you can use it on any possible system out there that supports HTML pages and JavaScript(including iOS devices).

 

Supported OSs

Basically any system or browser that supports HTML pages and JavaScript. This includes (but is probably not limited to) Firefox (desktop), Internet Explorer 7/8/9, Opera (Desktop and Mobile), Google Chrome, Android devices (mostly), iOS devices (works very nicely on the iPad using GoodReader), and most smartphones and tablets. Try it yourself to see if it works. All you need is a folder/web browser that supports HTML and JavaScript.

Download/Use

1. To access and use the service online, visit this link:

http://ejtaal.net/m/aa/

2. To download for offline use, use this link:

[Alternative link: ejtaal.net]

Removing Ads in Firefox for the Caring Muslim

Since I use MediaFire for some of the download links, and MediaFire often displays Haraam advertisements that annoy the Muslim who cares for his religion, I thought I share the following method on how to (almost) completely remove advertisements (not just from MediaFire but all other kinds of websites) for the users of Firefox. Inshaa’Allaah methods for blocking ads in other browsers will be added in the future. To visualize the difference, take a look at the following MediaFire download page, before and after removing the ads:

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STEP 1

If you are not a Firefox user, and you don’t give much care as to what type of browser you use, I suggest you download Firefox browser from the following link:

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STEP 2

1) While surfing in Firefox, click the following link:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865/

2) Click the button “Add to Firefox“. A yellow bar should appear at the top of the page requiring your permission to download the addon. Click the “Allow” button at the right side of the bar.

3) After clicking the “Allow” button, a dialog box should appear with an “Install Now” and a “Cancel” button. Click the “Install Now” button to begin installation.

4) Wait until the addon is downloaded and installed.

5) After installing is finished, a yellow bar should appear with a “Restart Firefox” button. Click that button to restart Firefox.

6) After restarting Firefox, visit the following page to install another addon named “Adblock Plus: Element Hiding Helper” which is meant for fighting text ads. Follow the same steps as above to download and install it:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4364/

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STEP 3

After installing the second addon, while using Firefox browser, visit the following page:

http://adblockplus.org/en/subscriptions

You should see a page that reads “Known Adblock Plus subscriptions” with a table of data beneath it. These are lists of websites that you can tell Adblock to block them and eradicate them during your browsing experience. You can select many lists. However, if you mainly visit English websites, choose only the English lists, and likewise for other languages.

1) In order to subscribe to a list, click on the links next to the “Subscribe:” title on the right column of the table in the row of each item.

2) Make sure to scroll down the page and select many of the “Fanboy’s List” items (not just those shown below in the image but also others further down the list).

3) After you click on a “Subscribe:” item, a dialog box should come up. Make sure the checkbox “Update filters automatically” is checked and click the “Add subscription” button.

After adding a good number of lists, inshaa’Allaah you will be protected from all kinds of ads recognized by the addon.

Maktabah Shamilah for Handhelds – المكتبة الشاملة للجوال

I wanted to utilize this post to explain how to read the books of the Shaamila and any other Arabic text file on your mobile phone. Of the handheld book reader applications out there, there are two that I personally use and prefer: Mobipocket for English texts, and QReader for Arabic texts.The reason why I I use Mobipocket is because it offers an excellent desktop software to convert most of the popular document formats (including PDFs and images) into one (super-)compressed file which you can then read on both your mobile phone and your computer and also synchronize between them. The downside (for me) is that there is still no search functionality in the Symbian version of the application and all the Arabic text is reversed (like ذهب becomes بهذ!)

QReader is a simple text reader. It doesn’t support images but it has an excellent set of features to offer. The most important features (for me) are the great support of languages (including Arabic, and not reversed), the ability to search, autoscroll (also found in Mobipocket) and different background and foreground color options as well as some other features.

The main purpose of the post is Arabic books in general, and books of the Shaamila in particular so we will be focusing on QReader. In order to be able to read the Arabic text properly, the language setting that actually worked to show the text properly (as in the two images above) is like this:

That is to say, go to Settings -> Language. And choose these properties: Region -> Middle Eastern,Charset -> Arabic, Codepage -> Mac, and Text Direction -> Right-to-Left.

You yourself can export any books from the Shaamila yourself by using the export function. Alternatively you can directly download the books of any category prepared into text file format ready to use on the phone.

