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v4.7 · September 21, 2026

Al Islam — Version 4.7

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📅 Release Date: September 21, 2026

Release Type: Reminders, Prayer Times, Recitation, Script & Word-Study

Prayer is enjoined upon the believers at appointed times. (4:103)

Version 4.7 is about appointed times — the app finally speaking at them — and about the Qur'an as something spoken and something written.

The app now tells you: the five prayers out of the box, and anything else you ask for — a time, a prayer, a date in the Hijri year, Ramadan, the White Days, or the moment you have drifted away. An alarm that takes the screen and keeps ringing. A week of everything coming. And, for any prayer, the whole moment explained: the shadow that defines Asr drawn and growing, the sundial running ahead of your clock at Dhuhr, the night divided at Isha.

It can now be heard: 126 recorded recitations by named reciters, following down the page as they read, marking the word as it is said, repeating a verse until it sticks, and playing with the radio off. It can now be written in the hand you learned to read: eleven orthographies across two typefaces, one of them colouring the rules of tajwid in the letters themselves. And it can now be taken apart: any word opened to the root it grows from, and any root opened to every word the Qur'an builds from it.

Around those, the library learns to describe itself honestly, collections learn to stay how you arranged them, the writing surface stops fighting you, and prayer times learn that a mosque's timetable is not the same as an almanac's.

🔔 Reminders

Al-Islam has worked out prayer times for years and never once told anybody about one. That is the centre of this release.

One screen for everything the app says

Reminders lives under Tools. It lists everything the app will ever say to you, soonest first, with the next one at the top and today drawn as a line so you can see how much of the day is left in it.

The five prayers are on from the moment you install. Everything else is yours to add, and a reminder can be set for:

a time — every day, or only on the days you pick
a prayer — which moves with the sun and your location, on time or any number of minutes before or after it
a single date — once, then done
Ramadan, the White Days, or the last ten nights
a day in the Hijri year — Ashura, Arafah, an Eid, the first of Ramadan, told as far ahead as you want
being away — which only speaks if you have not opened the app for a while

Tap Add a reminder and you can start from a blank one and write your own, or from one already made: Al-Mulk before sleeping, Al-Kahf on Friday morning, Tahajjud, morning and evening dhikr, fasting Monday and Thursday, the White Days, a week before Ramadan, Arafah, Ashura.

What it says, and where it takes you

Every reminder shows you exactly what will land on your lock screen before it lands there. Use the app's own words or write your own headline and message.

Then choose where tapping it goes — and as precisely as you like. Not just "the Qur'an", but Al-Mulk, or Al-Baqarah 255; not just "Hadith", but Sahih al-Bukhari, or one of its chapters. Both lists are searchable. Arriving there, the verse you were sent for marks itself for a moment so you can find it on the page.

How it arrives

Notify is an ordinary notification. Wake plays at alarm volume and pushes to the top. Silent arrives without a sound. Full screen takes the whole display over the lock screen, turns the phone on, and keeps ringing until you deal with it — rising gently over twenty seconds rather than starting at full, vibrating, and offering Snooze and Open in targets sized for someone half awake.

The tone is yours in three ways: the phone's own default, its ringtone and alarm library, or any audio file on the device. Snooze is a button on the alarm screen, and on an ordinary notification too, so a Fajr reminder can be pushed back fifteen minutes from the lock screen without opening anything.

Quiet, on purpose

Quiet hours, "not while I'm in the app", "not if I've used the app today", and a per-reminder switch that keeps it without firing it. And a Pause for all of it — an hour, four hours, or until tomorrow — for a meeting or a flight. Everything stays armed; nothing makes a sound.

Whether it arrived

Every reminder keeps a record of what actually happened — arrived, arrived late, or stayed quiet on purpose — with a verdict at the top and the last few occurrences in words. So a silence is explainable: you can tell the setting working from the phone dropping it, and where it is the phone, the app names the setting to change and takes you to it.

The week ahead

One tap from the day card: seven days of every reminder in order, with the busiest day named. Prayer rows drift a minute a day across it, because they are recomputed rather than repeated.

🕌 Every Prayer, Explained

Tapping any prayer on the times list opens the whole moment.

It shows the window rather than the opening minute — when it begins, when it ends, how long that is, and how much of it is left — with the sun's altitude, direction and shadow length updating every second.

Then it explains itself, and each prayer differently, because each is defined by something different:

Asr is a length, so it is drawn: an object, its shadow at noon, its shadow right now growing across the afternoon, and the mark it has to reach — at one shadow or two, in whichever reckoning you use.
Dhuhr is the meridian, so it shows solar noon against your clock: today a sundial runs four minutes ahead.
Fajr and Isha are depths below the horizon, so they show the twilight as a ladder with your method's own angle marked on it — which is exactly why two apps can disagree.
Maghrib is the window that closes fastest, shown in stages: the sun down, the glow going, the horizon lost, full dark.
Isha, midnight and the last third are three marks on one night, drawn as one night with each screen's own stretch lit.

Underneath: the method and angle that produced your time, how that time drifts across the next month as a line, the reminder for that prayer, and the verses and narrations that name the hour — rendered in your own Qur'an and your own collection, in the typography you chose, and opening there when tapped.

There is also a Prayer reminders screen that puts all eight moments of the day in one list, each with when it next fires and a switch.

🎧 The Qur'an, Read Aloud

Recitation is new in this release and it is the largest part of it.

Choosing a reciter

Open Listen to this surah from the surah header, or Listen to this verse from a verse, and the picker opens. A hundred and twenty-six recitations are mostly the same forty reciters recorded several ways, so a list of names would be useless. Every row states the four things that actually differ:

What the row says	What it means
Reciter and style	Who is reading, and whether it is murattal — measured, for study — or mujawwad — ornamented, for listening
Reading	The qirāʾa and narration: Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, Warsh ʿan Nāfiʿ, and others
Complete surah or Verse by verse	Whether the recording is one file per surah or one per verse — which decides whether a single verse can be played on its own
Timing level	How closely the app can follow the voice

Filter by timing level, which is what you actually choose by.

Three levels of following

Badge	What happens on screen
Word by word	Each word is marked as the reciter says it, and the page follows the verse
Verse timings	The verse is highlighted and followed; individual words are not marked
Audio only	The recitation plays with nothing highlighted — the recording carries no timing data

The page moves to the verse being recited only when that verse has actually left the screen, and only when you are not scrolling. A page that yanks itself back while you are reading ahead is worse than one that never moved.

On a verse where the words in the recording and the words on the page cannot be reconciled with certainty, the verse is highlighted and no word is. Marking the wrong word of the Qur'an confidently is worse than marking none.

Four included, the rest a few hundred kilobytes

Four recitations ship with the app and need no download at all. Installing any other one downloads the timing information, not the audio — a few hundred kilobytes describing where each verse and each word falls. The recordings themselves stream from the reciters' own archives as they play.

Repeat, for memorisation

Repeat is one tap from the transport bar rather than buried in a menu, because memorising is what it is for:

Verse — the current ayah, a chosen number of times. It defaults to seven, which is the number people actually use
Range — the verses you asked for, as a loop
Continue — at the end of the surah, carry straight on into the next one

Saving a surah

Streaming is the default. But Save offline on the surah header keeps a surah on your device, and it then plays on a plane, on a train, or with no data at all — word highlighting included.

Saved recitations live inside the app and nowhere else. Not the Music folder, not Downloads, not anywhere a file manager can reach. These recordings are published by reciters for listening rather than for redistribution, and the app holds a copy to play them, not to hand them on. Uninstalling takes them with it.

Nothing is ever evicted to make room: what you asked to keep is yours until you ask for it back. And streaming deliberately writes nothing to that store, so listening without saving never quietly fills your phone.

One control carries four states — Save, Cancel, Resume, Remove — so what the button says and what it does can never disagree. Stopping a download and deleting what has arrived are kept apart: if you started all 114 surahs and changed your mind after thirty, those thirty are still yours.

Finding a reciter among a hundred and twenty-six

The picker is searchable, and it searches everything a row shows — not just names. Type warsh and you get the recitations in that reading; type mujawwad and you get the ornamented ones across every reciter; type husary and you get his. Words can be typed in any order.

It can also be sorted three ways: the suggested order, by name for when you know whose voice you want, or by timing detail for when what you want is a recitation the page can follow.

When a recitation cannot be played

None of the audio is hosted by this app — a pack carries the timings and the addresses, and the recordings live on the reciters' own archives. Archives go down, and files get moved.

When that happens the app now says so on the transport, names the reciter, and offers to try again. It also tells the truth about whose problem it is: a connection that dropped says to check your connection; an archive that answered with something unplayable says that reciter's audio is not answering right now.

And it remembers. A recitation that has failed twice in a row is sorted to the end of the picker and labelled Did not answer recently — never hidden, and always still choosable, because the record is your device's recent experience rather than a fact about the recording. Any success clears it, and nothing is remembered for more than a day, so an archive that comes back recovers on its own without you finding a setting to forgive it.

One failure counts for nothing. A single miss is far more often a tunnel than a dead server, and demoting a good reciter for that would be worse than the problem.

Speed, at whatever precision you want

Playback speed is no longer a row of preset buttons. Anything between 0.5× and 2× is reachable, three ways, because the fastest way there depends on what you are doing:

Control	For
Slider	Finding a pace by ear while it plays
− / +	"A little slower than that", in steps of 0.05
Type it	You already know you want 1.15×

The presets are still there as shortcuts. The pitch does not change at any speed.

Repeat sits beside it on the transport row, where the control memorisation runs on belongs.

Following a recitation you have scrubbed

Dragging the position bar a long way into a long surah brings the page with it. Al-Baqara's recording runs over four hours; scrubbing to the ninety-third minute lands on verse 125, and the page walks there and highlights the word being said.

Recitation and Listen are different things

The Listen button in the Intelligence row reads a verse with a synthesised voice, in whatever language you are reading it in. A recitation is a recording of a qāriʾ reciting the Arabic. They are not versions of each other, and both remain.

✍️ Eleven Ways of Writing the Arabic

The Qur'an is one text, and there is more than one way to write it down. An Uthmani mushaf does not spell it the way an IndoPak one does. The Madinah Mushaf draws its letters the way its printers draw them. And the sloped Nastaliq hand most of the subcontinent learned to read is a different shape from the upright Naskh of an Arab mushaf.

The script you are reading is named on the page and tapping its name changes it — a chip under the surah title, and another under the Arabic on a verse. Either screen's ⋮ menu carries Arabic script too:

Script	Face
Uthmani — included with the app — and Uthmani without vowel marks	Naskh
IndoPak (Nastaliq)	Nastaliq
IndoPak	Naskh
Imlaei, and Imlaei without vowel marks	Naskh
Madinah Mushaf	Naskh
Madinah Mushaf	Nastaliq
Madinah Mushaf with Tajweed	Naskh
DigitalKhatt, and DigitalKhatt (IndoPak)	Naskh

These are not translations and not editions. The words are identical and so is their division into words and verses. What changes is the orthography and the hand.

Uthmani is the script the app now opens on. It is how the Qur'an is most widely printed, and an Arabic reader meeting this app for the first time should not have to find a setting before the page is legible. Everything else is one tap away and a few hundred kilobytes.

If you already read here, your page has not changed. IndoPak (Nastaliq) is what the Arabic has always been drawn in, and an update keeps it — along with every size, colour and line height you set for it.

Nothing else moves when you switch. Your translations, tafsir and transliterations are attached to the verse rather than to its spelling. Bookmarks, notes and history point where they always did. Search behaves exactly as before — the Arabic is indexed once on purpose, so a verse comes back once rather than eleven times. And a recitation still follows the words, because every script divides the Qur'an into the same words in the same order.

Tajweed, coloured

Madinah Mushaf with Tajweed marks the rules of recitation in the letters themselves, in the colours a printed coloured mushaf uses:

Colour	What it marks
Green	Held through the nose
Red	Held longer
Blue	Bounced
Purple	Merged into what follows
Grey	Written but not said

Letters with no rule keep the Arabic colour you chose yourself. It is the same Madinah text either way — the tajweed script only adds the colour.

Every script arrives in a font that can draw it

Several of these scripts are not merely spelled differently — they are written with letterforms that only one font on your device actually contains. IndoPak in the upright hand is the clearest case: given any other font it comes out as a row of empty rectangles, and that is not a fault anyone should be expected to diagnose.

So each script knows the font it needs and brings it along. Uthmani, Imlaei and the Madinah Mushaf arrive in the face they were typeset in; IndoPak arrives in the one that can render it; DigitalKhatt arrives in the one that follows it into the rarer characters. You change the script and it simply reads.

Each script keeps its own typography

Scripts sit differently on a line and want different room, so the Arabic settings are kept per script — font, size, line height and colour. Tune the page for Uthmani and your IndoPak settings are untouched; switch back and they return exactly as they were. Opening Customize Arabic now shows a row of your installed scripts, starting on the one you are reading.

Existing settings carry over. Whatever you had set for the Arabic stays attached to IndoPak (Nastaliq), which is the script it was set for.

One size, whatever the face

A point size measures the space a letter is drawn in, not the letter — and Arabic faces disagree about how much of that space to use. Two faces set at 18 could differ by half again in how large they actually looked, which made switching script feel like the app had quietly resized the page.

Every Arabic face is now measured, and the size you set means the same size on screen whichever one is drawing it. Set 18 and it looks like 18. The correction only ever makes text larger, never smaller, so nothing you were already reading has shrunk.

The Qur'anic scripts are set in a Qur'anic face

The Uthmani family — Uthmani, Imlaei, the Madinah Mushaf and DigitalKhatt — now arrives in Amiri Quran, a face built for Qur'anic text rather than a general-purpose Arabic one. It carries every mark the text actually uses, checked across all 6,236 verses rather than against a list, and it reads as a mushaf reads.

It also gets the room it was designed for. A Qur'anic face reserves space for marks stacked three deep, and given an ordinary Arabic line height the tops would be cut off.

🌱 Word by Word, and Word Roots

Almost every word in the Qur'an grows from a root of three letters, and the same root grows into dozens of words across the text.

On a verse

Beneath the verse on the preview screen, Word by word breaks it into tappable words. Tapping one names the root it grows from — with how many words in the Qur'an grow from that root and in how many distinct forms — the dictionary form, and the stem left when prefixes and suffixes come off. The words are shown in the script you are reading, and the layer stays open as you move between verses.

The verse shows you where its structure is before you tap anything. Each word carries a mark: strong where it opens into a root, faint where the corpus knows a dictionary form but no root, and absent where it knows nothing. The header counts them — "4 words · 4 open into a root" — so a verse worth taking apart is recognisable as one.

That matters because the answer is not uniform. Of the Qur'an's 77,432 words, 50,298 (65%) are derived from a trilateral root and 27,131 (35%) are not — particles, proper nouns and borrowed words are not derived from anything. Without the marks, finding that 35% meant tapping every word and reading an apology on a third of them.

