Quran Analytics

Erfan Hamza, Yusuf Abdulla, Ibrahim Diao

Roles

Project manager: Erfan Hamza

Systems engineer: Yusuf Abdulla

Data Scientist: Ibrahim Diao

Consultant: Fatima Khan

Mentor: Dr. Farid Ahmed

Problem

Many people are not interested in the Quran because they have misconceptions about

it and a lack of understanding. There are also many people that are criticizing Islam

and trying to prove that is has deficiencies, without providing basic facts

Hypothesis

The use of data analytics will clear up misconceptions about the Quran and will

serve as a tool to refute Islam’s critics by providing underlying facts. It will also

reconnect Muslims that are disconnected from the Quran by creating love and

interest aided by the presentation of relevant facts and figures.

Our motivation

We wanted to help Muslims reconnect with the Quran and learn more about it. We

also wanted to provide customized “fact checkers” based on Quranic Data Analysis

for people that are opposing Islam and for people speaking out against anti-Islam.

Methodology

● Created a survey to better understand the problems and potential solutions,

distributed through mailing list and on-site sessions-- Received over 60

responses

● Analyzed the survey

● In order to provide fact-based proofs regarding the comprehensiveness,

universalism, and 3-D aspects of Islam, we identified 2 topics, collected data,

and analyzed them○ Allah’s names mentioned in the Quran

○ Allah’s commandments in Surah Baqarah and Juz 30

● Created a web portal to present the findings

Reason for the survey

We created and distributed the survey in order to get an idea of where the people

stand in terms of their relationship with the Quran and what they’re mostly in need

of

Survey Results part 1

Survey Results part 2

Survey Results part 3

Survey Results part 4

Survey Results part 5

Survey Results part 6

Allah’s names

We all split Allah’s names that were mentioned in the Quran and made a data

collection on how many times each name was mentioned in the Quran. We tried to

look at the charts/analysis and locate a trend. This can give people a better idea

about the universalism and comprehensiveness of Islam and can combat criticisms

directed towards Islam

Allah’s names analysis

Top 15 names of Allah in Quran

Name in Arabic Closest English Meaning Total occurrence Category

Ar-Razzaq The provider 200 Love and Mercy

Al-Haqq The quality of truth 183 Uniqueness

Al-'Aleem The All-Knowing 154 Power and Glory

Al-Mubeen The Clear 107 Representation

Al-'Azeez The All Mighty 93 Power and Glory

Al-Ghafoor The Perfectly Forgiving 91 Love and Mercy

Al-Hakim The all wise 86 Knowledge and Wisdom

Al-Qayum The self-existing 70 Uniqueness

Allah’s commandments

We read the translation of Surah Baqarah and Juz 30 and picked out every single

commandment that Allah gave us. We then categorized each commandment

according to its type. The main reason we made this analysis was to prove that

Islam is a balanced religion.

Allah’s commandments analysis part 1

Allah’s commandments analysis part 2

Allah’s Commandments analysis part 3

Allah’s Commandments analysis part4

Achievements

● Created a survey and distributed it to a significant number of people

● Performed an analysis on the survey

● Performed data collection and analysis on all of Allah’s names mentioned in the

Quran

● Performed data collection and analysis on all of Allah’s commandments in

Surah Baqarah and Juz 30

● Created a web portal http://scienceinsigns.com/

What we wished to achieve

● Reach out to more people to take our survey

● Revise and improve the survey

● Perform a deeper analysis on Allah’s names

● Broaden the scope of our data collection and analysis on Allah’s commandments

● Perform more types of data collections and analysis

Lessons Learned

● How to research better

● How to collect data

● How to analyze data

● The effect of data

● How to use data analysis tools

Overall Suggestions

● Shorter sessions

● Assessments

Thank You