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There is debate surrounding to what degree a digital form of the Qur'an should be treated like a hard copy in terms of etiquette when reciting from it. For example, should the practices of wudu, qibla, or brushing one's teeth with a miswak be observed while reading from a digital Qur'an.

Commenters speculated about how the special barakah or contagion heuristic associated with the Qur'an translates to electronic texts. Other observers noted that this way of thinking is foreign to the devices users, who adopt western digital technology unthinkingly. Myrvold (2010) summarizes the debate on how Qur'anic etexts and the devices holding them should be handled, citing a fatwa issued by the "Ask Imam" website to the effect that ritual purity should only be regarded in connection with such a device during the time Qur'anic text is actually being displayed. '''Mohammed Zakariah, has come to the conclusion that it is because of the digital Qur'an that Islam has been able to spread and diversify among cultures. The digital Qur'an has lead to the expansion of Islam among people of faith. Along with this, scholars are now able to study the book as well as scientists that see new opportunity. Thomas Hoffmann also discusses in his book on new information and technologies that it is because of these new and creative ways of simplifying the Qur'an that the world sees a new wave of "lay" users rather than experts and self proclaimed experts in the field. Another journal by Engku Alwi, Professor at School of Usuluddin at the Faculty of Contemporary Islamic Studies, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Terengganu, went to college campuses to see how the new form of technology, phone and tablet applications were seen by over 200 Muslim students. This concluded that it was well received and even had good effects on recitation and memorization but that a large percentage were worried or confused of the rules of recitation when using the device.'''