The sheet steps. It says which word you are on — Word 3 of 4 — and moves to the one before or after without closing, following the text: later in the verse is leftward, because that is the way the words are laid out. The comparison a reader actually makes is between a word and the one beside it, and going back to the chips to make it loses your place every time.

Everything in the sheet leads somewhere. The root opens its concordance, as before. The dictionary form and the stem now open the root index already asking about them — which is worth doing, because the index takes an ordinary word and tells you which root it belongs to. And every sheet, including one for a word with no structure at all, offers a way into the whole index.

As a section of its own

Word roots, from the reading screen's ⋮ menu, is every trilateral in the Qur'an. It opens on the ones most of the text is built from, so it makes sense before you have typed anything.

You can type a root — قول, ق و ل, or qwl, and the case does not have to be right. Or you can type an ordinary word, which is what most readers will do: رحمن reaches ر ح م and the row says from رَّحْمَٰن, so you can see the connection rather than wonder where the root came from. الحمد reaches ح م د without the article having to come off first.

And it works on the keyboard you actually have. Typing Arabic on an Urdu keyboard produces ک and ی and ہ rather than ك and ي and ه, which are genuinely different letters; the search treats them as the same, along with أ إ آ, ة, ى and any harakat you happen to type.

Opening a root gives you a concordance: the distinct forms it becomes with their counts, and every place it occurs, each opening its verse.

No invented meanings

Neither surface gives a meaning for a word or a root, because the corpus behind them carries structure and counts rather than glosses. A plausible-looking definition invented to fill the space would be the app speaking about the Qur'an with an authority it does not have. Where you want a meaning, a dictionary has one.

🏷️ Every Resource Says What It Is

A translation, a tafsir and a transliteration were each described by a language and a type, and that was not enough to tell them apart honestly.

Roman Urdu is the clearest case. It is Urdu — the words, the meaning and the translator are Urdu — but it is written in Latin letters. Filed by language alone it appeared under English, where nobody looking for Urdu would find it, and nothing said the text had been re-spelled from an existing translation rather than written by a translator.

Four things are now stated separately on every pack: what the text is, what it is written in, what kind of rendering it is, and where it came from.

Roman Urdu now appears under Urdu, with Latin as its script.
Devanagari Urdu appears under Hindi, in the script a Hindi reader reads.
Every generated pack says so, and names the human translation it was made from.

Generated is not machine-translated, and the app keeps the distinction. A generated pack re-spells a human translation into another alphabet — no new meaning, the wording is still the translator's. A machine translation would produce new wording, and the meaning would be the model's. Nothing in the library is machine-translated.

🔤 Text Customization

Choosing a font now takes effect. Pick a face for any section and language and it is applied and remembered, on that section and that language alone.
Hadith Listing has its own settings again. The listing screen follows the Hadith Listing tab rather than borrowing another tab's. If you had tuned Hadith Chapters and were enjoying the result on the listing, set it once more under its own tab — it will stay there.
A size means a size. Every Arabic face has been measured, so 18 looks like 18 whichever one is drawing it. This reaches the hadith sections as well as the Qur'anic ones, and applies to a font you choose by hand, not only to the defaults.

📁 Collections

Arrange manually. Enter arranging mode, take hold of any row, and drop it where you want it. The folder switches to its own order first, because dragging inside an alphabetical list would write an arrangement nobody can see.
Each folder remembers how it is sorted. Sorting was a setting that reset on every visit and applied to every folder at once; now walking into a folder shows it the way that folder was left. The sort sheet asks how far the choice reaches — this folder, this folder and everything inside it, or all folders — before it asks what the choice is.
A way out. Back still walks up one folder at a time, and there is now an explicit leave button for when you are six folders deep and finished. A note opened from a collection can close both together.

Sort order and manual arrangement stay on the device they were set on — a phone and a tablet are allowed to disagree about how you like to look at the same folder.

📝 Qalam — A Surface That Stays Put

Four things that got in the way of writing:

The cursor stays on screen. Typing past the bottom of the page no longer leaves the caret below it.
The slash palette floats over the page instead of shrinking it under your hands, is capped at half the height so what you just wrote stays visible, and can be dismissed with the button, Escape or back — leaving the slash behind as ordinary text. A slash is a character before it is a command.
Lines and headings have room. Leading is more generous and is split above and below the glyphs; headings no longer draw through the line above; a paragraph holding Arabic gets Arabic leading, so harakat stop touching the line above them.
Blank lines are kept. The gap you deliberately left before a new thought is part of what you wrote, and Format document no longer closes it up.

Block formatting — heading, bullet, numbered, task, quote — also now works on an empty line, which is where you most often reach for it.

🕌 Prayer Times

Each saved location can now carry its own adjustment profile: an offset for each prayer that applies every day, plus named rules that apply only on the days they match. A Friday Dhuhr that waits for the khutbah. An Isha that shifts through the summer at your mosque. The first matching rule wins, so there is always one reason for a time.

The offsets are yours and the app has no opinion on your local convention. What it does check is that the day still runs in order: an adjustment that would put Asr before Dhuhr, or collapse a window to nothing on some day of the year, is reported rather than quietly applied.

📿 Who Carried the Narration

A hadith is not only a report. It is a report with a chain — the people who passed it on, named one after another, from the compiler's own teacher back towards the Prophet ﷺ. That chain is now read out of the text and shown beneath it.

Each name appears as the book prints it, with its spelling in Latin letters underneath:

يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأَنْصَارِي Yaḥyā bin Saʿīd al-ʾAnṣārī

The spelling follows the vowel marks written in the book itself, in the same scheme as the app's Arabic Scholarly renderings — so a name in a chain reads the way that name reads in the transliterated text beside it. Where a book prints no marks, the name stands in Arabic alone rather than being guessed at.

Tap any name to find every other narration in your library that carries it.

The chain is drawn as a chain

An isnād is a shape — one path, in one direction, with two ends that mean different things — and a list of names cannot show any of that. It is drawn now:

A continuous rail down the steps, because this is one path and not a set.
Deepening as it descends, faint at the compiler's end and strong nearest the Prophet ﷺ. The direction is the whole claim, and it should not need reading.
Named ends, because the two are not interchangeable: the compiler wrote from at the top, nearest the Prophet ﷺ at the bottom.
Nodes sized by reach — a narrator carrying eight hundred narrations in your library gets a larger mark than one carrying nine, so a chain's hubs look like hubs.
A fork, never a second step, where a compiler names two teachers at once.
A dashed approach and a hollow node where a name was read off the previous narrator's patronymic — the step is real, the spelling is inferred, and a reader checking against a printed copy deserves to know which is which.

Beside each name, a bar shows how much of your library carries it, so five bare numbers become one comparison you can make at a glance.

A page for a name

Tapping through gives that name a page of its own, and it is drawn rather than listed:

Where it is printed — a gauge from the compiler's end to the Prophet's, with a marker where this name usually falls.
In these collections — a proportional bar, because the question is "is this mostly Bukhari or is it everywhere?" and a column of totals answers proportion worst.
Printed beside it — the names that stand next to this one, as a hub with spokes rather than two headed lists. Above the hub is nearer the compiler, below is nearer the Prophet ﷺ, and a spoke's weight is how often the two are printed together. No arrowheads: this is adjacency, not who taught whom.

When a compiler names two teachers at once

A compiler often heard the same report from more than one teacher and names them together — "Ibn al-Muthanna and Ibn Bashshar told us". Both names now appear, each with its own spelling in Latin letters and its own tap, and the chain counts them honestly: 5 steps · 6 narrators, because six names across five steps is not a six-link chain.

They are drawn inside one step, never as two, and the card says "named together at this step, not one after the other". Showing them stacked would say the second man heard the report from the first — which the page does not say, and which is exactly the kind of claim this app leaves to scholars.

Working out which و means "and" is harder than it sounds: plenty of narrators have names that simply begin with that letter — Wakīʿ, Wahb, Wuhayb, Wāʾil. So the app never guesses from the spelling. It splits a name only where the books themselves use both halves as names elsewhere, which is also why a stray phrase in the middle of a chain is left alone rather than turned into two people.

When the book says which man it means

Compilers often name a narrator and then add who he was, because the bare name would be ambiguous: "Ḥammād — that is, Ibn Zayd", "Muḥammad — he is Ibn Sallām". Where a book does that, the aside now appears under the name as the book adds: …, in the compiler's own words.

It is shown as his identification, never as the app's. That is also why it sits beside the name rather than inside it — a name with the aside glued on used to count as a different name, so the narrations that said which Ḥammād were filed apart from the ones that did not. They now gather together, and tapping the name finds all of them.

Names, not identities

This is careful on purpose. The app matches names, not people — two spellings of one narrator answer separately, and the wording is always "other hadith carrying this name" rather than "narrated by". Working out that two names belong to one man is a discipline of its own, and getting it wrong would state that two people are one.

Some books print no chain at all, only "from Abū Hurayra". Those say Reported from and note that the book names one narrator — calling a single attribution a chain would claim more than the page does.

📚 A Book By This Name

The great collections are arranged to a scheme that barely moved in three centuries — a Book of Faith, a Book of Purification, a Book of Prayer. Eleven of the collections here print a Book of Prayer; ten print a Book of Marriage.

Open any chapter that other collections also carry, and a card names them, with each one's own heading, its chapter number and how many reports it holds. Tap to go straight there.

The match is on the printed heading — the same words at the head of the chapter, not a subject this app assigned. That also sets its limit, and the card says so: compilers disagree about where a report belongs, so this is not everything your library has on a subject. A hadith about praying while travelling sits under Book of Prayer in one collection and Book of the Traveller's Prayer in another, and both are right. For the same report in another collection, Also narrated in is the card that finds it.

Only collections you actually have are listed.

🧭 Go to Any Hadith

Going to a hadith used to mean the reading screen, one number, and the book you were already in. It could not reach another collection, knew nothing of chapters, and could not tell you where a number would land until you had landed there.

Go to Hadith is now a dialog of its own, on the collections list, a book's chapters, a chapter's list and the reading screen. It opens on where you are — or, from the collections list, on where you last read — so the commonest wish, a little further on in this book, is already set up.

Four ways in

Book. Every collection, searchable by its English or Arabic name or by its compiler, with how far through it you have read; choosing one you have been reading puts you back where you were in it. Under it, a bar across the whole book with each chapter marked on it: drag, tap, step with the arrows — hold one down and it speeds up, to tens and then to hundreds in a book of thousands — or type the number. As you move, it names the chapter you are in and where in that chapter you are.
Chapter. The book's chapters, searchable by name or number, and the same bar within the chapter you choose.

Quick. Type what you know. A book and a number in either order, a chapter and a place in it, the start of a chapter, or the library's own id — in Latin or Arabic, with Arabic and Persian digits read as digits:

Typed	Goes to
`52`	Hadith 52 of the book you are on
`bukhari 52` · `52 bukhari`	Sahih Al Bukhari 52
`3:7` · `muslim 3:7`	Chapter 3, its seventh hadith
`ch 12` · `bab 12`	The first hadith of chapter 12
`id 1234` · `#1234`	The narration the library numbers 1,234, in whichever book holds it
`tirmizi`	The first hadith of Jami at-Tirmidhi — with Shamail Tirmidhi offered beside it

Book names are matched the way they are actually written in English — Tirmidhi or Tirmizi, Abu Dawud or Abu Daud, Riyad or Riyaz — and one mistyped letter is forgiven. Where what you typed means two things, both are offered, the likelier first, rather than one chosen for you: 52 is hadith 52 of the book in front of you and also the narration the library numbers 52, and muslim answers to both Sahih Muslim and Hisnul Muslim. Where it cannot mean anything — hadith 99,999 of a book of 7,563 — it says why, and the buttons stay off.

Recent. The narrations you have opened, with each book's last place at the top, so carrying on with a book is one tap.

A Random chip on the bar picks a hadith within the range in front of you — this book, or this chapter — which is a different wish from the app's Random Hadith, drawn from anywhere.

Seeing where you will land

Before either button is pressed, the dialog says where it goes: the book, the hadith number, the chapter and the place within it, its grading, and the opening words of the narration. A number is how the library finds a hadith; the words are how a reader recognises one, and "The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions" on the card is the difference between arriving and checking.

Two ways to arrive

Read hadith opens the narration in the reading view. From the reading view, a hadith in the same book is reached by moving the pages, not by opening a second reader on top of the first.
Show in chapter opens the chapter's list, scrolled to that hadith and outlined for a moment so the eye finds it among its neighbours. From inside that same chapter's list it simply moves there. If an advertisement is shown on the way, the outline waits until it has gone.

A collection you do not have yet is offered for download from inside the dialog, instead of being a dead end.

The keyboard stays out of the way

The dialog is one you use with your thumb first: every number can be reached without the keyboard. When you do type, the number you tap is selected so what you type replaces it, the keyboard's own Go key goes, and the footer rises above the keyboard instead of disappearing under it. Searching a list of books or chapters gives the list the room while the keyboard is up; picking one brings the bar and the destination back. Go to Verse does the same for its surah list.

📖 What a Narration Carries With It

Three more things the books say about a hadith, each in its own card, each saying where it came from.

The Qur'an quoted here. Verses a narration cites, opening in the Qur'an — and the card distinguishes the ones the book itself marks as scripture from the ones identified by wording alone. It works the other way too: open a verse and see the narrations that quote it.

Also narrated in. The same report often sits in several collections. The app compares the wording of the report with the chain set aside, and each row names the collection, the number there, and that collection's own grading. A match is about wording — the card says similar wording, never duplicate.

The card plots them rather than listing percentages. Every passage is a mark on an axis running from retold in other words to the same words, so the shape of the answer is visible at a glance:

marks bunched at the right — the compilers were copying a text;
marks spread across the width — the same event reaches us in several people's words;
a cluster you cannot open — a collection you do not have carries several tellings, drawn as rings rather than dots, and how close they are is exactly what decides whether adding that book is worth it.

A percentage on its own was misleading, and that is why it went. Overlap here runs from 50 to 100 and nothing below 50 is stored, so 62% is not a poor match — it is the ordinary distance between two honest retellings of one event. Drawn on the range that actually exists, it reads correctly.

The filter sits on the plot. Narrowing to Very close keeps the excluded stretch on screen, shaded, with its marks still in it, rather than making rows vanish with nothing to say what has gone. You can see whether you just hid three passages or thirty.

The collections that hold the report are named up front, before anything is expanded — including the ones you have not added, with the closest wording each of them holds. Each of those can be downloaded from the card itself, and when it lands its passages appear there as ones you can open, without leaving the narration.

The compiler's note. Two collections append an editorial note to every narration. A ruling is never shown without the scholar who made it, and references are given as the compiler wrote them rather than turned into links — the numbers belong to whichever edition was on that scholar's desk, and a number that looks resolvable often is not.

Where a collection writes its references in shorthand, the app expands it: حم ق هـ becomes Musnad Ahmad · al-Bukhari and Muslim · Sunan Ibn Majah. Books the app does not carry are still named.

