All of us are sons and daughters of our culture and society. We all naturally incline to where we belong. We love whatever things promote our environment and hate whatever things pose a challenge to our surrounding environment. Every culture and society had this feeling inbuilt in their collective psyche...
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Python and Pandas on Quranic Root Words
Finding Root Words of the Quran using Python and Pandas
In a previous post I explored some of Linux commands to find root words in the entire Quran or in a particular sura of the Quran.
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Standing on the shoulder of Giants
Finding Root Words of the Quran using Linux Commands
Linux command line is a powerful and free tool. Using just few commands one can productively do powerful text analysis. In this quick tutorial I will demonstrate few of such Linux commands.
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Finding Unique Words in a Quranic Chapter
A Quranic chapter is a world by itself. Quranic chapters in Arabic are called surah, and one of the two meanings of this word means a boundary wall. That is so because each surah is like a wall that has its own meaning and theme kept inside.
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The priority of ideology over legislation
counting Makki and Madani words in the Quran
The Quran started to reveal in Makkah for a total period of 13 years. Then, the Prophet migrated to Medina and stayed there for 10 years before he died and the Quran stopped to reveal. The 13 Meccan years were much different in nature than the 10 Medinan years. During...
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