Coming to iPhone

Read the Qur'an, even if you don't read Arabic.

Every word has its own transliteration and its own meaning sitting right above it, and it lights up the moment the reciter reaches it. Learn the letters from zero, memorise on a real hifz plan, and find the dua for what you are actually going through.

One email, on the day it's out. Nothing before that.

Surah Al-Fatihah, each Arabic word above its own transliteration, with the English translation underneath
  • Works fully offline
  • No account, no tracking
  • Word-level audio, not just per verse
  • The real Madani mushaf, page for page
The Learn tab: a path through fourteen levels, currently on the alphabet

Most Muslims read the Qur'an without understanding a word of it.

Not because the meaning is hidden, but because every app puts the Arabic in one place and the English in another, and leaves you to join them up. Iqra puts them together. The word, how to say it, and what it means, all in the same line, with the recitation moving across them.

And if you cannot read the script at all yet, that is the other half of the app. Fourteen levels, starting at a single letter.

Six things, each built properly.

Every word carries its own meaning

Not a translation printed under a block of Arabic. Each word sits above its own transliteration and its own gloss, and lights up the moment the reciter says it. You can follow along on the first day.

The letters, from absolute zero

Fourteen levels on the Noorani Qaida progression. Teach, then practise, then a quiz you have to pass. By the end you are reading the script, not recognising shapes.

Hifz the way it is actually taught

Sabaq, sabqi and manzil. New verses, this week's verses, and everything older on a rotation. Nothing is tested on the day you learn it.

Duas by what you are going through

Hisn al-Muslim, indexed in plain words. Not "Chapter 42", but worry, travel, waking up, someone being ill. Every one with its source.

Qibla and prayer times, computed on the phone

Your location never leaves the device. The compass tells you which way to turn and how far Makkah is, and says plainly that a phone compass is good to a few degrees.

Stories, cited paragraph by paragraph

Seventy-four retellings on five shelves. Every paragraph carries a reference that resolves, and the build fails if one of them does not.

Every screen, as it is.

Captures from the build, not mockups. Nothing here is a headline painted onto a phone.

Surah Al-Fatihah, each Arabic word above its own transliteration, with the English underneath
Read
The Learn tab, showing a fourteen-level path through the Arabic letters
Learn
The Memorize tab, showing the five steps from first passage to daily revision
Memorize
Wudu step by step, each step photographed and numbered
Wudu
The ninety-nine names of Allah with their meanings and Arabic
99 Names
Seventy-four stories from the Qur'an on shelves, with reading times
Stories
Signs and miracles, each entry naming who makes the claim and when
Signs
The qibla compass showing the bearing to Makkah and the next prayer
Qibla
On YouTube now

Full surahs, word by word, while you wait.

The same word-level timing that runs inside the app, rendered over an hour of recitation at a time. Free, and there is nothing to install.

Watch on YouTube

It works on a plane

The Qur'an, the transliteration, an English translation, the duas and the whole search index ship inside the app. Reading has never depended on a connection and it does not here.

Nothing is collected

No account, no analytics, no advertising identifier. Your location is used to compute the qibla and the prayer times on the device and is never sent anywhere.

Questions.

Is it finished?
Close. The reading, learning, memorising, duas, stories, qibla and prayer times are all built and working on a device. What is left is the last pass on translations into other languages, and the App Store review.
Do I need to know any Arabic?
No, and that is the whole point of it. If you cannot read a single letter, start on the Learn tab. If you can read but do not understand, start on Read, where every word carries its meaning.
Does it work without a connection?
Yes. The Qur'an, its transliteration, one English translation, the duas and the search index are all inside the app. Only extra reciters, extra languages and the mushaf page fonts are fetched, and only when you ask for them.
Do I have to make an account?
There is no account and no login. Nothing about how you read is sent anywhere.
What will it cost?
Not decided yet, and nobody on this list gets charged without being told first. Everyone here hears the price before it goes live.
What do I get for signing up?
One email, on the day it is out. No newsletter, no drip sequence, and your address is not passed to anyone.

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