The verses, placed on the book

A narration's Qur'anic citations are drawn on a line that is the Qur'an — Al-Fatiha at one end, An-Nas at the other — with a mark where each verse sits.

It answers in a glance what a list of references cannot: whether a narration draws on one passage or reaches across the book. One hadith in the library quotes nine verses — five from Al-Fatiha and four from Al-Ikhlas — which is two clusters at opposite ends; another quotes eighteen verses that all sit within twelve, which is a single passage being recited. Written as references those look the same. Drawn, they are obviously different things.

The mark also says which kind of citation it is, per verse rather than in a footnote: filled where the compiler marked the passage as Qur'an themselves, hollow where the wording matches the Qur'an verbatim and nobody claimed it as a quotation. Each verse is a full row that opens it.

And on a verse, where it is narrated

The mirror is a different question, so it is drawn differently. Narrations quoting a verse are not positions in anything — they are a spread across collections — so the card asks the question a reader actually has: is this all over the library, or one book many times?

One bar, a segment per collection, with the Six Books drawn solid against the rest. The heading says the shape rather than two separate numbers — "five narrations, all in one collection" rather than "5 narrations · 1 book".

What the app will not do

Twenty collections carry no grading at all. Many of those narrations have a close match in a book that does grade — and that grading is visible, on the match's own row, under that book's name.

The narration you are reading still says Unspecified. A grading belongs to the book that gave it. Carrying one across a resemblance would turn a scholar's judgement into the app's, and that is not a thing an app should do however strong the resemblance.

🔍 Search

One word, two spellings

Much of the library is Arabic typeset with Urdu letterforms — الله and اللہ are the same word written with a differently shaped letter, depending on whether the book was set for an Arab press or a subcontinental one.

Search now treats them as one word. Either spelling finds both, across every collection, in Arabic and Urdu alike, and the same holds for the other letters that differ between the two traditions. You no longer need to know which spelling a book uses.

The Arabic is indexed once, whichever scripts you install. Indexing all of them would return the same verse once per script — eleven identical results with different diacritics — so one spelling is searched and each verse comes back once.
Word questions have their own place. Search finds text; Word roots finds every word grown from the same three letters, including the ones that share no visible letters with what you typed.

Transliterations read as transliterations

A Roman transliteration is Arabic re-spelled in Latin letters, and its language is still Arabic — that is the honest filing, and 4.7 corrected it everywhere. In search results it had a side effect: the result was drawn as though it were Arabic, right-aligned in a Qur'anic face, over a line of Latin letters.

Search results now carry the writing system as well as the language, so a transliteration reads left to right in a Latin face, a Nastaliq Urdu result reads in Nastaliq, and an Arabic result reads in Arabic — each in the same typography it has on the page it came from.

🗂️ The Hadith Text Itself

Two corrections to the library's own data, both of which had been wrong for as long as those books have been in the app.

Sahih Muslim's Arabic chapter names were off by one — 47 of its 55. The heading كتاب العلم sat on the chapter about destiny, كتاب الزكاة on the chapter about fasting. Every place the app shows an Arabic chapter name for Sahih Muslim now shows the right one, and two chapters that carried no name at all have been given theirs. The English, Urdu and Hindi headings were correct throughout and are untouched.
Shamail Tirmidhi now has English chapter titles. All 55 repeated the Urdu headings verbatim, so a reader in English was reading Urdu. These 55 titles are translated from the Urdu the library already carries and are marked as this app's own translation rather than a printed edition's — the only chapter titles in the hadith data that were written rather than sourced. Where the Urdu was ambiguous, the chapter's own hadith decided the reading.

🔒 What Is Kept, and How

Everything this app keeps for you is kept locked. The database carrying your notes, bookmarks, history, collections and saved places is encrypted; the keys for any AI service you connect are sealed to your device and never leave it; and 4.7 brings two more things under the same rule.

Saved recitations. A surah kept for offline listening is encrypted on the device, sealed with a key held in your phone's secure hardware, so copying the files off it yields nothing playable. The recordings belong to the reciters who published them; the app may keep a copy for you to listen to and should not become a way to take them.

It costs nothing you can notice. Scrubbing to the middle of a surah is as immediate as it was, because the method chosen decrypts from any point without reading what came before — and the work is about three millionths of a second per second of audio.

Your signed-in session. If you sign in, what keeps you signed in is sealed to that phone by the same hardware, so it is of no use anywhere else. Nobody is signed out by the change.

One consequence, once: recitations saved before this update are cleared and download again at a tap. Converting them in place could have been interrupted half-done in a way that leaves silence where a recitation should be, and that is not a risk worth taking with a few megabytes.

🎚️ A Rail to Anywhere in a Long List

Every long list now carries a rail at its edge: the Qur'an's verses, a chapter of hadith, a book's ninety-nine chapters, the surahs, the juz, a folder of saved things. It appears as the page moves and fades a moment after it stops.

Hold it and it tells you where you would land — before you land. A bubble opens beside your finger with the place's name, what it sits inside, the text that is there, and how far that is from where you started: 27:35 · An-Naml · Juz 19 · from 83:2 · 2,656 verses back.

In the Qur'an it spans the whole book. The listing holds about fifty verses at a time; the rail runs from Al-Fatiha to An-Nas, and the verse it shows you is read from the book itself. Let go and the listing is re-anchored there.

Every surah and chapter is marked on it, and crossing one taps under your finger.

And there is a way back. After a jump, ↩ Back to 83:2 waits a few seconds in the corner; take it and it becomes ↪ Return to 64:2.

A tap on the rail goes to that point; a long press opens its settings — show it always, only while scrolling, or not at all; put it on either side; carry the text in the bubble or not; mark the sections or not; tap at boundaries or not; offer the way back or not. One set of settings for every list.

📜 The Page Moves at Your Pace

The Qur'an's listing and every hadith chapter can now scroll themselves while you read. The button is in the top bar, and a three-second count gives you time to settle.

It is paced in words a minute, not in speed. Every word on the page counts — the Arabic, and the translation when it is shown — so a long verse is given longer than a short one, and the pace reads the same at any font size. The Qur'an starts at 90 words a minute and hadith at 160; anything from 30 to 400 is a slider, two buttons, or a named pace away.

One by one brings each verse to the top, holds it for its reading time, and moves to the next — the Qur'an's default. A verse taller than the screen is read a screenful at a time.
Glide moves steadily, like a teleprompter, slowing through dense text — hadith's default.

The controls say where you are — the verse or hadith, and how long is left at this pace: ≈ 12 min to the end of Al-Baqara. They tuck into a small button while it runs.

Your hand wins. Scroll and it pauses; by default it carries on from wherever you leave the page a few seconds later, counting down beside a Stay here. A tap on the moving page pauses it and opens nothing. A recitation takes the page over and auto-scroll pauses and says so; leaving the app pauses it; and nothing ever starts it moving again but you.

It stops at the end of a surah and offers to carry on into the next — the listing runs on through the Qur'an, and a reader who opened Al-Kahf should not find themselves in Maryam. The Qur'an and hadith keep separate settings, since they are read at different paces.

✨ Across the App

Your choices survive an update. Selected translations, tafsir works and the per-book hadith language were being rewritten to the defaults for your region on every release — an order you had arranged yourself, quietly undone, with nothing to connect it to the update that did it. Anything you have chosen is now left alone; the defaults only apply where you have never chosen.

Collections back themselves up. The half-hourly sync that keeps a premium reader's collections safe had never run — collections were only ever saved when something in the foreground asked. It runs now.

Search repairs its own index. The pass that reconciles the search index against your library after an edit, an install or an interruption had never run either. Drift is now repaired in the background instead of waiting for a manual rebuild.

Large downloads survive a dropped connection. A pack is now offered back to the server from where it stopped rather than started again from zero, and a transfer that fails retries four times with a widening gap between attempts. This matters most on the largest packs: an interruption at 60 MB used to cost all 60 MB.

Progress bars agree with their own numbers. A bar that read "1.3 MB of 72.3 MB" while drawn at 51% now draws at 2%. Installing a recitation shows two steps, which is how many it takes — the third existed only to be skipped.

Two stray marks are gone from the Qur'anic text. Readers reported small circles appearing inside words in the Uthmani script. Neither was in the Qur'an — both came from the font drawing a recitation mark as a specimen, complete with the dotted placeholder ring printers use to show a mark in isolation. The Uthmani family now uses a face that draws them properly. See The Qur'anic scripts are set in a Qur'anic face above.

On a verse, the transport's verse buttons move the verse. They worked on a surah page and did nothing at all on a single verse, because there they were stepping inside a range one verse wide. Pressing next now shows the next verse and recites it, across surah boundaries too — the last verse of Al-Fatiha steps to the first of Al-Baqara. Swiping through verses while a recitation is playing brings the voice with you; swiping in silence stays silent.

The Qur'anic face can be chosen by hand. Amiri Quran shipped with the app and applied to the Uthmani scripts automatically, but it was missing from the font list — so a reader who changed that font had no way back to the one they had been reading. It is in the list now, and the list is built from the fonts that actually ship rather than from a separate record of them, so this cannot drift again.

Recitation transport. Press play and it plays: a paused recitation resumes rather than needing a second press, buffering no longer shows as paused, and the seek handle no longer stutters while the recording plays under it.

The Divine Names read right to left. The ninety-nine are Arabic, and now they run the way Arabic is read: the first name at the top right of the plates and the grid, the recitation turning like a mushaf with the next name arriving from the left, and a name's page swiping the same way. The cards themselves are unchanged — only their order follows the direction. If you read a row of names left to right, choose it under Customize → Direction.

Premium says what it actually adds. The Premium card, the plans screen and the Profile card all listed "unlimited fonts" — but every font and display option has always been free, imported fonts included. That line is gone. In its place is what Premium really goes further with: History's insights — your Ramadan night by night, your reading placed against your own prayer times, how much of the Qur'an and of each collection you have covered — and the Studio's goals, lenses and Revision Radar without their free limits. The side-by-side table on the plans screen states those limits exactly.

Fonts import in whatever form they came in. Only TrueType files could be imported, and a file that was not one was saved anyway and quietly drew in the default font. Now OpenType, font collections, the WOFF and WOFF2 web formats, and ZIP archives of any of them all work — a family downloaded from a font site imports straight from its ZIP, and a collection or a family lets you pick which font, each shown in its own face. The font's own name is filled in, a language is suggested from the letters it can actually draw, and a line of that language is drawn in the font before you add it. A file that cannot be used — a Type 1 font, an old EOT, something that is not a font at all — says so, and what to look for instead.

Your streak counts your days. The streak, the best streak and the number of active days took their days from Greenwich rather than from where you are, so in Pakistan anything read before 5 a.m. counted towards the day before — a reader at fajr one day and in the evening the next was shown a gap in a streak they had kept. All three now count the same local days the activity chart always did.

Premium features say so before you ask. Translating as a free account used to mean choosing a language and pressing a button that did nothing until then, and only afterwards learning that translation is part of Premium. The Translate sheet now says so as it opens, and its Translate button takes you to the plans. The Upgrade button on the Listen notice at the top of the screen did nothing at all; it now opens the plans too, and clears the notice on the way.

History stops repeating itself. Opening the same thing again straight after, on the same day, keeps one entry — and the time you spend on the second look is added to the first. The worst offender is gone: the Random Hadith card recorded its hadith every time you came back to the home screen, so one day's hadith could appear five times in a morning, and it split every other pair of repeats it landed between. It is now recorded once, when you first see it. Back-to-back rounds of the same dhikr add up — SubhanAllah × 66 on one line — and a round is kept even when leaving the counter is what ends it. Reading on a new day always counts as that day's, so your streak is never charged for a repeat.

Makki and Madani, the right way round. Every surah's place of revelation was shown swapped — Al-Fatiha as Madani, Al-Baqara as Makki — on the surah list, in the header of a surah's verses, and in the Mecca or Medina mark on the verse screen. The app's own data had it right; the app was reading it backwards. The 86 Makki and 28 Madani surahs are now labelled as they are, and grouping by place of revelation groups them correctly.

The surah's name stays in the bar. Scrolling a surah's verses replaced its name at the top of the page with Surah 1, and the juz lost its name with it, for the rest of the visit — the bar went on reading the names from the moment the screen opened, before they had loaded. It keeps both now.

Go to Verse reaches a verse inside a juz. The Juz tab only ever took you to the first verse of a juz. It now has the same bar the Surah tab has — drag, tap, step or type a position — with the surah boundaries inside that juz marked on it, and the verse it will open named as you move: Aal-i-Imraan 3:1 at the 35th verse of Juz 3. The Surah tab's bar marks where each juz begins inside the surah, so Al-Baqara shows its two. Typing juz 3 or para 3 in Quick Search goes to that juz.

Release notes arrive without an update. What's New is now delivered from the server rather than being frozen into the build, so a note written after your version shipped can still reach you — and a note about something your build does not have is never shown to you.

Notifications know which version you are on. Every notification states the build it applies to and is dropped on arrival if it does not apply to yours. You will not be told about a feature you do not have.

In short, 4.7 brings:

Recitation — 126 readings, following the voice word by word, saveable for offline; any speed from 0.5× to 2×; a searchable picker; and a transport that says why when a recording will not play
Eleven ways of writing the Arabic, in two hands, one of them colouring tajwid, the Qur'anic ones set in a Qur'anic face
Word by word and Word Roots — the structure under the text, with the verse showing where that structure is before you tap, and nothing invented anywhere
Typography per script, each in a font that can draw it, every face measured so a size means a size
The chain of transmission, drawn as a chain — named ends, nodes sized by reach, forks where a compiler names two teachers at once — and a page of its own for any name
A book by this name, pointing to the other collections that print one
Fonts in any form — OpenType, collections, WOFF, WOFF2 and ZIPs as well as TrueType, named from the font and previewed in it before they are added
Go to any hadith — by book, by chapter, by what you type in any spelling, or from where you last read; seeing the narration's opening words before you go, and arriving in the reader or in the chapter's list, scrolled to it
Auto-scroll — the Qur'an and hadith chapters move at your reading pace, gliding or a verse at a time, stopping where a surah ends and giving way to your hand, a tap, or a recitation
A rail to anywhere — every long list scrubs to any point, saying what is there before you let go, spanning the whole Qur'an rather than the page, and offering the way back
What a narration carries — the verse it quotes, where else it appears plotted by how alike the wording is, and what its compiler wrote; a collection it names can be downloaded from right there
An honest library, where Roman Urdu sits under Urdu, every pack says where it came from, and a transliteration reads as one everywhere including in search
Collections you arrange, a writing surface that stays put, and prayer times that fit your mosque
A library that reads correctly — 47 chapter headings put back on their own chapters in Sahih Muslim, 55 English chapter titles written for Shamail Tirmidhi, and two stray marks removed from the Qur'anic text
What the app keeps, it keeps locked — saved recitations and your signed-in session are sealed to your device, at no cost you can feel
Settings that stay set — your translations, tafsir and hadith languages are no longer overwritten by an update; collections back themselves up; and the search index repairs its own drift

By the numbers

The Qur'an


Recitations	126 — 38 timed to the word, 21 to the verse, 17 recorded verse by verse
Included with the app	4 recitations; the rest are a few hundred kilobytes each
Playback speed	Anything from 0.5× to 2×, in steps of 0.05
Ways of writing the Arabic	11, across 2 hands (Naskh and Nastaliq)
Qur'an words analysed	77,432 — 50,298 (65%) with a root, 27,131 (35%) without
Roots · dictionary forms · stems	1,642 · 4,817 · 12,113
Verses checked for the Qur'anic face	6,236 — every one
Word division across scripts	Identical in all 11 — 77,432 words, zero differences

The hadith library


Narrations · collections	232,559 · 33
Chains of transmission	867,270 links across 209,992 narrations — 90.3% of the library
Distinct narrator names	68,574, of which 67,374 are spelled in Latin letters — 99.5% of name slots
Steps naming two teachers at once	13,749, recovering 15,001 names that a single line would have lost
Places a compiler says which man he means	8,503
Parallel narrations	47,615 pairs, touching 48,148 narrations — 20.7% of the library
Qur'anic verses quoted in hadith	8,017 citations in 5,759 narrations — 6,151 marked by the compiler, 1,866 matched on wording
A compiler's own attributions	18,825
Chapters shared across collections	405 chapters under 101 subjects, in 17 books
Chapter names corrected this release	47 in Sahih Muslim; 55 English titles written for Shamail Tirmidhi

And the difference of your tongues.

