Pakistani Develops Quran Search Engine in Urdu

Zahid Hussain, an IT professional from Pakistan has developed a search engine/directory software for the Holy Quran, which can display topic based results from Holy Quran.

It’s not that search engine for Holy Quran were not available before, but special feature that Zahid Hussain brought is that you can search for any topic or subject in the Holy Quran in four languages

  • English,
  • Arabic,
  • Urdu and
  • Roman Urdu).

Earlier versions of Search Engine for Holy Quran (easily available online) support mainly the English and Arabic languages.

Roman Urdu is what most of us use in normal text messages so the effort to make the Quran more accessible is commendable.

The way it works is that suppose you want to know what the Quran says about a particular topic, say “صبر”. You can either type it in Urdu, type “Patience” in English or “Sabar” in Roman Urdu.

The software will then tell you how many times it appears in the Quran and where it appears. All translations are provided along with the original ayat.

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Zahid completed this software after working on it for one and a half years and is providing it free of cost. You can donate for his efforts and help with future projects; his homepage provides details for that.

Other projects he’s currently working on and plans to release are Search Hadees Engine, Search Tafseer-e-Quran, Search Quran-o-Hadees website and Search Quran-o-Hadees Mobile software.

He maintains a blog which can be found at: http://honestzahid.blog.com/

The software itself can be downloaded from: http://www.mediafire.com/?3qtx6v93f6rc9sf

He has also appeared on multiple television channels to promote the software and here’s a clip of him talking about the software on the “Aaj Kamran ke sath” show.

Read this article in Urdu


  • Its a Great Job, specially in Urdu Language, The software is easy to use, and very fast !
    I am glad some one did it in Urdu, it was missing from very start of Computer era in Pakistan,
    Thanks to Mr. Zahid Hussain.
    Jazzak Allah Khair :)

    • Searchquran.com is just a copy vevsion of http://tanzil.net ! except, both of these web sites are Online verison of Quran, and Mr. Zahid Hussain created offline version with Search capabilities, both are entirely different in term of usage !

      • Hey Frns Assalamo Alaikum,

        Please dont argue on this topic who did this first… jst appreciate the effort of Mr. Zahid Hussain… He did a great job not only for Islam n Muslims but also for Non Muslims…

        JazakALLAH…May ALLAH bless him and his family

  • its not working…
    i can’t download this software…
    can anyone help me, to get this software…?

  • great work done by Zahid Hussain, May Allah reward him and give him success in all of his upcoming plans,

  • noorehidayat.org has online n offline search engine.. they providing free cds of software as well internationally for few years. this effort has not been brought up to media. its first unicode software both online n offline.
    jazakallah for zahid

  • salam to all!

    sab se pehly mr.zahid k liye dua hai k Allah karim unhain jazaye khair ata karye.

    phir ye k is tarha k or is se behtr bahoot se softwares hain, aik ap k sath share karna chahoon ga zaroor mulahaza farmaye ga, is software mein Qur’an e Karim k Arabic matan, Urdu translation or Urdu/English commentary (tafsir) mein search ki ja sakti hai sath hi sath audio ki facility b mozood hai tilawat sunnany k liye. ye raha us software ka link:

    http://www.dawateislami.net/html/al-quran-with-urdu-english-translation-tafseer-software.php

  • MARVELOUS JOB DONE DEAR.99% PEOPLE HAS COMPLAINED ABOUT THE DOWNLOADING OF THIS SOFT WARE AND OPENING.IN SPITE OF YOUR GREAT STRUGGLE MANY COULD NOT REACH TO IT TO GET BENEFITS AND HADAYAT OF OUR HOLY QURAN.PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER.CREATE A WEBSITE.THANKS.

  • I download his version, great work but has many probles in installing. And very badly arranged windows no zoom view no changeable fonts.
    Khazain-ul-Hidayat and Quran Explorer are excellent if no need of roman English.

  • Excellent effort man, thats a great service to Islam. May Allah give opportunity to other IT developers to come forward and create software that will help spreading and understanding Islam.

  • noorehidayat has already done this job before 2005, they are distributing their software cd free of cost and also with free shipping in Pakistan. Currently Noorehidayat Version 1.1 is available free from their website at http://www.noorehidayat.org and market. So this statement is not correct that the developer of this software done this job first time in Pakistan. It also indicate the miss credibility of Geo news.

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  • Dear Brothers and Sisters
    Assalom O Alakum

    I am working on a unique way of associating Qur’anic sciences with the Information, Computer and digitized communication technologies (known as ICT). It is a non-commercial test website. The address is;

    http://www.ITandQuran.com

    I need your guidance to improve it.

