Note: these files accompanied the original source data of the Unicode Quran at sacred-texts (http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/uq/index.htm). IMPORTANT NOTE: The information in these files is presented for documentation purposes only. The URLs, emails and other information in these files are probably long out of date, as these files were posted in 1993. ============= README.TXT ====================== The file quran708.zip contains the complete text of the Qur'an in the ASMO 708 (ISO 8859-6) code page. The text is unvocalized and in modern Arabic orthography rather than traditional Qur'anic orthography. The file is included in the Merit Software Archives at the University of Michigan where it can be be obtained from: http://www.archive.umich.edu/msdos/foreign_lang/arabic However, that site is hard to gain access to. Instead gopher to: gopher://gopher.archive.umich.edu or use this mirror site: ftp://ftp.cnr.it/pub/msdos/umich.edu/foreign_lang/arabic The original source of the file is apparently the Islamic Computing Centre in London. The file seems to have been uploaded in 1993 to a number of ftp sites (including archive.umich.edu/msdos/foreign_lang/arabic) by Mohammad Jamil Sawar, CBLU, Leeds University, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K. . See the two files sawar1.mes and sawar2.mes. A Mac version is also available at the Michigan site. Make sure you also get the correct.doc file which contains a list of errors occurring in this electronic text of the Qur'an. ===================== SAWAR1.MES =========================== Dear friends, I have acquired the Arabic text and the translations (Pickthal, Y Ali) of Quran from the Islamic Computing Center, London. The files are in plain ASCII mode, with Arabic in ASMO 701 (I think) [Note of Nicholas Heer: he means ASMO 708]. I have been able to convert them on Macintosh, so that the Arabic can be read along with the translation (under System 7.xx, with Arabic resources). Though if you have an Arabic System on a PC or other machine you can still read the Arabic. So if you would like to get a copy of the following please let me know, and also in what format you would like to get them (i.e. in hqx, binhex, uuencoded, tar, compressed, etc). 1) Arabic text of Quran 2) Translation by A Yousuf Ali 3) Translation by M Pickthal 4) Combined text of Quran in Arabic with translations verse by verse. These file were made freely available to me by the Islamic Computing Centre, { 73 St. Thomas's Road, London N4 2QJ U.K. Tel:(071) 359 6233 ; Fax:(071) 226 2024 } to be ported to the Macintosh operating system and distribute free of charge. The files are not in Public domain, and the copy rights of the files still remain with The Islamic Computing Centre. It is not permitted to distribute the file for commercial (or Profit) purposes. A commercial product for the PCs with searching facilities is already available from the Islamic Computing Centre. Mohammad Jamil Sawar sawar@cbl.leeds.ac.uk CBLU, Leeds University, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK. ===================== SAWAR2.MES =========================== From 441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA Ukn Apr 23 11:10:54 1993 Received: from bashful.u.washington.edu by stein.u.washington.edu (5.65/UW-NDC Revision: 2.22 ) id AA22247; Fri, 23 Apr 93 11:10:54 -0700 Received: from uwavm.u.washington.edu by bashful.u.washington.edu (5.65/UW-NDC Revision: 2.28 ) id AA27409; Fri, 23 Apr 93 11:10:52 -0700 Message-Id: <9304231810.AA27409@bashful.u.washington.edu> Received: from UWAVM.U.WASHINGTON.EDU by UWAVM.U.WASHINGTON.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R1) with BSMTP id 4098; Fri, 23 Apr 93 11:09:50 PDT Received: from UWAVM.U.WASHINGTON.EDU by UWAVM.U.WASHINGTON.EDU (Mailer R2.08 R208004) with BSMTP id 6444; Fri, 23 Apr 93 11:09:50 PDT Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 10:00:24 EDT Reply-To: 441495%UOTTAWA.BITNET@uwavm.u.washington.edu Sender: Religious Studies Publications Journal From: Michael Strangelove <441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA> Subject: MISC: QURAN E-TEXTS on NET X-To: contents@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA To: Multiple recipients of list CONTENTS Status: RO X-Status: Subject: Quran at ftp sites ---------------------------------------- Dear friends, As many of you suggested I have posted the Macintosh related files on some ftp archives. I have also posted the ASCII files to some archives and hopefully they should be available very soon. I will also be posting the MSDOS version of files (i.e. the originals given to me by Islamic Computing Centre London) to AMASS, SNAKE and MSDOS-UMICH archives. I will keep you posted. Note: The Unix (txt) and Macintosh versions are same, except that the Mac versions are formated in MS Word 5.1, so either would do for uploading. For PCs the seperate translations by Pickthal and Yousuf Ali are the same as above so I wont upload them seperately. The Arabic versions (i.e. the Quran in Arabic and the combined version with translations) for PCs is different so I have uploaded it in zip format. So if you want files for PCs load the zip files for Arabic versions and plain txt files for the translations. The ftp servers with archived files are given below, let me know if you cant manage to ftp or you dont have access to ftp. SNAKE archive has the Unix plain text (can also be used in Macintosh, and seperate translation files can also be used for PCs) , versions of all files in Quran set: i.e translations by Pickthal and Yousuf Ali, Arabic quran, and Combined Quran with translations. To get these files, ftp to snake.mcs.kent.edu and cd to pub/islam . AMASS archive has the Combined Arabic Quran and translations in Plain text format (for Unix and Macintosh), Translations by Y. Ali and Pickthal. To get them, ftp to cs.bu.edu and cd to amass/quran. Note: The DOS version is still not there, due to space shortage. INFO-MAC archive has the Macintosh version of the combined Arabic and English translation of Quran. To get it, ftp to sumex-aim.stanford.edu and cd to info-mac/misc. The file is called something 'quran...' MAC-UMICH same as above (though I tried posting the whole set). To get access, ftp to archive.umich.edu and cd to mac/misc/foreignlang . MSDOS-UMICH Combined version of Quran in Arabic and its translations. in zip format, you will need the comercial versions of Arabic MS-DOS or Al-Sakhar to read the Arabic (not in my hands!). To get access, ftp to archive.umich.edu and cd to msdos/foreign_lang/arabic (I am not to sure because they havent yet sorted out the path). Very soon I will let you know about the other ftp servers which have the submited files. Thanks for your interest. Mohammad Jamil Sawar CBLU Leeds University Leeds LS2 9JT U.K. sawar@cbl.leeds.ac.uk ______________________________________________________________________ The Religious Studies Publications Journal - CONTENTS is an electronic journal that archives and disseminates research and pedagogical material of relevance to Religious Studies. Its goal is to provide free FTP and LISTSERV archiving of quality scholarly material and to also provide a comprehensive directory of network accessible resources for Religious Studies in a wide variety of mediums. 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