I am Abdul-Baqi

Harnessing local culture to promote SDG 15 – Life on Land

Posted on February 3, 2019

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... [Read More]

Python and Pandas on Quranic Root Words

Finding Root Words of the Quran using Python and Pandas

Posted on January 19, 2019

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. [Read More]

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Standing on the shoulder of Giants

Finding Root Words of the Quran using Linux Commands

Posted on January 15, 2019

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. [Read More]

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Finding Unique Words in a Quranic Chapter

Posted on January 4, 2019

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. [Read More]

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The priority of ideology over legislation

counting Makki and Madani words in the Quran

Posted on December 4, 2018

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... [Read More]

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