kingkaung/islamqainfo_parallel_corpus

Dataset Card for IslamQA Info Parallel Corpus

Dataset Description

The IslamQA Info Parallel Corpus is a multilingual dataset derived from the IslamQA repository. It contains curated question-and-answer pairs across 17 languages, making it a valuable resource for multilingual and cross-lingual natural language processing (NLP) tasks. The dataset has been created over nearly three decades (since 1997) by Sheikhul Islam Muhammad Saalih al-Munajjid and his team.

Key Features

• Curated by: IslamQA team
• Languages (NLP): English (base), Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, French, Chinese, Spanish, Russian, German, Tajik, Portuguese, Hindi, Uyghur, Turkish, Indonesian, and Japanese.
• License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial)
• Size: Contains 19,052 rows in Parquet format.
• Content Fields:
  • Global ID: Unique ID for each question-answer group.
  • topic: Thematic category (e.g., Belief, Sacrifices).
  • original_id: Original source ID.
  • title, question, answer: Content fields for each language (e.g., title_en, question_ar, answer_bn).
  • link: URLs for verification (e.g., link_en, link_zh).

Dataset Sources

• Repository: IslamQA Info Parallel Corpus on Hugging Face
• Original Source: IslamQA Website

Uses

Direct Use

This dataset is suitable for:

• Multilingual NLP tasks such as machine translation, question-answering, and text summarization.
• Cross-lingual semantic search and information retrieval.
• Training and fine-tuning multilingual models.

Out-of-Scope Use

The dataset is not intended for generating biased or harmful content. Some topics may include culturally or religiously sensitive concepts; users should respect the context and original intent.

Dataset Structure

The dataset is available only in Parquet format, encoded in UTF-8. It includes the following fields:

1. Global ID: Groups translations of the same Q&A across languages.
2. topic: Thematic category of the Q&A.
3. original_id: Reference to the original source.
4. title, question, answer: Content fields for each language (e.g., title_en, question_ar, answer_bn).
5. link: URLs for verification (e.g., link_en, link_fr).

Sample Record

{
    "Global ID": "G_ID_00157",
    "topic": "Belief",
    "original_id": "10776",
    "title_en": "The Best Means to Increase Your Faith",
    "question_en": "Question\n\nWhat are the means of increasing faith?",
    "answer_en": "Praise be to Allah.There are several means of increasing faith :  \n\nLearning about Allah through His names and attributes. The more a person learns about Allah through His names and attributes, the more he will increase in faith, without a doubt. Hence you find that the scholars who know more about the names and attributes of Allah than others do, are stronger in faith than others in this regard.  \nLooking at the signs of Allah in the universe and the signs of Shari`ah (i.e., verses of the Quran and miracles of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), etc.). The more a person looks at the signs of Allah in the universe, the more he increases in faith. Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):\n\n“And on the earth are signs for those who have Faith with certainty. And also in your own selves. Will you not then see?.” [Al-Dhariyat 51:20-21]\nThe verses which indicate that are many, I mean the verses which indicate that by pondering and thinking about this universe, man can increase in faith. \nDoing many acts of worship, for the more acts of worship a person does, the more he will increase in faith thereby, whether those acts of worship involve words or actions. So dhikr increases faith in quantity and quality, and prayer, fasting and Hajj also increase faith in quantity and quality.\nFor more, please see these answers: 14041 , 331637 , 22877 , 20059 , 223615 , and 9082 .\nAnd Allah knows best.",
    "title_ar": "ما هي أسباب زيادة الإيمان ؟",
    "question_ar": "",
    "answer_ar": "الحمد لله.للزيادة أسباب :\nالسبب الأول : معرفة الله تعالى بأسمائه وصفاته , فإن الإنسان كلما ازداد معرفة بالله وبأسمائه وصفاته ازداد إيماناً بلا شك , ولهذا تجد أهل العلم الذين يعلمون من أسماء الله وصفاته ما لا يعلمه غيرهم تجدهم أقوى إيماناً من الآخرين من هذا الوجه .\nالسبب الثاني : النظر في آيات الله الكونية , والشرعية , فإن الإنسان كلما نظر في الآيات الكونية التي هي المخلوقات ازداد إيماناً قال تعالى : ( وفي الأرض آيات للموقنين وفي أنفسكم أفلا تبصرون ) الذاريات /20-21 والآيات الدالة على هذا كثيرة أعني الآيات الدالة على أن الإنسان بتدبره وتأمله في هذا الكون يزداد إيمانه .\nالسبب الثالث : كثرة الطاعات فإن الإنسان كلما كثرت طاعاته ازداد بذلك إيماناً سواء كانت هذه الطاعات قولية أم فعلية , فالذكر يزيد الإيمان كمية وكيفية , والصلاة والصوم والحج تزيد الإيمان أيضاً كمية وكيفية .",
    "title_bn": "ঈমান বৃদ্ধির কারণগুলো কী কী?",
    "question_bn": "",
    "answer_bn": "আলহামদু লিল্লাহ।.ঈমান বৃদ্ধির কারণগুলো:\nপ্রথম কারণ: \nআল্লাহ্‌কে তার নাম ও গুণসমূহসহ জানা। নিঃসন্দেহে মানুষ আল্লাহ্‌কে যতবেশি জানবে, তাঁর নাম ও গুণগুলোকে যতবেশি জানবে; ততই তাঁর ঈমান বৃদ্ধি পাবে।...",
    "title_fr": "Les causes de l’augmentation de la foi",
    "question_fr": "",
    "answer_fr": "Louange à Allah.Les causes sont les suivantes :\nLa première : La connaissance d’Allah le Très-Haut par l'acquisition de la connaissance de Ses noms et Ses attributs. Plus l’homme approfondit sa connaissance d’Allah, de Ses noms et de Ses attributs, plus sa foi s’affermit certainement...",
    "title_es": "¿Cuáles son los medios para aumentar la fe?",
    "question_es": "",
    "answer_es": "Alabado sea Dios.Hay muchos medios para aumentar la fe: \nEl primer medio es aprender sobre Allah a través de Sus nombres y atributos. Cuanto más aprenda una persona sobre Allah, Sus nombres y atributos, más aumentará su fe...",
    "title_zh": "信仰增加的因素是什么？",
    "question_zh": "",
    "answer_zh": "一切赞颂，全归真主。\n“信仰增加的因素很多：\n第一个因素：了解伟大真主的所有尊名和属性，每当一个人对真主的所有尊名和属性了解越多，他的信仰肯定会增加...",
    "title_ru": "Как можно увеличить веру?",
    "question_ru": "",
    "answer_ru": "Хвала Аллаху.Есть несколько способов увеличения веры.\nПервое средство. Больше узнавать об Аллахе через изучение Его имён и атрибутов...",
    "title_de": "Was sind Wege zu einem stärkeren Glauben (Iimaan)?",
    "question_de": "",
    "answer_de": "Alles Lob gebührt Allah..Für einen starken Glauben (Iimaan) gibt es verschiedene Gründe:\nDer erste Grund: Das Kennen Allahs dem Erhabenen mit Seinen Namen und Eigenschaften...",
    "link_en": "https://islamqa.info/en/answers/10776/the-best-means-to-increase-your-faith",
    "link_ar": "https://islamqa.info/ar/answers/10776/%D9%85%D8%A7-%D9%87%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86",
    "link_bn": "https://islamqa.info/bn/answers/10776/%E0%A6%88%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%95"
}

