AL-ILM A Computer Based Training Software for Quranic Arabic (P-0456) (MFN 957)

Abstract

Al-Ilm is a Quranic Arabic Computer Based Teaching (CBT) System developed for Al-Huda Institute of Islamic Education for Women, Islamabad. It is a customized CBT application built for the purpose of automating the paper-based system and the unique Arabic teaching method employed by Al-Huda in its Diploma Quranic Sciences courses. It incorporates the provision of Quranic Arabic along with its translation and transliteration. It employs the unique Root Word Analysis of Quranic Words and teaches Quranic Arabic through the understanding of these words. It is a tool as beneficial for the teachers of Quranic Arabic, as it is for the students of the same. For such goals and the processes involved therein, sophisticated software including Visual Basic.Net, MS-Access, Crystal Reports 9, Unicode Quran Viewer, and Quran Viewer 2.6 along with design tools like CorelDRA W 11 and Adobe Photoshop 7 have given this project the diversity of development that is uniquely characteristic of CBT customization. Consequently, requirement analysis for this project has been a vast learning experience and the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) phases have been followed throughout, leading to the design and development of the application where data organization and a user-friendly Graphic User Interface have been the major milestones. Al-Ilm provides various utilities for the user, to interactively learn Quranic Arabic, to test themselves, and to understand the deeper meaning of Quranic words in context to their roots. It allows utilities for printing and exporting facilities for users to save their required search results in different formats, viewing Arabic word for word translation, lists containing statistics and content of the Quran, and preparation of tests. Therefore, a unique product with immense commercial value and a platform for the development and automation of instruction and reference in the Quranic Sciences, Al-Ilm is an ideal manifestation of Information Technology as a CBT for Quranic Sciences.