Searching quranic verses: A keyword based query solution using .net platform

Abstract

Information retrieval from Islamic scriptures has greatly increased in recent years. With the fast moving life of today, there is too much to read and very little time to prepare, therefore a system is required that complies all related information from authentic electronic source files and organizes it into a standard format that could be quickly printed and taken along to be referred to during any occasion or gathering. This paper reviews existing Quaranic search engines and highlight limitations in the design as well as in its data mining ability. To overcome these limitations this paper presents a search engine (i-lab.org.au/truth-search-now) which produces better data retrieval from an ASP.Net and C sharp platform using SQL queries with table union and join operators.