📱 Application: Al Islam

🏷️ Version: 4.7 — Manara

🗓️ Release Date: September 21, 2026

4.6

Al-Husna

v4.6 · September 1, 2026

📅 Release Date: September 1, 2026

Release Type: Major Divine Names, History & Reading Update

And to Allah belong the most beautiful names — al-asmāʾ al-ḥusnā — so call upon Him by them. (7:180)

Version 4.6 brings those names into Al Islam properly. Not as ninety-nine cards to scroll past once, but as a section built to be lived in: calligraphic plates you can browse, a guided recitation that keeps your place across weeks, and underneath both, the scholarship — the trilateral root each name is built on, the Arabic pattern that shapes its meaning, the verses it is anchored in, the names it is classically studied against, and an honest statement of the evidence behind every one of them.

The verb in the founding hadith is aḥṣā — to enumerate and take full account of, rather than to recite quickly. This release takes that seriously in a second place too. Your reading history becomes Sijill: a record that measures how long you actually stayed with a passage, understands the Islamic calendar, and can be asked questions rather than only scrolled.

Around those two, the Qur'an reader learns to show you how a verse sounds, hadith chapters can be narrowed by authenticity, the random hadith card draws five at a time, and the app itself ships meaningfully smaller and starts meaningfully faster.

☪️ The Divine Names

A new section in the Tools grid, built on the premise that reading the names, reciting them, and understanding them are three different activities that deserve three different environments. They are swipeable tabs over one shared record — favouriting a name while browsing and reciting it in the carousel touch the same state.

Names — the browsing surface

The ninety-nine in the layout you prefer, with search, filtering and ordering.

Search that matches how you actually look. Arabic script, transliteration, English meaning, or the trilateral root — all four are matched, normalised, so rahman, raḥmān and ر ح م all find their way home.
Filter by theme, root family, or level of evidence.
Order by the traditional enumeration, alphabetically, or by the groupings the section derives.

Evidence, stated plainly

Not every name in the familiar list of ninety-nine appears in the Qur'an in that form. Rather than flatten that, the section labels it:

Level	What it means
Qur'anic	The name appears in the Qur'an verbatim, in this form
Derived	The name is derived from a Qur'anic verb or phrase rather than appearing as a name
Hadith-only	The name comes from the narration of the ninety-nine and is not found in the Qur'an in this form

The Insights tab lists by name every entry that is not Qur'anic verbatim, and each of the founding hadith's four placements opens the narration itself.

Opening a name

A pager-based page for each name, holding:

The name in calligraphy, its meaning, and its themes
The language layer — the trilateral root, and what the Arabic morphological pattern implies. Faʿʿāl and faʿūl do not mean the same kind of thing, and the page says so.
Qur'anic anchors — every cited verse, tappable, opening the verse in the reader
Complementary pairs — the names classically studied against this one
Provenance, badged as above

Citations resolve lazily into live links. A hadith citation whose collection you have not installed offers to fetch it rather than failing quietly. Moving between related names keeps a jump trail, so you can wander through the pairs and still find your way back to where you entered.

Recite — a carousel, not a list

One name held in the centre, the neighbours visible at the edges. Nothing cuts: the name leaving turns away, shrinks and sinks while the name arriving rises and settles. A half-swipe returns; a full swipe carries through.

The card is the counting surface. You recite and tap the name itself — a dedicated button would put your attention on a control rather than on the name.
One to thirty-three repetitions per name, shown as pips that spring into place as they are counted.
Your place is kept. Close at the sixty-first name, return a week later, resume at the sixty-first name.
A progress bar across the top holds your position through the ninety-nine and today's count. Completed rounds are kept.
Hands-free, with automatic advance on an adjustable timer, keep-screen-awake, and haptics at light, medium, strong or off.

Insights — the structure of the corpus

For readers who want to understand the ninety-nine rather than only read them. The founding hadith and its grading; the Evidence panel as proportional bars; the Majesty and beauty balance, stated clearly as a classical study aid rather than a scriptural category; and a Corpus panel counting the Qur'anic anchors, the surahs cited, the root families, the complementary pairs, and the names carrying more than one theme.

Yours to shape

Favourites and personal notes per name, a daily recitation count with streaks kept on epoch days, and deep customization — calligraphy scale, Thuluth script, which sections appear on a card and in the detail page, opening mode and gallery layout.

📜 Sijill — Your Reading, Reckoned

History has always shown you a log and a dashboard. From 4.6 it shows you what that reading actually amounts to.

More is recorded, and reading is timed

Section	What lands in the log
Qur'an	Each ayah you open
Hadith	Each narration you read
Random Hadith	Every hadith drawn for you
Search	What you searched for, once you stop typing
Tasbeeh	Each finished dhikr sitting, with its count
Collections	Everything you bookmark
Allah's Names	Each name you open

Every entry now carries its section, its exact time, and — new in this release — how long you spent with it.

Timing starts here. Anything you read before 4.6 stays in your history but has no duration attached, so the app states plainly what proportion of a period it could time rather than quietly averaging over reads it never measured.

What counts as read

Opening is not reading. Swiping through a surah to find one ayah "opens" forty of them, and a history that records all forty is a record of your thumb.

Mode	What happens
As soon as I open it	Every passage is recorded straight away — the original behaviour, still the default
Once I've stayed a while	A thin line fills under the reference as you read; when it completes, the passage is recorded. Choose 3, 5, 10, 20, 30 or 60 seconds, or turn the line off to record quietly
Only when I say so	Nothing is recorded until you tap Save to history

Leaving before a timed line completes records nothing. That is the point of the mode.

Reading against the Islamic calendar

The period selector gains Hijri ranges in gold at the end of the row — this Ramadan, the last ten nights, the sacred months, the first ten of Dhul-Hijjah, Muharram — so a question about Ramadan is asked in Ramadan's own terms.

Three tabs

History — the journal itself, now covering every section above.

Dashboard — headline figures free to everyone. They are your own numbers, never estimated or sampled. Below them sits the Insights deck, part of Premium:

Time in the text — total, your typical sitting, your longest, and where the time went
Your Ramadan — the month night by night, the last ten marked, how much harder they were worked than the first twenty, and the change on the Ramadan before
Days that move you — Fridays, Ramadan, the White Days, Mondays and Thursdays, the sacred months, each measured against your own ordinary days. A comparison appears only when there is enough of both sides for it to mean anything.
When you read — every reading placed against your own prayer times: Fajr to sunrise, Duha, Dhuhr to Asr, Asr to Maghrib, Maghrib to Isha, Isha to midnight, after midnight, and the last third of the night
Qur'an coverage — your share of all 6,236 ayat, surahs started and finished, a bar for every surah, and the largest one you have never opened
Hadith coverage — the same for every collection you have installed
What you return to — reads per distinct passage, and what you come back to most

Studio — new, and entirely yours.

The Studio

Goals. A target on a measure — reads, distinct passages, time read, or active days — every day, week or month, optionally narrowed to particular sections. Each shows a progress ring, what is left, whether you are ahead of, on, or behind pace, your run of met periods, and a bar per completed period with the met ones in gold. The period in progress never counts against your streak: a weekly goal is not broken on Monday morning. One goal free; unlimited on Premium.

Revision Radar. Passages you chose to come back to, marked while you are reading rather than while scrolling a log.

Mark	Meaning	First returns in
Needs review	Bring it back soon	1 day
Understood	Bring it back occasionally	7 days
Memorised	Bring it back rarely	35 days

When something is due the Radar offers to walk you through the queue. Still with me lengthens the interval; Bring it back returns it to the shortest. Intervals run 1, 3, 7, 16, 35, 75 and 150 days. Three tracked passages free; unlimited on Premium.

Lenses. A question you compose on four axes — what to count, when (including the Islamic-calendar filters), how to measure, and how to break it down — rendered as a figure, bars, or a table. The answer updates live as you build it, so you can see immediately whether you asked what you meant. Name it and it joins your board, re-answering itself as your reading grows. Eight starting points are offered: Night reading, Qur'an by month, Jumu'ah habit, Last ten nights, Where I find things, Weekend vs weekday, Time in the Sunnah, Dhikr sittings.

🔤 Qur'an Transliteration

Transliteration is not translation. It does not tell you what a verse means; it tells you how it sounds — for readers learning to recite, who know the meaning but not yet the script, or who follow along in an alphabet they read fluently.

Because it answers a different question from translation and tafsir, it does not live with them in the tabbed section below the verse. It sits inside the Arabic card, directly beneath the Arabic text, so your eye travels from the script to its sound without going anywhere.

Pack	Language	What it is
Tajweed Style	English	Natural spacing, doubled vowels for length. Included with the app, selected by default
Tanzil	English	The letter-for-letter scholarly standard — `al-` stays `al-` before a sun letter
Tanzil Marked	English	The same text with long vowels and elided letters marked
Syllabic	English	Fully hyphenated, for learners sounding words out
Syllabic Classic	English	Syllable spacing over the tajweed-style text
Turkish	Turkish	Latin transliteration in Turkish orthography

Everything beyond Tajweed Style downloads on demand, like any translation or tafsir. Several can run at once, each with a per-line menu to copy, customise or hide it, and the strip has its own entry in Text Customization with its own fonts and sizing per language.

📖 The Hadith Library

Grade filter

An inline bar above any chapter narrows it by authenticity as you watch.

Live counts on every chip, tailored to the rendering you are actually reading — Sahih 12, Da'if 3 — so you can see what narrowing will cost before you commit to it.
A grade badge on each item in the list, so authenticity is visible without opening the narration.
A ratio-aware header — 12 of 42 hadith — while a narrowing is active.
An honest empty state when a narrowing returns nothing, rather than a blank list.

A narrowed chapter stays in its proper order, with no gaps or repeats as you scroll.

Random hadith, five at a time

Each refresh draws a batch of five, swipeable, with an animated indicator whose dots stretch into bars to mark your position. The card sizes itself to the hadith in front of you instead of jumping to the tallest in the batch, and Translate, Listen and Ask bind to the page you are actually looking at rather than working ahead on all five.

The header now reads simply Random hadith whatever recipe is active, attribution spacing has been rebuilt, and when a draw has to widen its criteria a note says which step it took.

🔍 Search

Transliteration is now a searchable source, with its own language and resource-pack filters. Pronunciation markup is stripped during indexing, so the letters inside a <u> tag never become search terms.
Your searches join your history — recorded once you stop typing, after a short pause and a minimum length, so the log holds settled intentions rather than every keystroke on the way to one.

In short, 4.6 brings:

The Divine Names — ninety-nine names as a study environment, not a list
Sijill — reading that is measured and reckoned, against the Islamic calendar
The Studio — goals, a Revision Radar, and lenses you compose yourself
Qur'an transliteration — how the verse sounds, beneath how it is written
A grade filter on every hadith chapter, and five narrations a draw
A lighter, quicker, steadier app throughout

Call upon Him by them.

📱 Application: Al Islam

🏷️ Version: 4.6 — Al-Husna

🗓️ Release Date: September 1, 2026

4.5

Bayt al-Hikmah

v4.5 · July 25, 2026

Al Islam v4.5 - Bayt al-Hikmah

📅 Release Date: July 25, 2026

Release Type: Major Intelligence, Reading, Hadith & Widgets Update

Version 4.5 answers the request that has followed Al Islam the longest: I can open the hadith, but not in my language.

Translations are files. Files have to be written, checked and published — and most of the world's languages have never had most of the classical collections rendered into them at all. A reader in Hausa, Malay, Somali, Turkish, Bosnian or Tamil can hold the whole of Sahih al-Bukhari in their hand and still not read a word of it.

Version 4.5 introduces Intelligence — a complete AI system built into Al Islam, running on models you connect yourself. Every reading in the app gains the same three abilities: Translate, Listen, and Ask. Beside it, the hadith reader now holds several translations at once and lets you arrange them; the Quran reader gains the same abilities across every interpretation on screen; the random hadith on the home screen has been rebuilt into a full daily-reading engine; the notes editor learns to take dictation; and the home screen widgets have been sharpened for modern Android.

Intelligence is in its first major public phase. It is already deep and fully usable across the whole app, but future updates will keep widening the provider catalogue, the places it reaches, and the control you have over it.

🧠 Intelligence — Your Own Models, Throughout the App

Intelligence is a new system, reachable from the Tools grid and from your Profile. It is not a chat window bolted onto the side of the app. It is a layer sitting underneath every reading surface, so the app's own content — the ayah, the narration, a scholar's translation, your own notes — is what the models actually work on.

Intelligence is part of Al Islam Premium. The subscription unlocks the suite itself; the models run on your own provider account and its billing, under your own keys. Al Islam never resells model access, and your keys never leave your device.

Setting it up

Three steps, once:

Connect an account. Pick your provider from the catalogue and paste your key. It is verified on the spot.
Choose what serves what. Pick a model for translation, for explanations, for speech. One choice is enough to begin — everything else falls back to it.
Open any hadith or ayah. The actions are already there, underneath the text.

Nothing else needs configuring. Everything beyond this point is refinement.

