Towards a Comprehensive Online Portal and Mobile Friendly Qur´an Application

This paper aims to provide a detailed account of the research and development efforts put in the design and development of a complete and comprehensive online cloud Qur´an portal. This portal will make all the reading and resource sections accessible to the audience whether they are using laptops, PCs, mobile, tablet, or personal digital assistants. In its completed form, the portal will cover almost all themes related to Qur´an, such as ´Al-Mus´haf´, ´reciter´, ´translation´, ´search´, ´study materials´, and ´videos of scholars on Tajweed´. The application will provide a specific widget interface on a mobile phone, enabling quick access and implementing the specific multimedia features of a mobile phone. A Qur´an authentic translation for non-Arabic users is also available, and transliteration of Qur´an in Urdu for people who cannot read Urdu but understand it will also be included. It will also promote the research and study of Qur´an through an easy Qur´an search tools.