Dataset Creation

Curation Rationale

This dataset was created to facilitate research and applications in multilingual NLP. It offers a rich source of content, including translations, topics, and unique cultural insights.

Source Data

The data was collected directly from the IslamQA website using web scraping tools. The original content was manually curated and verified by the IslamQA team over the years.

Data Collection and Processing • Extracted Q&A pairs, topics, and multilingual versions using HTML parsing tools (e.g., BeautifulSoup). • Mapped multilingual articles to their English equivalents. • Standardized column names and ensured content consistency across languages.

Usage Example

To use this dataset in your NLP workflows, you can load it directly using the Hugging Face datasets library:

from datasets import load_dataset

# Load the dataset
dataset = load_dataset("kingkaung/islamqainfo_parallel_corpus")

# Display the first few rows
print(dataset["train"].select(range(5)))

Who are the Source Data Producers?

The dataset originates from the IslamQA website, managed by Sheikhul Islam Muhammad Saalih al-Munajjid and his team.

Bias, Risks, and Limitations

Risks and Limitations

•	The dataset reflects Islamic values and may include topics that are sensitive or non-Western (e.g., Jihad, religious rulings).
•	Translations may vary in quality and completeness across languages.
•	The dataset is not anonymized and includes URLs pointing to the original content.

Recommendations

•	Users should respect the cultural and religious context of the dataset.
•	Obtain permission from IslamQA for any commercial use.
•	Consider additional filtering or preprocessing if required for specific tasks.

Citation

BibTeX:

@misc{islamqa_parallel_corpus,
  author = {Sheikhul Islam Muhammad Saalih al-Munajjid and the IslamQA team},
  title = {IslamQA Info Parallel Corpus},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/kingkaung/islamqainfo_parallel_corpus},
  note = {Dataset for research purposes only.}
}

APA:

Sheikhul Islam Muhammad Saalih al-Munajjid & IslamQA team. (2025). IslamQA Info Parallel Corpus. Retrieved from https://huggingface.co/datasets/kingkaung/islamqainfo_parallel_corpus

License

This dataset is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

• You are free to share, adapt, and use the dataset for non-commercial purposes.
• Commercial use is prohibited without explicit permission from the original authors.