<![CDATA[This research addresses the challenge of retrieving Qur’anic verses in Latin transliteration, which is hindered by the absence of a standardized orthography, leading to diverse spelling variations. The study aims to design and implement a hybrid information retrieval system that integrates Fuzzy Jaro-Winkler for lexical similarity and Cosine Similarity on finetuned DistilBERT embeddings for semantic relevance. The system workflow begins with preprocessing and normalization of the dataset, followed by initial candidate selection using Jaro-Winkler, and final reranking through semantic similarity scoring. Evaluation was conducted using black-box testing across scenarios including ideal queries, spelling variations, incomplete queries, and varying query lengths. Results show high accuracy for ideal (96%) and varied spelling queries (92%), with performance improving as query length increases, reaching 96% for four-word queries. The hybrid approach effectively bridges lexical and semantic gaps, outperforming single-method baselines, and demonstrates robustness in handling non-standard transliteration in Qur’anic text retrieval.]]>
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