What "Alim Computer" Usually Refers To
The term "alim computer" is ambiguous, and it generally points to one of two different things. The most common meaning is The Alim, an Islamic educational software suite for Windows PCs — a searchable digital library containing the Qur'an in Arabic with transliteration, multiple English translations and commentary, thousands of Hadith, an Islamic subjects database, historical material and biographical entries, alongside concordance and search tools. The name comes from the Arabic word 'alim, meaning "one who has true knowledge," and the program was designed so that students and teachers could reach authoritative sources from an ordinary desktop PC.
The second, unrelated meaning is Alim Computer Co., which appears in business directories as a custom computer programming and systems software development firm. Directory listings for that business currently mark it as closed; it has no product line, so if you arrived here looking for hardware to run religious or educational software in a classroom, madrasa, mosque office or study centre, the sections below are what you need.
Hardware Requirements and How The Alim Runs
The Alim is a desktop application for IBM-compatible PCs, so it runs on standard Windows hardware. Because its content is a local database of text, Arabic script and transliterations, the real-world requirements are
