Comments on: The Qur’an as iPhone App http://oldroads.org/blog/2009/12/the-quran-as-iphone-app/ interpretations of places, books, and other texts Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:27:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Martyn Smith http://oldroads.org/blog/2009/12/the-quran-as-iphone-app/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Martyn Smith Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:17:44 +0000 http://oldroads.org/blog/?p=861#comment-116 that's interesting to speculate about. I think of the rules for handling the Qur'an as a book.. you know, it's not supposed to be on the ground or under other books. There is a lot of care about how the Qur'an is treated. So if the Qur'an is literally on your iphone, then how will that make people treat their iphone or ipod touch? What is the parallel in treatment? I can't imagine that a pious person wouldn't want to find some way to translate the respect to the physical book to the electronic book. But does that mean making it the first app on the screen? Does that mean making sure the other apps are g-rated? I wonder... that’s interesting to speculate about. I think of the rules for handling the Qur’an as a book.. you know, it’s not supposed to be on the ground or under other books. There is a lot of care about how the Qur’an is treated. So if the Qur’an is literally on your iphone, then how will that make people treat their iphone or ipod touch? What is the parallel in treatment? I can’t imagine that a pious person wouldn’t want to find some way to translate the respect to the physical book to the electronic book. But does that mean making it the first app on the screen? Does that mean making sure the other apps are g-rated? I wonder…

]]> By: Dar http://oldroads.org/blog/2009/12/the-quran-as-iphone-app/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Dar Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:00:01 +0000 http://oldroads.org/blog/?p=861#comment-105 The only problem I can see with this, is that often peple have other things, things not always very moral or Islamic, on their iPhones. Will that cause problems? The only problem I can see with this, is that often peple have other things, things not always very moral or Islamic, on their iPhones.

Will that cause problems?

]]> By: Martyn Smith http://oldroads.org/blog/2009/12/the-quran-as-iphone-app/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Martyn Smith Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:29:24 +0000 http://oldroads.org/blog/?p=861#comment-103 Hey Mike, thanks for the note. You were looking at these Arabic apps a while back! I like the idea too of asking what we can learn about Islam today by the design and look of these apps.. Thanks for the comment! Hey Mike, thanks for the note. You were looking at these Arabic apps a while back! I like the idea too of asking what we can learn about Islam today by the design and look of these apps.. Thanks for the comment!

]]> By: Michael Toler http://oldroads.org/blog/2009/12/the-quran-as-iphone-app/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Michael Toler Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:04:58 +0000 http://oldroads.org/blog/?p=861#comment-90 Hi, This is a nice app. I like the way the pages flip. There is an app called iQuran that has translations and recitations in addition to the text. There is also an app called IslamicLib which provides access to a huge library of texts about Islam in Arabic, Farsi and a bunch of European languages. There's another app to teach Quranic vocabulary. I listed some of them in a post I wrote on NITLE's new Techne blog: http://blogs.nitle.org/techne/2009/10/20/are-new-mobile-apps-in-arabic-useful-for-teaching-and-learning/ Hi,

This is a nice app. I like the way the pages flip.

There is an app called iQuran that has translations and recitations in addition to the text. There is also an app called IslamicLib which provides access to a huge library of texts about Islam in Arabic, Farsi and a bunch of European languages. There’s another app to teach Quranic vocabulary. I listed some of them in a post I wrote on NITLE’s new Techne blog:
http://blogs.nitle.org/techne/2009/10/20/are-new-mobile-apps-in-arabic-useful-for-teaching-and-learning/

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