Today is November 5, 2011, quickly, four years have passed since writing the first article on the iPhone Islam ...
Let me tell you how it all began ... I will go back a little, as the beginning was after my success in elementary school, and my mother promised me to buy anything I would order if I succeeded with excellence, and I was very lover of music, especially the keyboard, and I decided that a professional keyboard is the gift of my success and on the same day that When we decided to go out to buy the gift, my neighbor met me and asked me where? I happily told him I'm going to buy an keyboard, he told me what that was! Do you waste your gift on Org! Why not buy a computer? I was amazed at the word, for this is the first time I heard the word computer, as we knew Atari at the time, but this computer was not known. So I told him what is the computer? He told me, this is a wonderful device on which you can play Atari games and also turn it into a musical instrument. It is possible for you to write your homework and perform calculations on it and start talking and talking .... Until I decided to change my gift to a computer.
At this time, God decreed for me to change my path from an keyboard player to a software developer, and I actually bought a device called Sinclair (I still keep it until now) ... and it was the only home computer available at the time.
This computer came with a book called Learn to Develop with Mickey and Goofy, so I fell in love with software development because of this book and bought other books (the internet had not been invented at the time) until I reached a good level that enabled me to make games and even sell them to the store where I bought the device. I spent a lot of time until my mother said that I would turn into a robot if I continued doing that :)
I do not want to dwell on you in telling my story with the computer, the important thing is, God forbid me, things that made me continue on this path, and after I graduated and obtained my bachelor's degree in Computer Science, I worked for the Computer and Internet World magazine after winning second place in its competition with a game of my development called One Eleven, and it was a game Planes. Then I moved to work in several companies, the last of which was a company based in America, where I worked as a chief developer and I was working remotely. In the course of this journey, who is God on the commitment to religion, and I ask God to be steadfast.
At some point, while I was busy with life and continuous work, I looked at the Arab world and found that the contribution of Arab developers in enriching Arabic content is very little. Who is this and what will I tell my Lord when he asks me about my knowledge, especially after his bounty on me in all matters of my life. Hence, some projects were started, the purpose of which was one thing, to fulfill the right of society and to participate in it positively. I will not mention these projects, some of which are known and some of which are unknown ...
As interested in technology, I heard like everyone about the iPhone, and God destined that my brother would be at this time in America, so I told him to bring me this device that all the technology sites talk about, and its price was very expensive and it was not familiar to this price for a phone so that my American director told me Are you going to pay $ 600 for a phone? Are you crazy? ” But at the time I learned that this is not just a phone. This is a technical revolution and I must be part of it. Then I immediately said to myself that I should develop Arab and Islamic programs for this device. Who will do the prayer program for him and who will do Arab applications for it and who will explain how to deal with this new technology for my brothers. The site even before the iPhone reaches the ...
The first article was entitled (Why iPhone Islam)
Peace, mercy and blessings of God be upon you. I welcome you my brothers and loved ones in the iPhone Islam Blog, and express writing on the blog with praise and thanks to God Almighty, thanks to which blessings are accomplished. The evils of ourselves and the bad deeds of our actions. And prayers and peace be upon the Messenger of God. After that, why was the blog iPhone Islam created? In the beginning, as interested in the world of technology, I was following the news of this phone, which was sold in the first week Half a million A phone. There is no doubt that the media, the advertisement noise and the rumors that preceded the release of this phone to the market were the main reason for the popularity of this phone, but this does not prevent it being a distinctive phone that everyone predicts of its wide spread. A few Arabs are almost non-existent, of course there are some individual efforts that deserve respect, but they are not sufficient to help those who own this device.The goals of the iPhone Islam
- Assist users who speak Arabic in using the phone and set Arabic usage instructions for them
- Development of Islamic and Arab programs for the phone
- Availability of free Islamic media ready for the phone, such as audio or video files for lectures and lessons
- Creating backgrounds, graphics, and Islamic voices for the phone
I remember now when I wrote this article and I was very excited. Of course, many of you did not read it. When it was first published, the site had only three visitors, two of whom were my friends :)
Then the iPhone arrived (I advise you to read the iPhone article arrived) And at that time I had an i-mate K-Jam
When I held the iPhone in my hand, I said what is this! I've never held a cell phone before that's what phones should have been ...
In fact, this phone dazzled me, as it was responding terribly and was wonderful in the sense of the word, of course at that time I could not use it as a phone and it was the beginning of the jailbreak, and then I began to learn, know and pass on everything I learn step by step ...
Then the years passed, and here is the iPhone Islam site, which, thanks to God, has become a company with a number of developers and designers, and within a month, God willing, the company will be moved to a larger headquarters and we will absorb a larger number, and God willing, within a year there is hope for expansion and that we will be in Saudi Arabia, Emirates, Kuwait and some other Arab countries ... Then we expand to all other operating systems such as Android and Windows ...
In the end, all of this began only with the intention to serve the community and the zakat of knowledge, to turn everything upside down and tell God Almighty that he is the most generous, and the intention may suffice until God gives you of his bounty and generosity. Any of us may think that his time to serve his brothers and benefit them is wasted time, but my narration of this long story aims to tell you that God never wastes a reward from his good will and deeds.
On this day, for the first time, I tell you this story and talk with you lovingly as a brother to you, because I fear that the matter will become more professional and my conversation with you and my follow-up will become few, but in the end I say this is an Arab company called iPhone Islam that has reached a global position rivaling the largest companies and developers, Apple knows us by name and for us Achievements we are proud of, when we do not become better, the action of Arab companies is from the height of the nation. Therefore, I always urge my brothers to encourage not only Arab companies, but even our youth who do any achievement, even if a simple act. And take from the iPhone Islam site an example of starting your own project in any field. I will not say that you will become a giant on the first day. As I previously told, iPhone Islam is not the first project and it did not succeed from the first day, but persevere and work until you get what you want. .
I apologize for the prolongation, and I thank every follower of us without following you and encouraging you. The iPhone Islam was not what it is now, and we ask you to continue with this support, and before the support, we ask you to love and forgive us for anything we fail to do. God willing, we will be better than that very soon.
Your brother / Tariq Mansour
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