    You can use this website to learn both “Information Technology” and “Quranic Sciences”

    Ghauri-Karachi

  • asalam ualikum bai allah af ko our ziada elem naseb farmae .flezzz af hamin hadees and quran search engine urdo softwer send kara sokia

  • Assalam-o-alykum
    Thanks Zahid bhai aap ne Hafiz quran jo hazrat hen un ke lye kafi asani kardi he or aap ki tareef kis mun se karen hamare pas alfaz nhin hen aalah taala aapko is ka ajar ata farmai aameen: jo kam aapne kya he is poori dunya me koi sani nahin he hame aap par buhat fakhar he.thank you

  • Phone No:03445723108
    i am Ahisham khalid
    From Rawalpind
    I have the Zahid Hussain Cds
    any one want to get contact me

    • Any one can tell the site for down laod, file is removed from this site , I need this Quran software copy
      Jazak Allah

  • Free Download Cleantouch Quran Search Engine Software:

    Unicode based Arabic Text of Al-Qur’an-e-Majeed in Indo-Pak Script (Barr-e-Sagheree Rasam-ul-Khat) with all signs, exactly as they are in manuscripts

    Unicode based Arabic Text of Al-Qur’an-e-Majeed in Uthmani Script with all signs, exactly as they are in manuscripts

    Kanzuliman: Most authentic & accurate, idiomatical translation of Al-Quran in Urdu Language by “Imam-e-Ahlesunnat, reviver of Islam & respectful scholar Aala-Hazrat As-Shah Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi”

    English Translation of Kanzuliman by Mr. Shah Farid-ul-Haq

    English Transliteration of Al-Qur’an

    Khazain-ul-Irfan: Comprehensive Annotation of Kanzuliman and authentic & concise commentary of Al-Qur’an in Urdu Language by “the inspiration of many scholars Hazrat Naeem-ud-Deen Muradabadi”

    Other Qur’anic Books include includes Tafseer Al-Jalalayn & Tafseer Ibn-Kathir (Arabic)

    Smart Search Engine that try observing your expectation from your written text and give comprehensive result for your search string from all available or selected books

    Carefully calculated, verifiable & detailed words, letters & other signs counting system

    Recitation of Al-Qur’an-e-Majeed in the most listening voice of Qari Abdul Basit Abdul Samad

    Another beautifully recitation of Al-Qur’an-e-Majeed in the voice of Qari Abu Bakar As-Shatri

    Audio of Urdu Translation Kanzuliman

    Built-in Audio Station to listen Al-Qur’an & Urdu Translation with different options

    Fonts, Views, Skins customization

    User can add more Qur’anic Books using Add-on feature

    Quick reference look up (jump to) (e.g. 110.2)

    Different options to navigate through Al-Qur’an-e-Majeed

    Statical List of Surah (Chapter), Parah (Parts)& Many more including Bookmark & List of Sajda Ayats

    http://www.khazainulhidayat.com/downloads.htm,

  • please any one give me link to download search quran software by honest zahid from pakistan

  • ASSALAM O ALEIKUM
    ZAHID BHAI JAZAK ALLAH
    EXCELENT WORK MAY ALLAH BLESS U & UR FAMILY,I HAVE NO WORDS I JUST SAY JAZAK ALLAH, JAZAK ALLAH,JAZAK ALLAH,JAZAK ALLAH, JAZAK ALLAH,JAZAK ALLAH.

  • I downloaded the quran o hadees search engine v3.1.0 and followed the instructions given in the readme file for installation. But after installation every time i run the Search Quran exe file i get the error that WinSearch Quran haas stopped working. I have windows vista business sp2 and I have tried both the xp version and windows 7 version as well and the result is same. Please see the attachment for the error.

    I request everyone to kindly guide me how can I make it run properly ?

  • Assalam o elekum Zahid bhai ALLAH ap ko jaza e khair de itna bara kam krne per aur blund durjat atta femaye. Zahid bhai me ne boht koshis ki lekin ap ka software mujh se download nahi ho raha pata nahi kia waja he . kia ap ke search engine ki CD bazar me dustyab he jo ham kharid ke instal kr lain. plz reply must on my mail address.
    ALLAH ap ko aur kamyabian de .
    AMEEN

  • Where is the Software is it Available or just Fooling around predicting beeing a Pakistani..

  • I have this Software but now i have not please some body give me this
    My Name is: Muhammad Waseem Ur Rehman Khan
    E-Mail: [email protected] Cell# 0333-8031121


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