Verification of Quranic Verses in Audio Files using Speech Recognition Techniques

Al-Quran is the holy book of Muslims which is written and recited in Arabic language, the language in which it was revealed. Muslims believe that the Quran is neither corrupted nor altered this is mainly due to maintaining its original text. It is forbidden to recite the Quran in any other language apart from Arabic with neither additions nor subtractions. However with the proliferation of technology especially the Internet and social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, the spread of mistakenly or deliberately distorted audio clips are witnessed regularly. In this regard, it is necessary to preserve the authenticity and integrity of the Quran from all sorts of corruption. This paper therefore proposes speech recognition technique that will be used for verification of the Quran verses online