Bring your own key — 35 services

Connect the accounts you already have. Al Islam speaks ten different provider protocols, covering thirty-five services between them:

Group	Services
Major AI labs	OpenAI · Anthropic · Google AI (Gemini) · Azure OpenAI · Mistral · xAI · DeepSeek · Moonshot · Qwen · Z.ai · Perplexity
Arabic-first	Fanar — built for Arabic and for Islamic material
Inference platforms	Groq · OpenRouter · Together · Cerebras · Fireworks · DeepInfra · Nebius · SambaNova · Novita · Hyperbolic · GitHub Models
On your own machine	Ollama · LM Studio · Jan · llama.cpp · vLLM — keyless, private, running locally
Translation services	DeepL · Google Cloud Translation · Azure Translator · LibreTranslate
Voice	ElevenLabs (speech and transcription) · Deepgram (transcription)
Anything else	A general connection for any OpenAI-compatible gateway, proxy or service not named above

What your models can do

Capability	What it gives you
Translation	Any passage rendered into any language you ask for
Text generation	Explanations, summaries, key lessons, and instructions of your own
Speech	Content read aloud in a natural voice
Transcription	Your own speech turned into text inside the notes editor

Connecting an account

Every service has its own idea of what a connection looks like — a key; a key and a region; a key and an endpoint; a project id; a deployment name; nothing at all. Al Islam builds the right form for whichever service you choose, so each asks for exactly what it needs and nothing more.

Instant verification. Saving a connection tests it straight away against the lightest call the service offers, so a mistyped key is caught the moment you paste it rather than the first time you try to read something.
Custom headers on every connection, passed through exactly as written — enough to reach a company proxy, a gateway, or a service that arrived after this release did.
As many accounts as you like. A personal key and a work key; a fast inexpensive model and a careful expensive one; a cloud service and a local one. Each is enabled or disabled on its own.
Masked once saved. A key is shown only as a hint (••••3kfa) and never displayed again.
A neutral catalogue. Every service is presented plainly, with links to its own console and documentation when you need to fetch a key or check what you are paying.

Deciding what serves what

A Routing screen decides which connection, model and voice serves each kind of work — and lets you override it for individual areas of the app.

Read hadith with one model, the Quran with another, your notes with a third.
Anything you have not set falls back to a single global default, so no request is ever left unanswered.
Model and voice lists are read from your own account wherever the service supports it, so you see exactly what you are entitled to use.
Any model id can be typed in directly. A model released this morning is usable this morning, without waiting for an app update.
Per-capability tuning — creativity, response length, formality, and the other settings each service genuinely accepts — shown where it applies and hidden where it does not.

The Intelligence screens

Screen	What it holds
Hub	Your connections at a glance, their health, and a lane for each capability showing what is ready and what still needs a model
Provider catalogue	Every supported service, what it can do, and links to its console and documentation
Connection editor	The form for a single account, validated as you type, with a combined save-and-test
Connection detail	Health, the full model catalogue for that account, which routes it currently serves, its usage history, and removal
Routing	Capability by area — the whole table of what serves what, with connection, model and voice pickers
Playground	Live benches for all four capabilities: translate a phrase, generate a reply, hear a voice, transcribe a file — without touching your own content
Activity	Totals, day-by-day bars, a breakdown per connection, and a log of individual requests with how long each took
Engine settings	Streaming, caching, time limits, retries and privacy
Actions studio	Your own instruction templates and translation lanes
Library	Every translation the app has produced for you — searchable, pinnable, prunable

Engine settings

Area	What you control
Responses	Whether answers stream in as they are written, or arrive complete
Speed	Whether repeat translations are served instantly from the device
Patience	How long a single request may take, from five seconds to ten minutes
Reliability	How many times a failed request is tried again before it gives up
Privacy	Whether usage is recorded at all, and whether a short excerpt of what you read is kept beside it

📖 Translate, Listen and Ask — On Every Reading

The screens above are the smaller half of Intelligence. The larger half appears underneath the content itself.

Every reading surface in the app — a hadith, an ayah, a scholar's translation, a tafsir, a translation your own model produced, and the random hadith on the home screen — now carries the same row of three actions.

Translate

One tap renders the passage into the language you choose.

The result is presented as a scholar-style card, laid out exactly like a published translation — the same typography, the same per-language fonts you have already set, the same reading experience. A translation reads as a translation regardless of what produced it.
Translations are kept. Every one is saved to your Library, attached to the ayah or narration it came from, so you never pay twice for the same passage and never lose one you wanted back.
Duplicates are recognised, so asking again for the same passage with the same model returns what you already have.
Repeat translations are instant and free, served from the device rather than the network.
Changed sources are noticed. If the underlying text is later updated, the saved translation is marked out of date, with one tap to produce a fresh one.
Pin the ones that matter so they stay at the top of your Library.
Copy or insert. Take the text out, or drop it straight into a note.

Translation lanes turn a good combination into a single tap. Save one as Urdu via DeepL or English via Gemini — a target language, and optionally a specific account and model — then choose it from the reading itself, without ever opening the routing table. Your last choice is remembered, so the common case is one tap from then on.

Listen

Content is read aloud in a natural voice, and listening reaches everything in the app with words in it — not only the app's own text.

Readings — the Arabic, or any translation shown beneath it.
Answers — anything a model has written for you, spoken once it is finished rather than half-written.
Your notes — where a Qalam document is read as continuous prose, so headings, formatting marks, table borders and drawings never reach the voice.
Voice and speed are yours, adjustable from the player and remembered between visits.
A specific account and model can serve speech regardless of what serves everything else — useful when one provider has the voice you like and another has the translations you trust.
One voice at a time, and it keeps reading when you leave the screen, with the player following you.

Ask

A conversation about the passage in front of you, appearing inside the screen you are already reading — nothing to copy out, nothing to navigate away to.

Threads stream in as they are written.
Follow-up questions keep their memory, so a conversation builds instead of restarting.
Answers can be read aloud, copied, or inserted into a note.
Each reading keeps its own thread, so moving between ayat does not mix them up.

The instructions behind Ask are written specifically for Islamic source material: stay faithful to the text, invent no rulings and no attributions, preserve honorifics, and say plainly when something is uncertain rather than smoothing it over.

The workspace

For longer work, the same three abilities open into a fuller surface with Translate, Ask and Listen side by side as independent sections — translate a passage, question it, and hear it without any one of them interrupting another.

Where a reading has several versions on screen — the Arabic and its translations, or a narration and its renderings — each section chooses its own source. Ask about the Arabic while listening to the Urdu, or translate a scholar's English into a fourth language while the original stays in view.

🧩 Standing Translations

Beyond one-off actions, a language can be pinned to stay.

Set a standing translation to Urdu, and every hadith you open arrives with Urdu already beneath it — filled in as you go, laid out as an ordinary part of the page rather than something you had to ask for.

More than one at a time. Urdu and English together, or three languages one below another.
Chainable. Take a scholar's English rendering and produce Turkish from it, or build a second language out of the first rather than out of the original.
They report themselves. If a connection is removed or a model stops answering, the card says so plainly instead of quietly disappearing.
They know where they belong. A standing translation built from one book's published translation appears only in that book. One built from the narration itself works everywhere — including the home screen, where the hadith belongs to no particular book at all.
Reorder, rename and remove them at any time from the reading itself.
They work in the Quran too, filling in as you move from ayah to ayah.

⌨️ Your Own Commands

Translation and asking cover most of it. For everything else, you can write your own instructions and run them over any passage in the app.

A command is a short template with placeholders for the passage, its reference, and a target language. Extract the fiqh points as a numbered list. Explain this to a ten-year-old. Give me three lessons and one action for today. Rewrite this translation in plainer English. Write it once and it appears wherever readings appear.

Five are included to begin with — Summarize, Key lessons, Explain simply, Deep explanation and Remaster — and every one of them is yours to rewrite or delete. Commands and translation lanes are both managed in the Actions studio, where you can see what each will do before you run it.

🎙️ Dictation — Speaking Into Your Notes

The Qalam notes editor gains a microphone.

Tapping it opens a recorder inside the editor — nothing opens over your note, nothing navigates away from it.

Record, pause, resume, and stop when you say so. It never decides on its own that you have finished speaking.
A live waveform driven by your actual microphone level, so you can see that you are being heard.
A running timer and an unmistakable state at every stage.
Import instead of recording — hand it an audio or video file you already have and transcribe that.
Transcribe is a deliberate step. When you take it, the words land exactly at your cursor, inside the note you were already writing.
Language can be stated or left open for the model to work out.
Record as many times as you like into the same note, each take landing where you put it.

Dictate a lecture as you listen to it, capture a thought on the move, or write a long note without typing a word of it.

The editor also gains Ask Intelligence on a selection or on the whole note — question what you have written, or have a passage explained, with the answer available to insert straight back into the page.

📚 The Hadith Reader — A Reading Stack

The hadith reader was rebuilt around how people actually read: rarely with one rendering, and rarely in a fixed order.

Several translations on screen at once, stacked one beneath another.
Arrange them by dragging. Arabic first with Urdu below it, or your own standing translation at the top and the published ones underneath.
Choose which one is authoritative. Reference information — chapter, narrator, grading, numbering — is taken from a resource you nominate, independently of reading order. Read in Urdu while the reference details still come from the Arabic edition.
The header states the book and number once, above everything, instead of repeating itself for every translation.
Show none at all, if that is what you want. For a reader who reads only their own standing translations, an empty stack is a real choice — and the reader tells you how to fill it again if you would rather.
Removing and reinstalling a translation restores your arrangement exactly, rather than resetting it.
Chapter names, narrator names and sub-chapter titles now render their formatting properly, so honorifics and emphasis appear as they were written.
Language flags throughout the resource pickers, in place of text abbreviations.
Choose several resources at once when picking what to show.

🕌 The Quran Reader

The ayah preview gains the same reach.

Every translation and every tafsir currently on screen is individually actionable — translate the Arabic, or translate a translation; listen to the ayah, or to a scholar's rendering of it; ask about the verse, or about one particular commentary on it.

Standing translations work here as well, filling themselves in as you move from ayah to ayah, and your typography settings carry through to every one of them.

🔀 The Random Hadith, Rebuilt

The hadith card on the home screen has been rebuilt into a proper daily-reading engine.

Say exactly what may be drawn

A Draw settings screen defines what the card may reach for. Every filter is independent, and they combine — the Urdu renderings of Bukhari and Muslim, sahih only, short, that I have not read before is a single, ordinary thing to ask for.

Filter	What it selects
Books	Any collections you choose, or all of them
Rendering	Specific published translations, down to the individual edition
Language	Any language, across the whole shelf at once
Gradings	Sahih, Hasan, Da'if and the rest
Only the six collections	Restrict the draw to the Sihah Sittah
Length	A shortest and a longest, or an exact length
Only ones I have not read	Skips anything already in your reading history
Avoid repeats	Never the one before, or never the last several

Every list leads with its way out — All books, Any language, Any grading — so a filter is never something you can enter and not leave. Each setting states its own answer in plain words on a single line, and an empty selection reads "All books" rather than "none". Counts appear as sentences beneath the setting they belong to — 1,203 hadith available — and when a combination reaches nothing, the screen says so before you leave it rather than after.

More than one set of settings

Save as many as you like. A long, contemplative set for the evening; a short sahih one for the commute; a Ramadan set built around fasting and patience.

The set you are editing is the first thing on the screen — named, switchable with one tap, renameable, and deletable when you have finished with it. The screen keeps your changes as you make them; there is no Save button to remember and nothing lost by leaving.

Changing your settings does not take the hadith away. It stays on screen as long as your new settings still allow it, and only the rendering changes if the rendering is all that changed.

Decide when it changes

Cadence	Behaviour
Daily	One hadith for the whole day
Weekly	One for the week
Every time you open the app	A fresh one each session
Only when you ask	It stays until you draw again

A hadith of the day now genuinely lasts the day. Rotating the phone, scrolling away, opening another screen and coming back all leave it exactly where it was.

It tells you what it did

When your settings are narrow enough that nothing matches — a translation was removed, everything short has been read, "not read before" has run its course — the card widens the search one careful step at a time, and says which step it took.

It gives ground in the order that costs you least: first how recently you saw something, then unread-only, then length, then gradings, then the six collections, then specific renderings, then languages, and last of all the books themselves. Short sahih hadith from Bukhari surrenders shortness long before it surrenders Bukhari.

Read it in

A picker on the card answers one question only: what do I read this in?

Languages lead, because a language decides whether a narration is readable at all. Those already on the device sit at the top; those still to be downloaded sit beneath them, one tap from the same answer. The full translation library is one level further down, for anyone who wants to choose an exact edition.

Beneath them sits AI translation — a standing instruction that renders whatever is drawn into a language nothing on the shelf was ever published in, and keeps doing so as the draw moves from book to book.

Choosing a language keeps the hadith you are looking at and re-renders it, drawing a new one only if this narration genuinely does not exist that way.

And it remembers

Every hadith the card draws is written into your History like any other reading, so what you were given last Tuesday is still there to find.

The card carries the same Translate · Listen · Ask row and the same standing translations as every other reading surface in the app, and the actions you reach for most — a fresh draw, a bookmark, the language picker — sit in the open along its title.

🔒 Your Keys, Your Content

A system holding your provider credentials owes you a plain account of how it treats them.

Keys are encrypted on your device with a hardware-backed key that cannot be taken off it, held separately from everything else the app stores.
They are never shown again after you save them — only a masked hint.
They never appear in logs, usage records, backups or exports.
Traffic goes only where you sent it. Al Islam's AI connection has no default destination; requests reach the providers you configured and nowhere else.
Removing a connection removes its keys first, so a connection can never be left behind without a way to clear it — and removal stays available to you at all times.
Provider messages are cleaned before you see them. Some services quote your own credential back inside their error text; anything of that shape is stripped before it reaches the screen.
Usage records hold facts, not content — which service, which model, how long it took, how much was used. An excerpt of what you read is stored only if you switch that on yourself.
Caching and usage recording can both be switched off entirely.
Nothing is sent anywhere until you ask for it, and when you do, it goes to the provider you chose.

📱 Widgets — Sharper on the Home Screen

The home screen widgets have been tuned for modern Android.

They arrive at the right size. Dropping a widget on the home screen now gives you the full layout immediately, instead of a cramped one you have to stretch open by hand — while shrinking it stays entirely free.
Upcoming Occasions gains a coloured stripe down the edge of each entry, so a glance tells you what kind of date is coming without reading a word of it.
The Hijri month calendar gains a small legend for its markers — today, fasting days, and Islamic occasions.
Consistent icons across every widget.
Steadier refreshing, with clearer behaviour while data is still loading and a retry that genuinely retries.

The full set: Prayer Times, Daily Companion, Hijri Date, Hijri Month Calendar, Upcoming Occasions, and Fasting Planner.

✨ Across the App

A language picker covering seventy languages, each with its own native name and correct writing direction — and a free entry field for anything not on the list, so nothing is out of reach.
AI translations respect your typography settings. A translation into Urdu uses the Urdu face you chose; Arabic renders in the Quranic face, right to left.
Rich answers render properly — headings, lists, emphasis and Arabic passages appear as intended rather than as raw markings.
Resource pickers show language flags, and let you pick several at once.
Searching, filtering and selecting share one consistent set of controls across the new screens.
Settings read as sentences. Every setting states its current answer beside its name, in your terms rather than the data's.
Interface polish across the reading surfaces, the hadith preview, the tools grid and the profile.

🌟 Overall

Version 4.5 — Bayt al-Hikmah is the release in which Al Islam stops being bounded by which translations happen to exist.