In order to download QReader (currently for Symbian only) visit the following link:

And you can download the books of any of the categories of the Shaamila from the following website:

موسوعة أهل الحديث والأثر – Compendium of Scholars of Hadeeth and Athar

This is huge library of lectures and Fataawaa from the major Islaamic ‘Ulamaa’ of our time. These are the features:

1) It contains 1327 audio tapes of Shaykh bin Baaz, 984 tapes of Shaykh al Albaanee, 4803 (yes, four thousand eight hundred and three) tapes of Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen, 421 tapes of Shaykh Fawzaan, 991 tapes of Shaykh ‘Abdul Muhsin al ‘Abbaad, 268 tapes of Shaykh Saalih Aal ash Shaykh, 407 tapes of Shaykh Mashhoor Aaal Salmaan, Rahimahum Allaah. That adds up to about 9201 tapes in total!

2) A Windows application to use these audio files with more ease. This is why the software is useful: Some of the audio files, like the Silsilatul Hudaa wan Noor of Shaykh al Albaanee, Rahimahu Allaah, consist of questions and answers. The software contains the names of all the Mashaayyikh mentioned above in the form of a tree structure and when you expand any of the names the titles of the different series of lectures of that Shaykh are displayed. Clicking on of those series displays, in another list, the titles of the individual files of that series. So, for example, I expand the item of the name of Shaykh al Albaanee, Rahimahu Allaah, and then click on the series Silsilatul Hudaa wan Noor. Then I choose the lecture number 20. Clicking on that lecture, will display, in another list, all the questions which are asked in that lecture. So, I can easily choose a question and it will automatically play the tape from the position of that question. To illustrate, this is how it looks:

3) The ability to search, using the software, for words in any or all of the Mashaaykh’s tapes as provided in the index. This can, to a certain degree, also come in handy.

Now you don’t “have” to install the software to listen to the audio files. You may, for example, want to put the files on your mobile phone or audio player to listen to them when you are in the bus, in your car, or any other time when you are away from the computer and this is just as possible. The software just makes it sort of easier to index the audio files and navigate through them.

Note: When I first tried to install the software on Windows Vista, I kept getting an error message of a component registration failure which made me think that it wasn’t supported on Vista. However, today installed RealPlayer and then reinstalled the software and al Hamdu li Allaah it worked. So you may want to download RealPlayer if you don’t already have it on your system.

You can download the software from this link:

And then you start downloading the audio files of your choice. Again, you don’t “have” to download all 9201 tapes for the program to work. Even if you have a single tape downloaded, the software will play it. Now it is also time to mention how to tell the software where the files are. There is a very nice feature in the application where you just select any directory on your hard drive and you tell the application to automatically create all the folders of the names of the Mashaayyikh and subfolders for the titles of the series. All that is left for you is to place the downloaded audio files in their right folders. You can do this automatic folder creation by going to عمليات –> مسار البرنامج وإنشاء المجلدات where you choose a drive letter and then choose the folder in which you want the software to automatically create the folders for you.

The audio files are all in Real Media format, that is why you need RealPlayer installed on your system. If, however, you are not interested in installing the software but just the audio tapes themselves, and you don’t want to install RealPlayer, you can easily convert the files to any other format, like mp3, using any media conversion software like the open source Media Coder.

You can either download the audio files individually or download groups of them packed in one zip file. To download the individual files, the following link will show you the names of the Mashaayyikh from where you can get to the desired tapes:

And the following page contains the same names of the Mashaayyikh only that this one contains groups of lectures packed in zip files:

MuslimBag – حَقِيبَةُ المُسْلِم

DESCRIPTION AND FEATURES

1) This is a huge index of online resources ofQur’aan recitations,Islaamic lectures,videos, flash files, Nasheeds,software, books, a huge Fatwaa bank,Islamic TV channels, and others [mainly in Arabic.]

2) You have the ability toplay media files (all audio and video files)directly within the program itself.

3) You have the ability to download individual files using the program itself, or copy the download links to download the files using your own download manager, or to place multiple files at queue to download simultaneously.

4) A handy search capability is provided to find what you need in the vast amount of items in the program.

5) The ability to add files to a favorites section and to save your current location and start off from the same place next time you run the program.

