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About Al Islam

Last updated: 22 September 2026

A comprehensive companion for authentic Islamic knowledge.

Al Islam (com.pakdeen.alislam) brings Islamic knowledge and daily practice together in one app: the Qur'an with translations, tafsir and recitation; 232,559 hadith across 33 collections; prayer times, reminders and the Qibla; the Hijri calendar; dhikr; the Divine Names; and tools for study — notes, collections, search and a record of your reading. It is made by Lymrah.

The current version is 4.7. Every release is described in the Changelog.

Our Mission

To make authentic Islamic knowledge accessible to everyone, in the language that speaks to them — with the tools to read it closely, to keep up the practice of each day, and to stay in control of how the app works for you. The core of the app is free.

What Makes Al Islam Different

Complete, and simple to begin

Each part of Al Islam is made to be complete in itself, and connected to the rest — while staying simple on the surface. Everything works sensibly the moment you open it, and the depth is there when you want it:

  • Prayer Times — not a single timetable, but 11 calculation methods, both Asr standards, high-latitude rules, location profiles with their own time zones, adjustments to match your mosque, a screen explaining each prayer, and the sun, the sky and the Hijri month — all calculated on your device.
  • Reminders — not a single notification, but reminders for the prayers, for reading, for dhikr, for fasts and for the dates of the Hijri year, each arriving the way you choose, from a quiet notification to a full-screen alarm, and opening exactly where you need to be.
  • Qibla Finder — not a lone compass needle, but five independent ways to find and check the direction: compass, map, camera, the sun itself, and a detailed view.
  • Hijri Calendar — not a date grid, but the Islamic year with its occasions, the moon, your own events, a fasting record, a date converter and a Hijri birthday finder.
  • Quran — not only text and translation, but eleven ways of writing the Arabic, transliteration, tafsir, recitation followed on the page verse by verse and, where it is timed to the word, word by word, word-by-word analysis, and every word the Qur'an builds from a root.
  • Hadith Library — not only narrations, but grades, the chain of transmission drawn for each narration, a page for every narrator's name, the verses a narration quotes, and the same report as it appears in other collections.
  • Search — text and references across the whole library at once, understanding Arabic with or without its vowel marks and in its Arabic and Urdu spellings, offline.
  • Collections — not bookmarks, but a library of folders nested as deeply as you like, with notes on every item, and backup with Premium.
  • Notes — Qalam — not a text box, but a writing space made for study: live formatting, verse and hadith references that open the source, honorifics, Arabic, drawings, and plain text that stays yours.
  • Tasbeeh — not a tap counter, but a dhikr companion: a library, routines, goals, streaks and statistics.
  • The Divine Names — not ninety-nine cards to scroll past once, but three ways in — browsing, recitation and study — with the root, the pattern, the Qur'anic anchors, the complementary pairs, and a plain statement of the evidence behind each name.
  • History — not only a log, but a record: reading measured in time, read against your prayer times and the Islamic calendar, with goals, spaced revision and questions you compose yourself.
  • Intelligence — AI tools beneath every verse, narration and note, running on your own AI provider account.
  • Text Customization — typography for every part of the app, every language and every Arabic script.

What Is in the App

Content

Quran

  • 6,236 verses
  • 122 translations across 62 languages
  • 95 works of tafsir
  • 6 transliterations — the sound of each verse in Latin letters
  • 126 recorded recitations, followed on the page verse by verse — and word by word where a recitation is timed to the word
  • Eleven ways of writing the Arabic — Uthmani, IndoPak in Nastaliq and Naskh, the Madinah Mushaf, colour-coded tajweed and more
  • Offline, once downloaded

Hadith

  • 33 collections — the six major books and many more
  • 232,559 narrations
  • 5 languages
  • Grades, references, chains of transmission and parallel narrations

The Divine Names

  • The ninety-nine names — al-Asmāʾ al-Ḥusnā
  • The root, pattern, Qur'anic anchors and complementary pairs of every name
  • The evidence for each name stated plainly — Qur'anic, derived, or from hadith
  • Offline

Reading and study

  • Quran — the Favourite, Surah and Parah/Juz tabs; Go to Verse by surah, juz or reference; the reading stack of translations, tafsir and transliteration; recitation with the verse and word followed on the page; surahs saved to listen offline; auto-scroll and the scroll rail; word roots; and copying and citing a verse with its reference.
  • Hadith Library — collections in several languages; chapters narrowed by grade; Go to Hadith; the reading stack; the chain of transmission and a page for each name; the Qur'an quoted in a narration, drawn on the mushaf; Also narrated in; the compiler's own notes; a book by the same name in other collections; copying and citing; and Random Hadith on the Home screen.
  • The Divine Names — calligraphic browsing, a recitation carousel that keeps your place, and insights into the structure of the ninety-nine.
  • Search — text and references across the Qur'an, tafsir, transliteration, hadith and your collections, with other narrations of the same report shown beside a match, offline.
  • Notes — Qalam — formatting, tables, task lists, callouts, drawings, verse and hadith references, honorifics, Arabic, dictation, and plain-text storage.
  • Collections — folders of saved verses, narrations and notes, each folder sorted its own way.
  • History — your reading, dhikr and searches, with a dashboard, the Studio and, with Premium, the Insights deck.

