Stories of The Quran app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Phoenix Tronix Inc
First release : 15 Nov 2010
App size: 1.22 Mb
*** Indeed in their stories, there is a lesson for men of understanding. (Yusuf, 111) ***
The Author:
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Ismail ibn Kathir (1301–1373 ) was a renowned Muhaddith, Faqih, Historian and Mufassir. He was widely acclaimed and unanimously attested for his sublime degree of learning, particularly in the fields of the exegesis of the Glorious Quran, Hadith and history.
He learned from great scholars like Ibn Taymiyya, Abu al-Hajjaj Al-Mizzi, Ibn Al Firkah, ‘Isa bin Al-Mutim, Ahmed bin Abi-Talib, Ibn Al-Hajjar, Baha Ad-Din Al-Qasim bin Muzaffar bin ‘Asakir, Ibn Ash-Shirazi, Ishaq bin Yahya Al-Ammuddi, the Zahriyyah Shaykh and Muhammad bin Zarrad. He was renowned for his great memory regarding the sayings of Muhammad and the entire Quran. He wrote a famous commentary on the Quran named Tafsir al-Quran al-Adhim which linked certain Hadith, or sayings of Muhammad, and sayings of the sahaba to verses of the Quran, in explanation. Tafsir Ibn Kathir is famous all over the Muslim world and among Muslims in the Western world, is one of the most widely used explanations of the Quran today.
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This application presents one of Ibn Kathir’s many scholarly works, in which he takes a tour throughout the stories mentioned in the Glorious Quran. Following stories are included:
* Habil and Qabil (Abel and Cain)
* Harut and Marut
* Dwellers of the Town
* Story of the Heifer
* Moses and AI-Khadir
* The Story of Qarun (Korah)
* Bilqis (Queen of Sheba)
* The Story of Saba (Sheba)
* `Uzair (Ezra)
* Dhul Qarnain
* Gog and Magog
* People of the Cave
* The Believer & the Disbeliever
* People of the Garden
* The Sabbath-Breakers
* Story of Luqman
* People of the Ditch
* Barsisa the Worshipper (The Renegade)
* Owners of the Elephant
Latest reviews of Stories of The Quran app for iPhone and iPad
Compared to the Apps that have ugly distracting backgrounds and ornaments, this Apps really this Apps actually much better. Its laid out on plain pages... Soothing. Light background... Getting better, still a choice of backgrounds would be nice. Paragraph spaces, nice, but an ability to increase the size of the fonts would have been nice as well. The Qurans ayahs translations are in bold and in italics. Nice. The Arabic versions of the Qurans verses should be mentioned along with the translations. The version of translation used should be mentioned in the info section. All Hadith should be in italics and their version of the translation should be mentioned too. It actually feels like this developer is actually leaning towards going with the notion that he is actually keen to have people read the content of this App for long periods of time and many pages at a time. But even hes way too short of meeting the minimum acceptable standards of of authors and readers of today - Islamic and otherwise. Furthermore, when you tap his info symbol, his other Apps are listed. Hes seems to be more interested there in trying to get you to buy his Apps than serve you with info on his App to help you with this App first, for starters, such as the name of the translator... Etc. Anyways, since this developer has offered this somewhat readable App for a relatively reasonable $ 0.99 and after having given consideration to other developers and their UIs out there, Im going to give him a five star for encouragement. Ill be revisiting my review for updates... In Sha Allah.
This Book is translated from the original Ibn Kathir writings, hence its suitable ONLY for Scholars. Its burdened by the many intricate quotations of authenticity that the Stories themselves are drowned in the details. If youre looking for an account of the stories themselves this is not for you. If youre looking for a book for children to learn the Stories of The Quran, as I was, this is definitely not the one.