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DOWNLOAD

You can download the program from the publisher’s website:

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ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

According to the publisher website, you also need two other components for the program to run:

1) RealPlayer Codec:

You can obtain this either by installing RealPlayer itself or by installing the RealPlayer Alternative.

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2) Flash Player ActiveX:

You can download the plugin at FileHippo.

المكتبة الشاملة – Maktabah Shamilah

DESCRIPTION AND FEATURES

1) A library containing an initial amount of 5300 books on the various Islaamic sciences [only Arabic] organized into appropriate categories and identity cards for many of the books and authors

2) Highly advanced searching capabilities, including choosing single or multiple books to search in, ignoring or including the various forms of the letter Hamza, searching for book titles, searchingwithin the books, searching in the comments section of the books, searching for the authors, and searching for multiple words either by “and” or using “or” criteria

3) Ability to edit the books, bookmark favorite locations, open multiple books at the same time,remove or keep the Tashkeel (Arabic punctuation marks) from texts (when available), and toassociate books of Sharh (commentaries) with their respective Matn (text – when available)

4) Ability to change background image of the application, and changing the font and color of various levels of text and background in the software (e.g. main text, comments, titles, footnotes, etc.)

5) Ability to export the books to HTML files, (.doc) files (requires Microsoft Word on the device), and (.bok) files (requires the empty version of the library) with various export options

6) Ability to update the library and download new books from within the software

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DOWNLOAD THE LIBRARY

Download the library from this link:

Alternative links: Archive | IslamWay | darcoran | almktba | More…

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INSTALLATION

1) The file that you download is a zip file. Open the file.

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2) Run the (.exe) file within the zip archive.

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3) A dialog box should appear. Click “Browse” to choose the location where you want to extract the files of the library then click “Install” to begin extraction. Note: Choose a drive where there are at least 4 to 6 Gigabytes of free space.

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4) Wait for the files to be extracted to your desired location.

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5) After the extraction is done. Go to the destination folder that you chose in Step 3) above and you should see a folder named “Library“. Open that folder and run the “Setup.exe” file in it.

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6) A dialog box should come up. Click the button “إستعراض” to choose a location to install the setup and shortcut files of the library to. This installation requires only about 20 MB of space. Then click “موافق” to begin installation.

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7) Wait for the installation to finish.

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8) After the installation finishes, the library should run.

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ADDING MORE BOOKS

There are four ways by which you can add new books:

A] Adding New Books from within the Library:

1) After you upgrade to the latest edition, as shown in the above steps, open the library. Click on the menu item “ترقية حية” then click the submenu item “ترقية البرنامج والكتب الآن“.

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2) A dialog box should come up. If there is internet connection, it should search for new program upgrade and new books. If there are any new books, it should show them as checkbox items. Choose the items that you want and click “تحميل تلقائي” to begin downloading them from within the library.

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3) After you begin downloading the book(s) you chose, wait until the download finishes.

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4) After the download is finished, restart the library and the new books should be added to the library.

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B] Downloading New Books from Shamela.ws:

1) Visit the website www.shamela.ws.

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2) Choose a category of books. Then choose the book you want to download. You can also search by book title or author name. The books are in (.bok) format that is recognized by the library. However, what you download is compressed in a zip archive. So, after you download, extract the content of the zip archive to get the (.bok) file.

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3) Now go open the library itself. Click the menu item “شاشات” then click the submenu item “استيراد ملفات“.

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4) A new window should appear. Browse to the location where you extracted the new book in (.bok) format. Click on the book (or books) you want to import, and drag it over to the bottom list. Then click thelightning icon at the bottom-right side of the screen whose comment reads “استيراد الكتب إلى البرنامج“.

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5) After that, a confirmation message should come up telling you that the import was successful.

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C] Downloading Books from IslamPort.com:

1) Visit the page islamport.com/index2.html.

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2) Choose a category. Then download a book. You can also search by book title or author name. Extract the content of the zip file. Then follow the same steps as discussed for the Shamela.ws website above.

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D] Downloading Books from alMeshkat.net:

1) The website alMeshkat.net hosts a massive collection of books, encyclopedias, and programs, as well as other services, for free. Visit the page http://www.almeshkat.net/books/index.php.

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2) Browse through the different categories and download the book(s) you want. If it is book designed for the Shaamila library, follow the same steps as those described for Shamela.ws above to import them to the library.