Daily practice

  • Prayer Times — 11 calculation methods, location profiles, adjustments to match your mosque, each prayer explained with its own diagram, and the Sun, Sky and Hijri tabs with a solar almanac, the moon and a crescent forecast.
  • Reminders — the five prayers from the moment the app is installed, and anything else you choose: a page before sleep, morning and evening dhikr, fasts, Ramadan and the dates of the Hijri year.
  • Qibla Finder — compass, map, camera, the sun and a detailed view, with guidance when the compass needs calibrating.
  • Hijri Calendar — the Islamic year with its occasions, moon phases, your events and fasts, a date converter, a Hijri birthday finder, and occasions on your Home screen.
  • Tasbeeh — a counter with a library, routines, goals, streaks and statistics.
  • The Divine Names — a guided recitation with adjustable repetitions, hands-free advance and your place kept across weeks.
  • Home Screen Widgets — Prayer Times, Hijri Today, Hijri Month, Islamic Occasions, Daily Companion and Fasting Planner.

Your own tools

  • Text Customization — typography for every section, language and Arabic script, with fonts you can import.
  • Downloads — everything saved for offline use, the space it takes, and removing what you no longer need.
  • Intelligence — with Premium, translating, listening to and asking about what you read, using your own AI provider.

Recent Releases

4.7 — Manara

  • Reminders — for the prayers and anything else, arriving as anything from a notification to a full-screen alarm, with a record of each delivery.
  • Recitation — 126 recitations, with the verse followed on the page, and the word too where a recitation is timed to it; surahs saved to listen offline, kept securely within the app.
  • Eleven ways of writing the Arabic, each with its own typography.
  • Word roots — every word the Qur'an builds from a root.
  • The chain of transmission drawn for each narration, with a page for every narrator's name.
  • Also narrated in — the same report in other collections, with how closely each is worded.
  • The Qur'an quoted in a narration, drawn on the mushaf.
  • Copying and citing a verse or narration, with its reference.
  • Prayer Times — each prayer explained, and adjustments to match your mosque.
  • Go to Verse and Go to Hadith, auto-scroll and the scroll rail.
  • Downloads — everything saved on your device, in one place.

4.6 — Al-Husna

  • The Divine Names — browsing, recitation and study of the ninety-nine names.
  • History — reading measured in time, read against the Islamic calendar, with the Studio.

4.5

  • Intelligence — AI tools beneath every reading screen, on your own provider account.

The full account of every release is in the Changelog.

How We Work

  • Sources are labelled. Every translation, tafsir and hadith collection names its author, language and script. A rendering produced from another says so and names the translation it came from, and the level of evidence behind each Divine Name is stated.
  • It works offline. Reading, recitations you have saved, prayer times, reminders, the Qibla, the calendar, dhikr, notes and search work without a connection once the content you want is downloaded.
  • Your study stays on your device. Your notes, collections, history, dhikr records and AI keys are stored on your device. Collections are backed up only when you sign in with Premium. The Privacy Policy sets out exactly what information the app uses and why.
  • You stay in control. Sensible defaults to begin with, and the settings to change them: the calculation method, how reminders arrive, how text is set, what History records, which cards are shown.
  • AI is a study aid. Intelligence runs on your own provider account, its output is always shown alongside the sources, and the app says plainly that it is not a religious authority.
  • It is independent. Al Islam is developed independently by Lymrah.

The Approach in Practice

Prayer Times

Instead of one calculation method, a choice of 11 — with both Asr standards, rules for high latitudes, location profiles, time zones and adjustments to match your mosque — and a screen for each prayer that explains why its time is what it is. The usual method is preselected for your country, so most people never need to change a setting; for everyone else, the choice is there.

Reminders

Instead of a notification that may or may not arrive, reminders that say how they will reach you and keep a record of what each one did — arrived on time, held back during quiet hours, or delayed by a phone setting, which it names and offers to open.

