Introducing QUL: Your Go-To Hub for Digital Quranic Resources!

Tarteel is pleased to introduce QUL - Quranic Universal Library - a powerful new platform that streamlines access to high-quality Quranic resources for developers and technologists.

What is QUL?

QUL is designed to be a comprehensive, centralized hub, gathering essential digital assets related to the Quran in one accessible location. QUL provides a reliable and extensive collection of resources, including:

• Quran text
• Quran translations and tafsir
• Mushaf layouts
• Recitations of the Quran with word by word timestamps
• Lists of mutashabihat
• Auditing tools and more!

At Tarteel, we’re eager to reignite the Islamic Golden Age, with a key focus on building a robust Islamic technology ecosystem. We understand the challenges of sourcing, formatting, and auditing the resources needed in the early stages of a project—knowledge we've gained not only from our own experiences but also through collaborating with top technologists and app developers in the ecosystem. This platform levels the playing field, enabling you to go from idea to impact much faster.

Empowering the Community

QUL is the largest library of Quranic content available to download and is designed to be open-source and community-driven. Once you dive in, explore the CMS to understand how to integrate these resources into your projects. Anyone can sign up to access these resources, and there is also an opportunity for users to contribute by adding new data, making corrections, or improving the tooling, though there is an approval system. This collaborative approach ensures that QUL remains dynamic and up-to-date, continuously improving with input from its user base.

Even the code for the QUL website is open-source and can be found here: https://github.com/TarteelAI/quranic-universal-library

What Does QUL Offer?

A Revolutionary Content Management System

QUL isn't just a repository of resources—it's backed by a powerful content management system that sets it apart in the ecosystem. This CMS allows developers to seamlessly consume, audit, and contribute to the vast array of Quranic resources like never before. As a developer, you can expect an intuitive interface where you can access and utilize these resources efficiently, monitor any updates or changes, and even contribute your own data or improvements.

Resource Accessibility

Finding the right Quranic resources used to be a time-consuming task, with many assets being scattered across different websites and GitHub repositories. QUL solves this problem by bringing all these resources together in one place. As an added benefit of centralization, when an issue with a resource is detected and fixed, it becomes much easier to propagate that change to the rest of the community.

High Quality

One of the key principles of QUL is its commitment to being at the forefront of quality. The resources available in QUL have been sourced from the leading Islamic software projects and are updated with audit logs whenever an issue is discovered.

This ensures that users can rely on the information they access through QUL, providing a level of trust and reliability that is crucial for scholarly and developmental work.

Comprehensive Asset Collection

As it stands, QUL provides three types of resources:

1. The Quranic script, prepared in multiple formats suitable for use with various included fonts
2. Extensions of the Quran which make it more accessible such as translations, tafsir, and recitations
3. Advanced data used for building interactive experiences such as word by word timestamps of recitations and lists of mutashabihat

QUL provides these diverse resources in standardized formats, ensuring that they cater to a wide range of needs, from academic research to app development.

The objective with QUL is to allow our community to build unique, innovative, sustainable projects (like Tarteel) without reinventing the wheel when it comes to the basic Quran resources. Our audio datasets and AI models do not constitute an essential base resource for building Quran experiences and providing them would harm Tarteel's sustainability. For this reason, while QUL offers a vast array of resources, it’s important to note that Tarteel’s audio datasets and AI models are not part of the QUL offering.

Future Possibilities with QUL

With QUL in your hands, the possibilities are endless! QUL is not just a resource—it's a foundation for innovation, inspiring projects that push the boundaries of how we interact with the Quran in the digital age.

Here are a few ideas to get you thinking:

• Immersive AR/VR Experiences: Develop augmented or virtual reality environments where users can explore the Quran in a 3D space, interact with verses, and experience the historical context of revelations.
• Real-World Integrations: Create interactive installations or exhibitions that bring Quranic teachings into physical spaces, such as museums, educational centers, or community hubs.
• AI-Powered Quranic Chatbots: Build AI-driven chatbots that provide Quranic guidance or answer questions based on verses, making spiritual guidance more accessible.
• Gamified Learning: Design educational games that incorporate Quranic teachings, helping users, especially children, learn and memorize the Quran in a fun and engaging way.
• Voice-Activated Quranic Assistants: Integrate Quranic resources into voice assistants or smart home devices, allowing users to interact with the Quran through voice commands.
• Interactive Storytelling: Develop platforms where users can explore Quranic stories in an interactive format, choosing different paths and learning lessons through their journey.
• Personalized Quranic Insights: Use data analytics to provide users with personalized Quranic insights or recommendations, tailored to their spiritual needs and goals.

These ideas go beyond traditional apps by pushing the boundaries of how we interact with the Quran in the modern age. By leveraging cutting-edge technology such as AR, VR, AI, and gamification, these concepts offer fresh, immersive, and personalized ways to engage with the Quran. They not only enhance the user experience but also open up new avenues for learning, understanding, and connecting with the Quran, making it more accessible to contemporary audiences. This approach reimagines Quranic engagement, turning it into an interactive and deeply meaningful experience.

Credits

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the various community projects and members whose contributions have been instrumental in shaping QUL. The majority of the resources currently available in QUL were created or curated by the community, not Tarteel. As you make use of QUL, please remember to keep all of these contributors in your prayers. May Allah accept and reward the efforts of everyone involved and make this a means for us to continue serving the ummah for generations to come.

Within the limitations of our knowledge and respecting the privacy of those who desire it, we wish to specifically acknowledge the following individuals and groups for their contributions:

• Dr. Amin Anane: For developing and providing the DigitalKhatt fonts.
• Ayman Siddiqui: For his work on Indopak and tajweed fonts.
• QuranWBW.com: For providing word-by-word translations in multiple languages.
• Collin Fair: For generating the original word-by-word timestamps for various reciters.
• Dr. Kais Dukes: For preparing the original digitized Quran morphology data.
• EveryAyah.com and QuranicAudio.com: For collecting and providing Quran recitations from a variety of famous reciters.
• Fawaz Ahmed: For performing OCR on multiple translations.
• GreenTech Foundation: For providing Bengali tafsir and word by word translations, contributing corrections to resources, and providing word by word timestamps of Quran recitations.
• King Fahd Glorious Qur’an Printing Complex: For publishing many of the original images and fonts available in QUL, which are the same assets used to publish the physical mushaf.
• Mustafa Jibaly: For improving and providing Quran morphology data.
• Naveed Ahmad: For building and maintaining QUL as well as leading the acquisition and refinement of many resources in QUL.
• Quran.com: For serving as a gathering place for many great individuals to contribute Quran resources and discover each other.
• Sami Rifai and ReciteQuran.com: For providing wbw and tajweed recitations of Imam Wisam Sharieff, tajweed images and svgs.
• Tanzil: For preparing and auditing the Quran text that underpins most digital Islamic projects and sourcing many translations.

QUL is more than just a resource library; it's a community-driven platform designed to streamline and enhance the creation of Quranic solutions. Explore QUL today and see how it can support your projects and contribute to the broader Islamic community!