While searching for Quranic resources on the Internet I found a text file (not available anymore) that contained the complete translation of the Holy Quran. The file had a lot of format inconsistencies that made it impossible to run it through a parsing engine. I reformatted the file through regular expression magic in vi editor and wrote a short script that parsed and imported the complete text into a database. You can download this formatted file (size: 1 MB) and use it, within the limits imposed by The Islamic Computing Centre, London (see the copyright notice below). (more…)

In Dr. Muzaffar Iqbal’s words, the book “is the story of one such believer who recognizes the depth of this erosion of the foundation of faith, attempts to re-orient himself, and comes to an understanding of Islam which is becoming increasingly rare in the contemporary world. It is not surprising that, for a man born into a Muslim family and raised in Pakistan, this journey toward a real understanding of Islam actually begins in America. ”

Dr. Waqas Ahmed, the author, is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular diseases. He is currently a consultant interventional cardiologist at Shifa International Hospital and assistant professor of cardiology at Shifa College of Medicine.

Download the PDF version of the the book from here.