Search tips
Search covers the catalogue (titles, authors, synopses) and the text of every book that is open to read, down to the page number.
How to type a search
| Type | Meaning |
|---|---|
| zakat fitrah | Pages containing both words, anywhere. If there are none, results with either word are shown. |
| "fiqh dakwah" | Exact phrase: the words must follow each other in that order. |
| tarbiyah +usrah | A + makes that word required. |
| jihad -perang | A - removes results that contain that word. |
| tafsir* | A * at the end finds every word that starts that way (tafsir, tafsiran, tafsirnya). |
Upper and lower case are treated alike. Hyphens and apostrophes are ignored: “Qur'an” equals “Quran”, “da'wah” equals “dawah”.
Search scope
After searching, use “Filter” to narrow results by type, language, category and year of publication.
Arabic and Jawi text
- Type without diacritics (harakat): search ignores them, along with Quranic marks and tatweel. الاسلام الإِسْلَام
- Alef forms (أ إ آ ٱ) are treated as ا; ى as ي; ة as ه; ؤ as و; ئ as ي.
- Jawi or Persian style kaf and ya (ک ی) are treated as the Arabic forms.
- Words are matched whole. An attached prefix such as “ال” or “و” has to be typed too, or use * at the end.
- Very short words (one or two letters) are searched only inside a quoted phrase or when marked with +.
Why are some books missing from “Inside books”?
Full-text search covers only books whose files are open to read (public domain, with permission, or an open licence). Catalogue-only records still appear under “Resources”. Scanned books are searchable once OCR has read their text, and accuracy depends on the quality of the scan.
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