Search

Instead of a search that needs exact spelling, one that understands Arabic with or without its vowel marks, treats the Arabic and Urdu spellings of a word as one, finds a verse by how it sounds, and shows the same report from other collections beside the narration you found. And a basic search is still just typing a word.

Hadith

Instead of a narration on its own, the narration in context: its chain drawn step by step, each narrator's name a page of its own, the verses it quotes drawn on the mushaf, and the other collections that record the same report, with how closely each is worded.

Qibla

Instead of a needle you simply have to trust, five independent methods — compass, map geometry, the camera, the sun's position and a detailed view — with guidance when the compass needs calibrating, so you can check the direction for yourself.

Notes

Instead of a plain text box, Qalam — formatting that appears as you type, Qur'an references checked against the surah before they are inserted and opening the reader when tapped, Arabic set in a Qur'anic typeface, and drawings alongside text. Every note is stored as readable plain text, so it can be shared and opened anywhere.

Intelligence

Instead of a chat window beside the app, tools beneath the passage you are reading, so the model works on the app's own text. Translations come back laid out like published translations, in your own typography, and are kept so you never pay for the same passage twice. The models run on your own provider account — including ones that run on your own computer at no cost.

The Divine Names

Instead of ninety-nine cards to scroll past once, three ways in: calligraphic plates with search that understands the root, a recitation carousel where the name itself is the counting surface and your place is kept, and an Insights view of the whole. Each name states its evidence plainly — Qur'anic, derived, or from hadith.

Design and Experience

  • Clear and consistent — one visual language across every screen, with the text given the room it needs.
  • Ready to use — sensible defaults, with little to set up before you begin.
  • Made for reading — typography for every language and script, auto-scroll, a scroll rail for long lists, and copying with references.
  • Explained — every section is documented in full on this site, and every content source is labelled in the app.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Al Islam app associated with the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community?

No. The Al Islam app by Lymrah is entirely independent and has no affiliation, connection, or relevance to the Ahmadiyya community, its teachings, or its perspective. None of our content is derived from or influenced by it.

What Islamic perspective does Al Islam represent?

Mainstream Islamic content: the app hosts a large library of Islamic resources, predominantly the works of recognized Ahl as-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah (Sunni) scholars.

Clear labeling and metadata: every resource, book, and item is labeled so you always know the source and context of what you are reading.

Inclusive yet classified: where mainstream Shia content is included to broaden the library, it is explicitly categorized and clearly classified, so you can navigate with clarity and confidence.

What is the Divine Names section?

A place to read, recite and study the ninety-nine names of Allah — al-Asmāʾ al-Ḥusnā. You can browse the names in calligraphy, recite them through a guided carousel that keeps your place across weeks, and study what lies beneath: the root each name is built on, the Arabic pattern that shapes its meaning, the verses it is anchored in, the names it is classically paired with, and a plain label — Qur'anic, derived, or from hadith — of the evidence behind each one. The full guide is in the documentation.

Is the app free?

Yes. Reading the Qur'an and hadith, recitation, prayer times, reminders, the Qibla, the Hijri calendar, Tasbeeh, the Divine Names, notes, search, collections, history, downloads and text customization are all free. The free plan shows advertising, with at most five full-screen ads a day.

Premium is an optional monthly or annual subscription that:

  • removes advertising;
  • backs up your collections, with the notes in them, and keeps them in step across your devices;
  • opens the Insights deck in History, and removes the Studio's limits;
  • allows unlimited prayer-time locations;
  • turns on Intelligence.

Premium never changes your numbers, only how much of them you can see, and going over a free limit never deletes anything.

What is Intelligence, and do I have to pay extra for AI?

Intelligence brings AI tools to every verse, narration and note: translation, listening, questions, translation slots, dictation and your own commands.

It runs on your own account with an AI provider — Al Islam does not sell model access. Premium turns the tools on; your provider runs the models and bills you directly, if at all. That means:

  1. You are free to choose — change providers whenever you like, or use several.
  2. It can cost nothing — several supported options run on your own computer, with no key and no bill.
  3. Your requests go straight to your provider — from your device to the provider you chose.

Which AI providers are supported?

More than thirty services — major AI companies, Arabic-first services, open-model platforms, dedicated translation and voice services, and models that run on your own computer — as well as a general connection for compatible services. The full list is in the Intelligence documentation.

Are my AI keys safe?

Keys are stored encrypted on your device, separately from everything else the app keeps. After you enter a key it is shown only as a masked hint, such as ••••3kfa. A key is sent only to the provider it belongs to, with your requests — never to us — and it is never included in logs, usage records, backups or exports. Removing a connection removes its key.

Can I trust what the AI says about the Qur'an and hadith?

