Open Quran Project - Please Get Involved.

Abd_r_Raheem_al_Haq

Probably need to do something about the topic tags overlapping. Maybe include an optional attribute in the start and end tags. Perhaps something like...

It's a bit unconventional, but just off the top off my head. Also it'd be nice to get rid of the nasty HTML syntax if we could, not that {/TOPIC} is much better.

holy_man

Good idea, but at the same time I don't see it as very relevant . What's the main purpose of this? As in what are we trying to achieve. I reckon whatever Quran a person reads is irrelevant to them understanding it.

Abd_r_Raheem_al_Haq

Good idea, but at the same time I don't see it as very relevant . What's the main purpose of this? As in what are we trying to achieve. I reckon whatever Quran a person reads is irrelevant to them understanding it.

God Bless you brother. The main purpose is to provide the world with a high quality, English translation of the Quran that is not subject to restrictive copyrights. That is the main purpose of this thread.

Once we had such a translation, we'd then need to decide how best to achieve widespread publication. I was putting forward the idea of reformatting the core edition so that the translation has the modern features that the world has come to expect of digital information, stuff you either just can't do with a book or else, can't do as cost effectively.

QML is just the beginnings of an idea, just throwing it out there to fire people up a bit. Even if someone came along like "Markup's a rubbish idea, you should do a, b and c", that'd be great. Let's just dig into the problem and see where we can go from there. But, again, the primary focus of this thread is to discuss the viability of open sourcing the translation itself and looking at what type of license would work. The tech talk is all secondary.

It might be a good idea if we move the technical side of things to a different thread, maybe even just move the whole thing over to Google Code or something better suited to sharing source code and building documentation, and then discuss the main issues here in this thread. Save mixing too much in one place.

holy_man

peace bro,now im with ya bravo
html is probably the best
ok so whos got suggestions or comments???????????????

Abd_r_Raheem_al_Haq

I've got a project started on Google Code, but I'm just starting to fill it out. Until Layth gets back to us on the legalities, it's all I can get done. I'll do a little browser and some other bits too, but I need the translation itself to start doing anything substantial and getting people involved.

Layth...? )

holy_man

Inshallah all gets done soon

Layth

Salam Abdulraheem,

Not sure what you need me to do, but if you are looking for permission to use the electronic version of "The Quran - A Monotheist Translation" which is available on this site, then you have my full blessing.

Abd_r_Raheem_al_Haq

Asalam Alaykum Brother Layth and thank you so much for your kindness.
I'll start right away, Inshallah it'll be really productive. I'll bring the thread up to date soon, once I've got something to show. Thank you again brother. Nice one.

Marshallah.

willreadit

Peace Abd r Raheem al Haq, everyone,

I am so happy to hear the news! but late in finding this thread -[ Below are quotes from my past posts.

From Re The Message by "The Monotheist Group" - not representative ? Reply #13 on Today at 120700 AM ?

"If possible, Abd r Raheem al Haq, could you make a new thread? I think what you are suggesting is neccessary and I hope inevitable. Maybe a new thread would clarify if and how the Monotheist Group's translation would fit into your broad plan . When I find a site/project such as you recommend I consider it alive and active, valuable to those who devote life-time, possibly containing advice relevant to life right now. (Like this forum! ^_^ )

and from http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9596946.msg277208#msg277208

"Even the esteemed corpus needs to put one word in the slot for the basic root. I do not agree with some of the words they chose, but everytime I open the site, I think "all thanks and praise to Almighty God -this is amazing". I could not hope to progress without the PRL, and many other conscientious study sites. That is what gives me enthusiasm for Abd r Raheem al Haq's ideas. I am happy to find the not-so-new thread about that!

Sometimes I just want to read though, possibly meditate, and I trust the Monotheistic Group's translation to be consistent in important topics...some of the reasons why it is the most valuable translation to me.

Smiles from Debbie ^_^"

Timotheus

Peace all.

I would be more than happy to help in any way that i can. I believe it sounds like a great idea. If theres anything i can do just message me, Ill have a think about some suggestions/ideas

Peace

csmith

Nice one bro. This idea is going ahead, but the discussion is in a different thread now...

http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9608049

The main repo is on GitHub here...

https//github.com/carlsmith/quran

The URL will not change now. It's been a bit messy up till now. I wasn't quite sure how best to do it at first.

It would be better to discuss the project on GitHub. The forum software on free-minds.org sucks to be blunt.