Building Al-Shatiby learning system of Holy Quran services both Combination and Individual recitation

Abstract

Quranic databases management grants researchers, scientists and all Muslims access to all of the information about the Quran in an organized, indexed, documented and in comprehensive way. Quran Readings Science is very broad. The Individual (Ifrad) was the origin of the readings and later it became a facilitator to those who learn the Quran’s readings in Combination (Jam'a) - Individuals is a compilation of the similar readings of each verse; however, the different recitations of the Quran are needed by beginners. The authors developed a Computer Software for the Teaching and Training of the Recitations of the Holy Quran using the Seven Recitation Methods of Al-Shatiby covered the first six parts of the Holy Quran. This fact has shed the light on the need to build a system that teaches and recites readings for Individual to be integrated with Combination in order to facilitate the Individual reading of the holy Quran and facilitating searching the rules of Osool for beginners and interested and practicing reciters. This comprehensive system is done through the expansion of the databases management that contain the Combination so that the system includes both the Combination and Individual. The system also includes the link between each Wajeh (way) and Osool that enables searching by a specific Osool (rule) for one or more verses, Sura, chapter, or all the Quran.The databases management system for Individual was designed to utilize the current Combination database without the need to use extra storage space, Osool (rules) relations are added and linked with the existing database to support the search facility. The system is built on two phases : phase 1 where the existing Combination database, which contains Six parts of the holy Quran, is reused by utilizing the texts and audio recording of this system, modifying the needed relations, and linking them to the new relations then update the database to support the Individual recitation and Osool searching. Phase 2 that automatically allows the linking of verses to the relations in the Individual system simultaneously with their insertion in addition the link of the Osool. The system is maintained completely through adding, deleting and editing operations thus allowing the user to obtain both a Combination and Individual systems without the need of doubling the storage area.