Verify it. AI can produce fluent, confident text that is wrong, including invented rulings and attributions. The app takes care in three ways:

  • The instructions behind Ask are written for Islamic source material: stay faithful to the text, invent no rulings and no attributions, preserve honorifics, and say plainly when something is uncertain.
  • AI output is always presented as what it is, alongside the sources — never in place of them.
  • The published translations, tafsir and hadith are always one tap away.

AI output is not a religious authority and is never a substitute for qualified scholarship. For anything consequential, consult a scholar.

Does the app work offline?

Yes. Once your chosen content is downloaded:

  • Reading the Qur'an and hadith
  • Listening to surahs you have saved
  • Browsing and reciting the Divine Names
  • Prayer times and reminders
  • The Qibla compass
  • The Hijri calendar and your fasting record
  • Counting dhikr
  • Writing and reading notes
  • Searching your library
  • Collections, text customization and History

Intelligence needs a connection, unless you run a model on your own computer. Translations you have already made stay readable offline.

Can I sync my Collections across devices?

Yes, with Premium. Your collections — with the notes and drawings in them — are backed up and kept in step across every device where you sign in:

  • Changes are kept in step in the background.
  • Changes made offline are sent when you reconnect.
  • Everything travels over encrypted connections, and your records are available only to your own account.

Reading history, tasbeeh records, calendar data, fasting logs, imported fonts, AI keys and saved AI translations stay on the device where you made them.

What languages are supported?

  • Qur'an: 122 translations in 62 languages, and 6 transliterations
  • Hadith: 5 languages
  • Notes: full Arabic writing, right to left, with Arabic headings and tags and a Qur'anic typeface for Arabic passages
  • Prayer Times: calculation methods used around the world
  • The app itself: English
  • With Intelligence: any language your chosen model supports, on any passage, saved for later

Can I change how text looks?

Yes. For every part of the app, every language and every Arabic script, you can set:

  • the size, line height and letter spacing;
  • the text colour, and a separate colour for chains and references;
  • the font — from those included, or one you import in any common format.

Every change is previewed as you make it. See Text Customization.

What can the notes system do?

Qalam supports formatting as you type, headings, task lists with tappable checkboxes, tables, quotes, callouts, collapsible sections, code blocks, drawings, colours and tags — with tools made for Islamic study: Qur'an references checked against the surah and hadith references that open the source, one-tap honorifics (ﷺ, ﷽ and more), and Arabic set properly within any language. With Premium, it adds dictation and Ask on a selection or a whole note.

Every note is stored as readable plain text, so it can be shared and opened anywhere. The full guide is in the documentation.

How is my data stored?

  • On your device: your reading history, collections, notes, dhikr records, fasting log, settings, AI keys and saved translations.
  • With Premium backup: your collections and the notes in them, over encrypted connections, available only to your own account. You can stop backup at any time.
  • To improve the app: usage and diagnostic information, such as which features are used and crash reports — never the content of your notes, collections or AI conversations.

The complete account — every permission, and what information is used and why — is in the Privacy Policy.

How often is new content added?

Regularly — new translations, collections, reciters, scripts and tools arrive with updates. The app can tell you when new content is added, and the Changelog records every release.

Is there a desktop version?

Al Islam is made for Android phones and tablets, with widgets for the home screen.

How can I report a problem or suggest a feature?

Our Commitments

To our users:

  1. Continuous improvement — every release is documented in the Changelog.
  2. Transparency — sources and data use are stated plainly.
  3. Privacy — your data is yours; we do not sell it.
  4. Care — every release is tested before it reaches you.
  5. Accessibility — the app is made to work across a wide range of devices.

To Islamic scholarship:

  1. Accuracy — content is authentic and properly sourced.
  2. Breadth — diverse mainstream Islamic perspectives are represented.
  3. Clarity — every source is labelled and categorised.
  4. Respect — Islamic knowledge is treated with the reverence it deserves.
  5. Humility — where a tool cannot be certain, it says so rather than guessing, from an AI answer to the evidence behind a divine name.

Our Story

Al Islam began with a simple observation: Islamic life on a phone is scattered. One app for Qur'an translations, another for hadith, another for prayer times, another for the Qibla, another for a tasbeeh, and a notes app that understands none of it — with nothing connecting them.

We set out to build a single app that treats Islamic knowledge and Islamic practice as the connected whole they are, and that anyone can use.

Today it carries 232,559 hadith across 33 collections; the Qur'an with 122 translations in 62 languages, 95 works of tafsir and 126 recitations; the ninety-nine Divine Names; prayer times, reminders, the Qibla and the Hijri calendar; a dhikr counter; a notes system made for study; and a record of your reading.

It grows with every release.

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