Major additions in this release

Intelligence — a complete AI system running on models you connect yourself, across 35 services
Translate · Listen · Ask on every reading in the app
Standing translations that fill themselves in on every passage, chainable and reorderable
A translation library — everything kept, searchable, pinnable, and refreshed when its source changes
Translation lanes and your own instruction commands
A workspace where translating, asking and listening run side by side on different sources
Listening across readings, answers and your own notes
Dictation inside the Qalam notes editor, with file import and a live level
Routing, Playground, Activity and Engine settings for full control of your own models
A hadith reading stack — several translations at once, arranged by you, with a separately chosen authoritative source
The Quran reader, with every translation and tafsir individually actionable
The random hadith rebuilt — filters, saved sets, cadences, and an engine that explains itself
Sharper home screen widgets for modern Android
Hardware-backed key storage, with your content sent only where you send it

Reading, understanding, listening and writing — in your language, with the models you choose, on the books you came for.

📱 Application: Al Islam

🏷️ Version: 4.5 — Bayt al-Hikmah

🗓️ Release Date: July 25, 2026

4.4

Miqat

v4.4 · July 13, 2026

Al Islam — Version 4.4

Miqat

Miqat (ميقات) — the appointed times and places. A fitting name for a release built around the rhythm of the Islamic day: prayer, direction, the lunar calendar, dhikr, and the pen.

📅 Release Date: July 13, 2026

Release Type: Major Tools, Notes, Calendar, Prayer Times, Widgets & Content Update

Version 4.4 is the largest daily-utility expansion Al Islam has received. It introduces a complete Qibla Finder, a full Hijri calendar system, a Tasbeeh counter with long-term dhikr tracking, an all-new rich notes system, a major astronomy expansion for Prayer Times, Android home screen widgets, and new reference collections — alongside deep refinement work across the app.

The theme of this release is simple: Al Islam should be useful at every point of your day. Finding the Qibla in an unfamiliar place, checking prayer times against the sun, following the Hijri month, logging a fast, counting dhikr after salah, writing down what you learned in a lecture, and keeping the essentials visible on your home screen — all of it now lives in one connected app.

Several of the systems in this release are in their first major public phase. They are already deep and fully usable, but future updates will keep improving their layouts, flexibility, widgets, and overall experience.

🧭 Complete Qibla Finder

A new Qibla Finder arrives in the Tools section — not a single compass screen, but a complete direction system with five ways to find, verify, inspect, and personalize the Qibla.

It connects directly to your existing Prayer Times location profiles: follow your active prayer location, pick any saved profile, or use live location detection where available. No separate Qibla setup required.

Five ways to find the Qibla

View	What it does
Compass	Live Qibla compass with heading, bearing, sensor accuracy, declination, Sun/Moon markers, and alignment feedback
Map	Geographic view with the Kaaba, your position, the Great Circle path, and a Rhumb Line comparison
AR	Camera overlay that places the Qibla direction in your real surroundings
Sun	Sensor-free verification using the sun's position and shadows
Insights	The scientific layer: bearings, distances, Earth geometry, and your magnetic environment

The Compass view shows live heading, Qibla bearing, degree markings, the Qibla marker, and clear alignment confirmation. It can place the Sun and Moon on the dial, show the current moon phase, your coordinates, your distance to the Kaaba, and solar verification data. Because phone compasses are easily disturbed, it also includes sensor accuracy indicators, magnetic declination handling, tilt warnings, a bubble level, and interference awareness — so you know when nearby metal, electronics, vehicles, or magnetic cases may be affecting the reading.

The Map view draws both the Great Circle (the true shortest path over the Earth's surface) and the Rhumb Line (the constant-bearing path), which makes visible why the Qibla can look "wrong" on a flat map while being exactly right on a round Earth.

The AR view overlays the direction on your live camera feed — point the phone around a hotel room, office, airport, or open field and see the Qibla in the actual environment.

The Sun view offers a physical cross-check that needs no sensors at all: solar Qibla moments such as shadow-along-Qibla and sun-over-Qibla alignments let you verify the direction with nothing but sunlight.

The Insights view opens the technical layer for those who want it: Great Circle, Ellipsoidal (WGS-84), and Rhumb Line bearings side by side; your coordinates and the Kaaba's; the journey midpoint; distance comparisons and bearing drift; an Earth globe visualization with the day/night terminator; and the magnetic picture — declination, inclination, expected versus measured field strength, and interference warnings.

Qibla customization

A dedicated customization screen puts the whole system under your control:

Bearing method: Great Circle, Ellipsoidal / WGS-84, or Rhumb Line
North reference: True North or Magnetic North, with manual declination override
Heading offset and calibration
Coordinate format, distance unit, and bearing decimal precision
Needle smoothing and alignment tolerance
Haptic feedback and haptic detents
Tilt warning and bubble level
Dial skin, dial motion, tick density, dial size, and needle color
Cardinal letters, degree numbers, and Sun/Moon dial markers
AR bearing ruler and AR marker size
Earth globe, sky path chart, moon arc, and moon phase disc
Field strength gauge, bearing comparison ruler, and declination rose
Default opening view, location behavior, and which cards, chips, and scientific overlays are visible

🌙 Full Hijri Calendar System

Version 4.4 adds a complete Hijri Calendar — not just a date grid, but a full Islamic calendar environment: Hijri dates with Gregorian correspondence, moon phases, Islamic occasions, fasting logs, personal events, date conversion, Hijri birthday calculation, reminders, and deep customization.

The calendar is useful the moment it opens: today's Hijri date, the Arabic month name, the Gregorian date, the weekday, sacred-month status where it applies, the current moon phase, month progress, and the next important Islamic date are all in view.

Today, moon phase & upcoming dates

A rich current-day card leads the screen — Hijri date, Arabic month name, Gregorian date, weekday, moon phase with illumination percentage, and progress through the Hijri month. Beneath it, a dedicated strip surfaces what's coming next, so important dates never require browsing:

The White Days
Ramadan-related dates
Rajab and Dhul-Hijjah dates
Ashura and Arafah
The two Eids
Mawlid an-Nabi ﷺ
Other significant Islamic occasions

Interactive Hijri month grid

Every cell carries the Hijri date with its Gregorian companion. The grid highlights today, your selection, Jumu'ah, days outside the month, Islamic occasions, recommended fasting days, your logged fasts, personal events, and moon phase markers.

Selecting any day opens a detail panel with the full picture: both dates, weekday and Arabic month name, moon phase and illumination, occasion details, countdowns, fasting context, personal events — plus direct actions to log a fast, add an event, copy, or share.

Year overview & fast navigation

A year overview presents all twelve Hijri months as compact cards showing each month's length and event count — planning around Ramadan, Dhul-Hijjah, Muharram, or Rajab becomes a glance. A new jump system moves you anywhere instantly: month chips, year selection, typed input, or the Today shortcut.

Events, reminders & fasting logs

A dedicated Events & Occasions area gathers built-in Islamic occasions, personal events, reminders, and fasting logs in one place.

Personal events support a custom title, an emoji or icon, a custom color, a Hijri or Gregorian date, yearly repetition or one-time behavior, reminder timing, rich notes, and archive/delete management. That makes them right for Hijri birthdays, family dates, anniversaries, vows, study milestones, and private calendar notes.

Fasting is a first-class citizen: log fasts directly, see them on the grid, follow the month's activity, review the last thirty days, and keep all-time records. A fasting lens can highlight Sunnah fasting days, obligatory fasts, days on which fasting is forbidden, your own logged fasts, and gentle nudges such as Monday/Thursday reminders.

Date converter & Hijri birthday finder

The new Date Converter translates between Hijri and Gregorian with smooth date wheels — change one side and the other follows instantly. The result card shows the converted date, weekday, Arabic month name, moon phase, and how many days away (or ago) it falls, with actions to open it in the calendar, copy, or share.

The Hijri Birthday Finder answers a question surprisingly hard to answer elsewhere: from a Gregorian birth date it derives the Hijri birth date, your age in both calendars, your next Hijri birthday, and the countdown to it.

Calendar customization

Deep control, without complicating the everyday experience:

Area	Options
Calculation	Reckoning method, sighting adjustment / Hijri offset
Layout	Hijri-first or Gregorian-first grid, week start day, numeral style
Grid	Density, grid size, companion dates, outside-day dimming
Highlights	Jumu'ah, today pulse, moon phases, Islamic occasions
Lenses	Personal events, fasting lens, built-in occasions
Cards	Today card, upcoming strip, look-ahead count
Behavior	Fasting nudges, haptic month ticks, morning digest
Data	Export/import and reset to defaults

📿 Tasbeeh Counter & Dhikr Tracker

Tools gains a complete Tasbeeh Counter — a focused dhikr companion built around live counting, custom adhkar, routines, goals, streaks, and long-term statistics.

The core stays simple: choose a dhikr, tap to count. Around that simplicity sits a full system — progress tracking, session data, undo and redo, quick-add controls, custom dhikr creation, templates, a managed library, and a statistics history that turns counting into a habit.

The counter

Pinned and recent adhkar sit at the top for instant switching — SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah, Allahu Akbar, La ilaha illallah, Astaghfirullah, and anything you create. Each dhikr can display its Arabic text, transliteration, translation, and virtue, with a large progress ring showing the current count against its target.

While counting you can:

Tap anywhere to count
Quick-add +10, +33, or +100
Undo mistakes and redo
Reset the current lap
Watch session duration, count, and pace
Track daily goal progress, streaks, today's total, and the seven-day total

A focus mode strips the screen down to the dhikr and the counter for distraction-free sessions.

Dhikr library & custom adhkar

The Dhikr Library manages everything — built-in and custom. Search across adhkar and categories; favorite, pin, edit, and archive entries; create your own from scratch or from templates. A custom dhikr can carry Arabic text, transliteration, translation, virtue text, a category, a per-lap target, a step-per-tap value, a daily goal, an icon, and an accent color.

Routines

Structured sequences move you through multiple adhkar in order — post-prayer adhkar, morning and evening adhkar, or any personal sequence — hands-off, with target behavior deciding when to advance.

Statistics

The statistics screen turns history into insight: lifetime counts, today, the last seven and thirty days, current and best streaks, best day, goal days, personal records, and per-dhikr breakdowns — visualized through a daily activity heatmap, a recent-weeks grid, a fourteen-day goal chart, per-dhikr progress bars, and a session history including your longest session, fastest pace, and counts per minute.

Tasbeeh customization

Area	Options
Feedback	Haptic strength, milestone pulses, milestone interval, sound, visual flash
Input	Tap anywhere, quick-add chips, swipe to switch, double-tap undo, volume-button counting
Behavior	Repeat, stop at target, advance to next, reset confirmation, session idle timeout
Goals	Daily goal, weekly goal, fresh start each day
Reminders	Smart suggestions, keep screen on, daily dhikr reminder
Appearance	Counter style, count text size, Arabic/transliteration/translation/virtue visibility, meters row, accent color
Data	Export library, import library, reset to defaults

✒️ Qalam — The All-New Notes System

Qalam (القلم) — "the pen", after Surah Al-Qalam: "Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe."

Version 4.4 replaces the app's simple note box with Qalam, a complete rich-writing system designed for Islamic study — and built on a principle worth stating plainly: everything you write is stored as readable plain text. Headings, highlights, tables, Quran references, even drawings are recorded in a light, open notation. Your notes can be copied out whole, survive every backup and update, and are never locked into a private format.

A real editor

Live formatting as you type. Bold turns bold, headings grow, highlights glow, and references become colored chips — while the underlying notation stays visible in a faded tone so your note never hides anything from you.
Two faces. Writing mode for composing; Reading mode for the finished page, where notation disappears, tables become real grids, and everything turns interactive.
A full toolbar — history, text styles, structure, inserts, Islamic tools, and drawing — where every button is a true toggle that lights up when the cursor sits inside its formatting.
An insert menu. Type / on an empty line and every block type is a keystroke away, filtered as you type.
Lists that think. Return continues a list with the next bullet, number, or empty checkbox; return on an empty item exits the list; numbered lists renumber themselves when you insert in the middle.
Two hundred steps of undo, with typing grouped into sensible chunks.
Find & replace with match counting and one-at-a-time or replace-all.
Outline & statistics — every heading becomes a tappable table of contents, alongside word count, reading time, and task progress.
Format document — one command that rewrites the whole note into perfectly tidy notation without changing a word.
Hardware keyboard shortcuts for bold, italic, underline, undo, redo, and find.
Editor settings — text size and line height on smooth sliders, an optional monospace body, control over how formatting symbols appear, and your preferred opening mode.

Everything you'd expect to write with

Bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, highlight, inline code, superscript and subscript; text in any color and highlights in any color through a full color wheel; six heading levels; bullet, numbered, and task lists with live, tappable checkboxes; quotes; real tables with per-column alignment and sideways scrolling; code blocks with language coloring and one-tap copy; dividers; labeled links, bare links, and images; and #tags — including Arabic tags like #رمضان — that search the note when tapped.

Built for Islamic writing

This is where Qalam is unlike any general-purpose editor:

Quran references. A searchable directory of all 114 surahs — Arabic names, transliterations, meanings, and ayah counts — with live validation (it knows Al-Fatihah has no ayah 8) and support for ranges. References appear as elegant chips; tapping a chip opens that exact ayah in the Quran reader.
Hadith references across the classical collections — Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, the four Sunan, Muwatta Malik, Musnad Ahmad, Sunan ad-Darimi, Riyad as-Salihin, and the Forty Hadith collections — with chips that open the narration in the hadith reader.
Du'a chips that make supplications stand out from surrounding commentary.
A one-tap honorifics library: ﷽, ﷺ, ﷻ, عليه السلام, رضي الله عنه, رحمه الله, and everyday phrases with full diacritics — inserted as proper text, searchable and copyable.
Arabic runs rendered in the Quranic typeface, enlarged and right-to-left, even mid-sentence — and full support for entirely Arabic notes.

Drawings

Insert a canvas and sketch freehand — narrator trees, tajweed marks, diagrams — with a row of inks plus a full color wheel, a smooth stroke-width slider, undo, and clear. Drawings live inside the note like any other block, reopen for further editing with a tap, and — true to the Qalam rule — are stored as text, so they travel intact through every copy and backup.

Callouts, collapsibles & smart tags

Five styles of accented callout panels (info, note, tip, warning, danger) make key paragraphs impossible to miss; collapsible sections fold long detail away behind a titled row. Both belong to Qalam's open smart tag system — one consistent notation behind every special ability — which carries two promises: content from future versions is displayed and preserved, never destroyed, and the notation itself will never change meaning under your notes.

