The Computer Research Center of Islamic Sciences (CRCIS, also known as ''Noor'' and ''Noorsoft'', مرکز تحقیقات کامپیوتری علوم اسلامی) was established in 1989 with the aim of digitizing Islamic science resources at the suggestion of Ayatollah

Ali Khamenei Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei ( fa, سید علی حسینی خامنه‌ای, ; born 19 April 1939) is a Twelver Shia ''marja and the second and current Supreme Leader of Iran, in office since 1989. He was previously the third president o ...

, the

leader Leadership, both as a research area and as a practical skill, encompasses the ability of an individual, group or organization to "lead", influence or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations. The word "leadership" often gets vi ...

of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The ''Computer Research Center of Islamic Sciences'' operates in

Qom Qom (also spelled as "Ghom", "Ghum", or "Qum") ( fa, قم ) is the seventh largest metropolis and also the seventh largest city in Iran. Qom is the capital of Qom Province. It is located to the south of Tehran. At the 2016 census, its popul ...

and has branches in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

Isfahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...

and

Mashhad Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. It serves as the capital of R ...

for training and distribution. It has four departments, Department of Commerce and Cultural Services, Research Department, Technical Department, Production Deputy, Tehran Deputy, Administrative and Financial Deputy, as well as the Office of International Communications and Project Management Bureau. The CRCIS has been established to facilitate access to Islamic science and religious culture resources and texts by means of information and communication technology, and to expand and expand it in the domains of theology and domestic and international cultural communities. Therefore, it offers, among others the

Noormags Noor Specialized Magazines ( fa, نورمگز) is a website founded and administered by Computer Research Center of Islamic Sciences (CRCIS) that offers digitized versions of specialized journals concerning Islamic studies, social sciences and th ...

website. It also created an online

Quran The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Classical Arabic, Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation in Islam, revelation from God in Islam, ...

with 30 translations and around 1000 exegesis, called Jami al-tafsir.

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