The roles of modern technology in facilitating the differentiation of similarities of the Quran - record similar verses in Quran by reference keys in the Quran Al-mathani (An experimental study)

Abstract

This article aims to study how to record similar verses in Quran by recording reference keys only, without writing the actual verses - to avoid making mistakes – and store this data in the relational database. This data was used and utilized in the Quran Al-mathani project for verbal similarities of the Quran. Besides, this data can be used in other projects as well. The study is based on the Madinah Qur’an that is authorized by King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Quran and focuses on four principles, namely. The first principle: - The verse of the origin of the similarity and the verse of the branches of similarity. The second principle: the principle of surah numbers. The third principle: the principle of line numbers. Lastly, the fourth principle: the start and the end point. The data of the study were collected from the book “ Mushaf Al-Tybyan of the similarities of the Qur’an” prepared by Yasser Muhammad Bayoumi and amounted to 1931 points of similarity. The results of the study demonstrated the effectiveness of the method of recording similarity positions through reference keys and reducing the percentage of errors by successfully applying the study in the Quran Al-mathani project practically. The study also recommended utilizing the results of the research to create other interactive applications based on the principle of reference keys to interact with the Qur’an without touching the origin of the Qur’an.