Notes, now woven through Collections

Qalam is fully integrated where your notes actually live:

Every saved item — an ayah, a hadith, a folder — carries its own Qalam note, opened from the item's Notes action. Saving is automatic: while you type, and again the moment you leave.
Standalone notes are now real collection items. The new New → Note action (and the Write a note option in empty folders) creates a note page that lives in your folder tree — renamed, moved, copied, and organized like anything else, and included wherever your collection library is backed up or synced.
Note items open properly. Tapping a note now opens it in the editor — a gap in previous versions where these items had no destination.
Accurate previews. Item cards summarize note content through the real note engine, so headings, references, and formatting are reflected faithfully in the preview line.
References connect. Tap a Quran or hadith chip inside any collection note and the app takes you to the actual ayah or narration.
The notes step of the save-to-collection flow uses the full Qalam editor as well.

A complete user guide to Qalam — every tool, every notation, and the full format reference — is published separately in the documentation.

☀️ Prayer Times: Sun, Sky & Hijri Expansion

Prayer Times was already a deep system — location profiles, precise and manual locations, time zone control, eleven calculation methods, Asr standards, high-latitude rules, rounding, twilight definitions, Hijri offset, and full offline calculation. Version 4.4 expands it with three new views — Sun, Sky, and Hijri — turning it into a visual, educational Islamic time system.

Sun view

The prayer day, explained through the sun. A solar altitude curve traces the sun's path with Fajr, sunrise, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, and Isha placed directly on it — making visible why each time falls where it does: Fajr and Isha inside the twilight zones, sunrise and Maghrib at the horizon, Dhuhr at solar noon, Asr on the descending arc according to your chosen standard.

A live Twilight Ladder visualizes the depression angles behind the calculations — the apparent horizon, civil, nautical, and astronomical twilight, and the sun's current position — so angles like 18°, 17°, 15°, or 19.5° stop being abstract numbers.

The Solar Almanac covers the rest:

Solar data	Meaning
Solar noon	When the sun reaches its highest point
Equation of time	The difference between sundial time and clock time
Day / night length	Duration of daylight and darkness
Solar declination	The sun's celestial latitude
Apparent sunrise / sunset	Refraction-aware rise and set times
Duha begins	Duha time derived from solar altitude
Solar midnight	The sun's lower culmination
Sun altitude now	The sun's current height above or below the horizon
Hour angle	The sun's angle from the local meridian
Shadow ratio	The current shadow-length relationship
Right ascension, Julian day, sidereal time	Advanced astronomical reference values

Sky view

The Sky tab connects prayer times to the visible heavens: a sky chart plots the sun's and moon's altitude curves across the day with a current-time marker, and a Moon card reports the current phase, illumination percentage, moon age, moonrise and moonset, distance, direction and altitude, and the next new and full moons.

Hijri view

The Hijri tab brings the Islamic date into Prayer Times: the current Hijri date, month progress, upcoming occasions with short descriptions — the White Days, Mawlid an-Nabi ﷺ, the beginning of Rajab, Ramadan dates, and more.

It also includes a crescent visibility forecast for the next month, built on the Yallop visibility test: conjunction time, first- and second-evening visibility, the Yallop grade, best viewing time, moon age, lag, ARCV, ARCL, crescent width, and the q value — with a clear note that official month starts follow your local sighting authority.

Date picker & almanac controls

Date switching now uses the new dual Hijri/Gregorian picker — calendar, wheel, or typed input, from either calendar — which makes checking prayer times for a Ramadan day, Ashura, the White Days, or any specific date effortless. And since Prayer Times now carries far more almanac data, every optional card can be shown or hidden from the options menu: as simple or as deep as you want it.

📱 Android Home Screen Widgets

Version 4.4 brings Al Islam to the home screen. Five widgets keep the essentials visible without opening the app:

Widget	What it shows
Prayer Times	Location, current Hijri date, the next prayer with countdown, and the full daily prayer row
Compact Prayer	A smaller prayer layout for tight home-screen spaces
Hijri Date	The current Hijri day, month, and year with the Arabic month name and Gregorian date
Upcoming Occasions	The next Islamic dates with icons, both calendars, and countdowns
Hijri Month Calendar	A full Hijri month grid with companion Gregorian dates and event markers

Fajr through Isha at a glance, the Islamic date always in view, and upcoming occasions — the White Days, Rajab, Ramadan dates, Mawlid an-Nabi ﷺ — visible days in advance.

Widgets are in their first release phase; more types, layouts, and controls are planned.

📚 New Islamic Collections

The reference library grows with five additions:

Collection	Notes
Vision	Newly added collection
Fatah al-Rabbani	Newly added Islamic reference collection
Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah	Newly added hadith collection
Kanzul Ummal	Newly added hadith compilation
Hisnul Muslim	Newly added du'a and adhkar collection

Together with the new tools, these continue Al Islam's growth into a complete platform for reading, study, reference, and daily practice.

🛠️ Refinements, Edge Cases & Stability

Integrating this many new systems surfaced — and resolved — a long list of edge cases. Improvements in this release include:

Qibla calculation, sensor handling, and magnetic interference behavior
Compass and AR reliability
Hijri date synchronization and Hijri/Gregorian conversion accuracy
Prayer Times date picker integration
Crescent visibility calculations
Calendar event and fasting log handling
Tasbeeh session tracking and dhikr statistics
Notes editing, previews, and collection integration
Widget rendering, updates, and home-screen data consistency
Tool customization screens
Cross-feature date handling
General UI consistency, performance, and stability

Just as importantly, 4.4 deepens the connections between features: Prayer Times, the Hijri Calendar, the Qibla Finder, the Tasbeeh Counter, the Date Converter, the date picker, home widgets, fasting logs, personal events, notes, and upcoming occasions now share their data and behave as one system.

🌟 Overall

Version 4.4 — Miqat is a defining step toward Al Islam as a complete daily Islamic companion.

Major additions in this release

Complete Qibla Finder with Compass, Map, AR, Sun, and Insights views
Full Hijri Calendar with occasions, moon phases, and year overview
Personal events, reminders, and fasting logs
Date Converter and Hijri Birthday Finder
Dual Hijri/Gregorian date picker
Tasbeeh Counter with library, routines, and statistics
Qalam — the all-new rich notes system, woven through Collections
Prayer Times Sun, Sky, and Hijri views
Solar Almanac and Twilight Ladder
Crescent visibility forecast
Five Android home screen widgets
Five new Islamic reference collections
Deeper customization across every new tool
Extensive edge-case and stability work

Prayer, direction, calendar, moon, sun, fasting, dhikr, notes, widgets, and reference content — one connected experience, kept modern, convenient, and yours to customize.

📱 Application: Al Islam

🏷️ Version: 4.4 — Miqat

🗓️ Release Date: July 13, 2026

4.3

Discovery

v4.3 · June 28, 2026

Al Islam — Version 4.3

Discovery 🔍

📅 Release Date: June 27, 2026

Version 4.3 is one of the most comprehensive and content-rich releases in Al Islam's history — introducing a completely reimagined search experience, the largest single content expansion to date, and sweeping UI redesigns across nearly every major section of the app.

All-New Search Section

🔍 Reimagined Search Experience

A completely rebuilt search section has been introduced alongside the original, accessible via swipeable tabs. Both sections remain active simultaneously — users who prefer the classic hierarchical reference workflow can continue using the original at any time.

Original Search vs New Search

The original search section was built around structured reference navigation: users stepped through dropdown menus to select a book, a chapter, and a reference number — with additional scope options for global ID, Ruku, Para, and language. Effective for targeted lookup, but limited to structured navigation.

The new search section is fundamentally different. Built for discovery first — with references as a natural extension rather than the starting point.

✍️ Unified Smart Search Bar

A single, intelligent search bar powers the entire experience. Users type once and receive results across all indexed content simultaneously.

Input is analyzed automatically:

Free-form text triggers full-text search across the entire corpus
Reference-style input (e.g., 2:35) automatically surfaces matching reference results alongside text results
Hybrid and ambiguous inputs are handled gracefully, delivering the most relevant results from all sources

🧠 Lucene-Inspired Search Engine

The text search engine has been built from the ground up, heavily inspired by Apache Lucene with domain-specific extensions for Islamic content:

Diacritic-insensitive matching — Arabic tashkeel is fully ignored during search
Token-level text splitting and analysis
Fuzzy matching for approximate and near-match results
Relevance scoring and intelligent result ranking
Multi-field pattern analysis across related content
Connection-aware indexing across structured Islamic data

Results are delivered in nanoseconds to milliseconds across millions of records.

📂 Results Organized by Source

Results are automatically grouped into dedicated, swipeable tabs:

Hadith — across all downloaded and installed books
Quran — translations and Ayahs
Tafsir — commentary content where resource packs are installed
Collections — user-created folders, saved items, notes, and item descriptions

🎛️ Granular Search Filters

An advanced filter panel provides complete control, with defaults carefully chosen to deliver an excellent out-of-the-box experience:

Search method — Text matching (default) or Reference mode
Sources — Selectable checkable chips for Hadith, Quran, Tafsir, and Collections
Scopes — Filter by Surah, Juz/Para, Ruku, or any structural element
Resource by — Narrow to specific languages or individual resource packs
Hadith books — Scope search to specific books, or keep all selected
Reset — One-tap to restore all filters to their defaults

🔗 Reference Search Mode

Selecting Reference mode adjusts all sources and chips to optimize the reference-based workflow. Scope options include:

Universal book order
Hadith chapter-based references
Quran by Surah, Para/Juz, or Ruku
Multi-scope combined selections

Matched references are clearly labeled, grouped, and highlighted throughout results.

🗂️ Searchable Collections & Notes

User-generated content is fully indexed and searchable:

Personal collections and folder names
Notes attached to saved Hadith, Ayahs, and other items
Item descriptions and metadata

Matched keywords are highlighted directly within results at the exact location they appear.

⚡ Automatic & Transactional Indexing

Indexing runs automatically whenever a new resource pack is installed or a collection is modified. The engine is RAM-aware, ANR-proof, and designed to have no noticeable foreground impact.

All indexing is fully transactional — a force-close or crash during indexing leaves no corrupted or half-indexed state. The app detects and recovers incomplete operations automatically on the next launch.

A manual reindex option is also available.

📄 Full Pagination

Every result set is completely paginated. No memory exhaustion regardless of corpus size or result count.

Content Expansion

📚 7 New Hadith Collections

Seven new Hadith collections have been added, each available in Arabic and Urdu, with additional languages planned for future updates:

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Lulu wal-Marjan
Musnad Abdul Rahman Ibn Awf
Musannad Abdullah Ibn al-Mubarak
Musnad Abdullah Ibn Umar
Musnad Ishaq Ibn Rahwayah
Al-Mu'jam al-Saghir

🕋 38 New Quran Translations

38 additional translations have been added across a wide range of languages and scholarly traditions:

Tatarstan Religious Board — Russian
Ignaty Krachkovsky — Russian
Elmir Kuliev — Russian
Valeriya Porokhova — Russian
Gordy Sablukov — Russian
Knut Bernström — Swedish
Ali Al Barwani — Swahili
Abdol Mohammad Ayati — Tajik
Muhammad Saleh — Uyghur
Sodik Muhammad Yusuf — Uzbek
Ivan Hrbek — Czech
Abdul-Hamid Haidar & Kanhi Muhammad — Malayalam
Ahl Al-Hadith Central Society of Nepal — Nepali
Bashir Missouri — Kannada
Bayanul Furqan (Koshur Quran) — Kashmiri
Dar Al-Salam Center — Hebrew
Dar Al-Salam Center — Serbian
Mikhailo Yaqubovic — Ukrainian
Ghali Apapur Apaghuna — Oromo
Hasan Abdul-Karim — Vietnamese
Hussein Taji — Dari
Khalifa Altay — Kazakh
King Fahad Quran Complex — Thai
Abder-Rahim ibn Muhammad — Telugu
Muhammad Anwar Badkhashani — Dari
Muhammad Azeez ur Rahman — Telugu
Muhammad Karakunnu & Vanidas Elayavoor — Malayalam
Muhammad Shafi'i Ansari — Marathi
Othman al-Sharif — Italian
Rabila Al-Umry — Gujarati
Rowwad Translation Center — Sinhala
Rowwad Translation Center — Vietnamese
Ryoichi Mita — Japanese
Saeed Sato — Japanese
Mikael Aykyuni — Yoruba
Society of Institutes and Universities — Thai
Taj Mehmood Amroti — Sindhi
Rwanda Muslims Association — Kinyarwanda

📖 87 New Tafsir Resources

The Tafsir library has received its largest single expansion in the app's history. 87 new Tafsir resources have been added spanning classical Arabic scholarship, multilingual editions of foundational works, and language-specific series reaching dozens of global languages.

This brings total Tafsir coverage from 8 resources to 95, dramatically deepening the Quranic commentary experience available within the app.

🌍 30 New Languages Now Supported

30 additional languages are now supported across Quran and Tafsir resources, bringing the total to 62 supported languages:

Swedish, Swahili, Tajik, Uyghur, Uzbek, Malayalam, Nepali, Kannada, Kashmiri, Hebrew, Serbian, Ukrainian, Oromo, Vietnamese, Dari/Persian, Kazakh, Thai, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Sinhala, Japanese, Yoruba, Sindhi, Kinyarwanda, Arabic, Indonesian, Assamese, Kyrgyz, Tagalog

📊 Content Summary

Total Quran Resources: 92 → 217
Quran Language Support: 32 → 62 languages
Tafsir Resources: 8 → 95
Quran Translations: 84 → 122
Hadith Collections: 22 → 29

UI Redesigns

📖 Quran Section

Significant interface improvements across the Quran reading experience:

Go To Ayah Dialog — A comprehensive navigation tool for jumping directly to any verse by Surah, Juz, or inline reference, with smooth control sliders and a frictionless selector
Improved ayah listing — Smoother scrolling, easier navigation, seamless resource switching, and a toggle to disable translations
Redesigned Ayah Preview — Completely reimagined with Go To Verse shortcuts, richer references, and smooth multi-resource selection and switching

🕌 Hadith Section

All Hadith screens have been refreshed for improved readability and navigation:

Hadith Books — Refreshed layout and visual organization
Hadith Chapters — Now includes convenient inline search
Hadith Listing — Improved layout and navigation flow
Hadith Preview — Richer references, improved context, and adaptive layout for all screen sizes

🎨 Text Customization

The Text Customization screen is now centralized and significantly more convenient:

Switch between sections and languages within a single screen
View all section configurations in parallel
Fully frictionless and intuitive throughout

📁 Collection Screen

The Collection screen has been substantially improved:

Each component now displays richer visual details and engagement metrics
Cloud backup and sync has been fully stabilized — all edge cases addressed, with significantly improved performance, concurrent operations, and full awareness of device capabilities and network state

🔗 Additional Redesigns

History Section — Refreshed interface and improved usability
Home Screen — Visual refresh and improved layout
Profile Section — Cleaner design with better information hierarchy
Authorization — The most seamless sign-in experience yet, with full password manager support

📱 Application: Al Islam
🏷️ Version: 4.3 — Discovery
🗓️ Release Date: June 27, 2026

4.2

Expansive Horizons

v4.2 · May 19, 2026

Al Islam — Version 4.2

Expansive Horizons 🌍

📅 Release Date: May 17, 2026

Version 4.2 continues the evolution of Al Islam with major expansions to Hadith collections, advanced reading analytics, comprehensive sorting systems, improved resource management, and broader usability refinements throughout the app.

