Specialized Syntactic Quran Search Engines: Evaluation and Limitations

The Quran is the sacred text that provides guidance and teachings to the followers of Islam. This paper aims to analyze and evaluate the limitations of current specialized search engines used for retrieving information from the Quran. Also, this work includes an initial evaluation of Quran search with a large language model (LLM) employing prompt engineering. The study focuses on the syntactic aspect of information retrieval, while acknowledging the necessity of considering the semantic meaning of Quranic words and verses for a more comprehensive analysis. Furthermore, recommendations and guidelines for future research are proposed, stressing the significance of developing syntactic search capabilities to improve the accuracy and relevance of search results.