bes@tybalt.caltech.edu (Behnam Sadeghi) (09/21/90)
In reply to the gentleman who asked about copies of the Quran on computers, here's an excerpt from an advertisement in the Winter 1987 issue of "Minaret": QURANBASE The QURANBASE program is a database containing the entire Quranic text-- Yusuf Ali's Translation. The database includes a series of data query commands for quickly searching through the text. The student of the Quran can quickly find a particular chapter or a group of verses by entering a simple command. The QURANBASE program locates verses by subject and by keyword as well. All text is displayed in a window and may be independently viewed. ASCI - U.S.A. Headquarters ASCI - Washington 725 Deep Valley Dr. P.O. Box 17125 Palos Verdes, CA 90274 Washington, D.C. 20041 Telex: 705583 SEAM US Telex: 705583 SEAM US For more information and other software programs Please contact Dr. Misbah Elderiny at THE ISLAMIC CENTER OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (213) 384-5783 or ASCI (213) 377-0758 Behnam Sadeghi
goer@midway.uchicago.edu (Richard L. Goerwitz) (09/24/90)
In article <1990Sep21.131858.16824@nntp-server.caltech.edu> bes@tybalt.caltech.edu (Behnam Sadeghi) writes: >In reply to the gentleman who asked about copies of the Quran on computers, >here's an excerpt from an advertisement in the Winter 1987 issue of "Minaret": > > QURANBASE > > The QURANBASE program is a database containing the entire Quranic > text-- Yusuf Ali's Translation.... Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the gentleman was looking for a machine-readable Quran, and not a canned database (unless that canned database includes a machine readable text; if so, surely it cannot be copyrighted, and can therefore be send around to anyone who wants it). -Richard