This update focuses heavily on organization, discoverability, reading insights, and giving users more powerful yet seamless control over their Islamic library experience.

Hadith Collection Expansion

📚 New Hadith Collections Added

Two additional Hadith collections have now been introduced into the app, continuing our ongoing effort to expand authentic Islamic resources with structured multilingual support.

Newly Added Collections

📖 Riyad as-Salihin

Supported Languages:

Arabic
English

📖 Bulugh al-Maram (Labeled Edition)

Supported Languages:

Arabic
Urdu

These additions further strengthen the growing Hadith ecosystem within Al Islam while maintaining organized references, multilingual accessibility, and structured navigation throughout the experience.

🔖 Expanded Hadith Labeling (Gradings)

Explicit Hadith grading support has been significantly expanded in this release.

While many narrations already included grading information within their content, users requested clearer and more structured visible labels such as:

Sahih
Da‘if

In response, dedicated labeling support has now been expanded across additional collections.

Newly Labeled Collections

Mishkat al-Masabih
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi

Nearly 30,000 Hadith narrations have now been explicitly labeled, with continued expansion planned for future updates.

Our long-term goal remains to provide comprehensive Hadith coverage, broader multilingual support, and richer scholarly classification across all supported collections.

History & Insights Expansion

📊 Advanced Reading Analytics

The History & Insights system has been significantly expanded with deeper reading statistics, additional metrics, and new visual analytics.

New Unique Read Metrics

In addition to total read tracking, the app now separately tracks and visualizes unique reading activity.

New metrics include:

Total Quran Unique Reads
Total Hadith Unique Reads
Average Unique Reads Per Day
Unique Read Distribution Analytics

A new dedicated Unique Read Share visualization has also been added alongside existing total read analytics.

These additions provide a more accurate understanding of engagement patterns and study consistency over time.

📈 Activity Graphs

Two new activity visualization graphs have been introduced to provide broader insight into reading behavior and engagement trends.

📅 Activity Over Time

This adaptive graph visualizes reading activity across dynamic time ranges, including:

Daily activity
Monthly activity
Yearly activity

The graph intelligently adjusts based on the selected time range, helping users quickly identify periods of highest engagement and long-term reading patterns.

🕓 Reading by Hour of Day

A second activity graph now displays reading engagement distributed throughout the day.

This allows users to better understand:

Peak reading hours
Daily study habits
Time-based engagement patterns

These additions further evolve the Insights Dashboard into a more complete activity and productivity tracking system.

Date Range Filtering

📆 Global Dashboard Time Ranges

History and Insights now fully support reactive date-range filtering across the entire dashboard experience.

Users can instantly filter:

History listings
Metrics
Charts
Activity graphs
Reading statistics

using predefined or custom date ranges.

Included Quick Ranges

All Time
Today
Yesterday
3 Days
7 Days
30 Days
3 Months
1 Year
2 Years
3 Years

Custom date-range selection is also fully supported.

All analytics and listings update instantly based on the selected range, creating a more flexible and research-friendly experience.

⚡ Optimized History Performance

The History system has also received major backend and performance refinements.

Enhancements include:

Improved pagination
Smoother scrolling
Reduced memory usage
Better responsiveness with large datasets
Faster filtering and searching
More efficient data handling

These improvements ensure smooth performance even with extensive reading histories and analytics data.

Unified Sorting System

🔃 Comprehensive Sorting Infrastructure

A fully unified and consistent sorting system has now been implemented across all sections of the app.

This redesign introduces:

Standardized sorting behavior
Consistent UI patterns
Ascending and descending ordering support
Context-aware sorting options based on content type

The goal is to provide maximum flexibility while maintaining a modern, intuitive, and user-friendly experience.

📚 Example — Hadith Book Sorting

Supported sorting options now include:

Default — Original curated order of Hadith books
Book name — Alphabetical order by English book title
Arabic name — Alphabetical order by Arabic book title
Chapter count — Number of chapters contained in the book
Total Hadith — Total number of Hadith narrations in the book
Compiled date — Historical order by when the book was compiled
Translations — Number of available language translations
Read progress — Percentage of Hadith you have read in the book
Read count — Total number of Hadith you have read across all sessions
Last read — Most recently opened books appear first

🕋 Example — Quran Surah Sorting

Surah listings now support sorting by:

Traditional Sequential Quranic Ordering Based on Surah Number
Alphabetical Ordering Using Romanized (English Transliteration) Surah Names
Alphabetical Ordering Using Native Arabic Surah Names
Chronological Ordering Based on Historical Revelation Sequence of the Surahs
Numerical Sorting Based on Total Number of Verses (Ayahs) Within Each Surah
Numerical Sorting Based on Total Number of Rukus Contained in Each Surah
Alphabetical Ordering Using English Translation or Meaning of Surah Names
Classification-Based Grouping by Revelation Type (Makki or Madani Surahs)

📂 Supported Sections

Sorting support has now been integrated across all sections, including:

Collections
History
Hadith Books
Hadith Chapters
Quran Surahs
Quran Juz / Parah
Resource Packs
Almost all list-based sections throughout the app

Further expansion is planned as more datasets and systems evolve.

Resource Pack Management

📦 Improved Resource Pack Controls

Users now have greater control over downloaded resource packs.

A redesigned unified resource management dialog now allows users to:

Delete downloaded resource packs
Redownload resources at any time
Manage storage more efficiently
Maintain cleaner local content organization

Resource removal and restoration have also been optimized to ensure data integrity and faster processing.

UI, Stability & Performance

✨ UI Consistency Improvements

Version 4.2 introduces additional refinements focused on visual consistency and interface polish throughout the app.

Enhancements include:

More consistent iconography
Improved spacing and layout standards
Better theming consistency
Refined component styling
Cleaner visual hierarchy across screens

These refinements contribute to a more cohesive and modern user experience.

⚡ Performance Improvements & Bug Fixes

This release also includes continued infrastructure improvements and system optimizations.

Enhancements include:

Improved overall responsiveness
Better compatibility across devices
SDK and dependency upgrades
Stability improvements across multiple sections
General bug fixes and reliability refinements

📱 Application: Al Islam
🏷️ Version: 4.2 — Expansive Horizons
🗓️ Release Date: May 19, 2026

4.1

Chronicled

v4.1 · May 9, 2026

Al Islam — Version 4.1

Chronicled 📚

📅 Release Date: May 09, 2026

Version 4.1 focuses on restoring and expanding some of the app’s most requested productivity and tracking capabilities. This release introduces a fully redesigned History system, deeper reading insights, enriched Hadith collection details, and continued infrastructure modernization across the platform.

History System — Rebuilt

🕘 History Section Remastered

The History Section, temporarily removed during the major architectural transition in Version 4.0, has now returned with a completely rebuilt foundation.

Reading activity is once again automatically tracked across supported sections, allowing users to revisit previously accessed content with greater speed and organization.

Core features include:

Automatic reading history tracking
Section-based filtering
Direct navigation back to previously viewed content
Improved history organization and responsiveness
Enhanced reliability and data handling

The redesigned system also lays the groundwork for future analytics, tracking, and personalized insights features planned for upcoming releases.

📊 Insights Dashboard

A brand-new Insights Dashboard has been introduced to provide a deeper understanding of reading activity and engagement patterns throughout the app.

Users can now access detailed reading statistics and progress metrics, including:

Total Reads and Unique Reads
Per-section activity breakdowns
Average Reads Per Day
Active Reading Days
Current Reading Streak
Highest Recorded Streak
Section-based engagement distribution

The dashboard also includes visual analytics such as section share charts and progress indicators to make activity tracking clearer and more engaging.

This release establishes the initial foundation for a much broader insights and productivity ecosystem planned for future updates.

Hadith Collections Enhancements

📚 Enriched Hadith Book Profiles

The Hadith Books section has been significantly expanded with richer metadata, progress tracking, and improved discoverability.

Each collection now includes more detailed information, such as:

Book title
Compiler information
Collection category and labels
Total Hadith count
Total chapter count
Supported language count
Compilation dates in both Hijri and Gregorian calendars
Scholarly descriptions and contextual information

These additions provide a more informative and research-friendly browsing experience.

📖 Reading Progress Tracking

Detailed reading progress metrics have now been integrated directly into Hadith collection profiles.

Users can now view:

Total Hadiths read
Completion percentages
Total reads and unique reads
Visual progress indicators
Last read timestamps

These additions make it easier to monitor study progress and continue reading seamlessly across collections.

🔍 Improved Book Search

Search functionality within the Hadith Books section has also been enhanced.

Users can now search collections using multiple metadata points, including:

Book name
Compiler
Collection category
Labels and classifications
Additional indexed reference data

This provides faster and more flexible navigation across large collections.

Platform Improvements

⚙️ SDK & Library Updates

Core frameworks, libraries, and system components have been updated across the app to improve compatibility, performance, and long-term maintainability.

Enhancements include:

Improved support for modern Android devices
Compatibility updates for newer Android versions
Better optimization based on device and Play Console insights
Stability improvements across multiple environments

These updates help ensure a smoother and more reliable experience across a broader range of hardware and operating system versions.

⚡ Performance & Stability Improvements

This release also includes continued optimizations focused on responsiveness and reliability throughout the app.

Improvements include:

Faster screen rendering
Improved responsiveness during large data operations
Better memory management
Reduced interface lag
General bug fixes and stability enhancements

📱 Application: Al Islam
🏷️ Version: 4.1 — Chronicled
🗓️ Release Date: May 09, 2026

4.0

Elevated

v4.0 · April 30, 2026

Al Islam — Version 4.0

Elevated ✨

📅 Release Date: April 30, 2026

Version 4.0 represents the most ambitious and transformative release in the history of Al Islam — a complete evolution of the platform designed to deliver a faster, smarter, and more scalable Islamic experience for years to come.

This update introduces a fully modernized foundation, major improvements to collections and prayer systems, optional cloud capabilities, enhanced customization, and extensive usability refinements throughout the app.

A Completely Reimagined Foundation

⚙️ Fully Rebuilt Architecture

Al Islam has been completely rebuilt from the ground up using a modern, modular, and scalable architecture.

Every major layer of the application — including the interface, data handling systems, and content infrastructure — has been redesigned to improve:

Reliability
Performance
Scalability
Long-term maintainability
Future feature expansion

The underlying data architecture has also been elevated to support improved integrity, compatibility, synchronization readiness, and future cloud-connected capabilities.

This new foundation enables significantly faster feature delivery, smoother updates, and a more refined experience moving forward.

Resource & Content System Updates

📦 Resource Packs Rebuilt

All downloadable content packs and backend resources have been fully updated to support the new infrastructure introduced in Version 4.0.

This includes improvements to:

Content organization
Data compatibility
Resource handling efficiency
Future scalability

Important Compatibility Note

To ensure compatibility with the new system:

Existing downloadable resource packs must be redownloaded
Collections and personal user data will migrate automatically
No manual migration steps are required
Existing collection data remains safe and preserved

Support for Version 3.0 resources remains temporarily available, though updating to Version 4.0 is strongly recommended for the best experience.

Cloud Features & Authentication

☁️ Cloud Backup & Sync

Collections now support optional cloud backup and synchronization across devices.

Users can:

Enable cloud backup
Trigger manual synchronization
Use automatic syncing for continuous backup protection
Restore collections across supported devices

Al Islam remains a fully offline-first application, and all cloud functionality is completely optional.

Offline functionality continues to work independently without requiring an account or internet connection.

Premium Feature Availability

Cloud backup and synchronization are available as part of the Premium Plan.

🔐 Optional Authentication

Authentication support has been introduced to power cloud-based features and future account-connected experiences.

Key principles include:

Sign-in remains entirely optional
Core app functionality works fully offline without an account
Future account-based features will always remain permission-based and transparent

This infrastructure lays the groundwork for more personalized experiences in future updates.

Collections System Improvements

📁 Advanced Collection Enhancements

The Collections system has received major usability, reliability, and workflow improvements.

Enhancements include:

Improved multi-item selection
New copy functionality
Collection search support
Better organization workflows
Improved handling of edge cases and error scenarios
Enhanced overall responsiveness and stability

These refinements create a smoother and more reliable content management experience across large and complex collections.

Prayer Times & Location Profiles

📍 Location Profiles

Prayer Times now supports fully independent Location Profiles.

Each profile can maintain its own:

Timezone
Prayer calculation method
Madhab preferences
Date adjustments
Time formatting preferences
Display title and metadata
Additional prayer-related configurations

The system has also been redesigned to intelligently configure many settings automatically based on the selected location.

🌐 Advanced Geolocation & Timezone Detection

Location handling has been significantly improved with enhanced geocoding and timezone intelligence.

Enhancements include:

Improved location detection
Accurate timezone resolution
Automatic country recognition
Local and cloud-assisted geocoding support
Manual customization controls when needed

All location-related data remains locally managed unless cloud-connected features are explicitly enabled.

Users can also:

Create custom titles for profiles
Override timezones manually
Adjust prayer calculation settings independently per profile

🕌 Expanded Prayer Calculation Controls

Each Location Profile now supports extensive calculation customization options, including:

Selection from 11 prayer calculation methods
Asr standard override support (Hanafi / Shafi)
High altitude rule configuration
Prayer time rounding preferences
Twilight definition adjustments
Hijri date offset customization

These controls provide greater flexibility for users across different regions, schools of thought, and personal preferences.

🕓 High Altitude Rule Support

Supported High Altitude Rule options now include:

None
Middle of the Night
Seventh of the Night
Twilight

This improves prayer time accuracy in regions with complex sunrise and sunset conditions.

⏱️ Time Rounding Options

Prayer time rounding preferences can now be configured with support for:

None
Nearest
Up

This allows users to tailor displayed timings according to personal preference.

🌅 Twilight Definition Controls

Users can now customize Twilight Definitions with support for:

General
Ahmar
Abyad

These options provide additional flexibility for advanced prayer time calculation preferences.

🌍 Redesigned Timezone Selector

The timezone selector has been completely redesigned for faster and clearer navigation.

Users can now search timezones using:

GMT offset
Country
Timezone name
Timezone identifier
Current local time

This significantly simplifies timezone selection and verification.

User Experience Improvements

✨ General UX & Handiness Improvements

Numerous refinements have been made throughout the app to improve usability, consistency, and responsiveness.

Enhancements include:

More intuitive controls and selectors
Improved navigation consistency
Better handling of large datasets
Smarter search experiences
Cleaner interaction flows
Improved responsiveness across complex interfaces

These updates contribute to a more polished and fluid overall experience.

Premium Plan

💎 Premium Features

Version 4.0 introduces the new Premium Plan, linked securely to user accounts.

Premium benefits currently include:

Cloud backup & synchronization across devices
Unlimited saved Location Profiles
Early access to upcoming features and improvements

Additional premium capabilities may be introduced in future releases.

Temporary Changes

🕘 History Section Temporarily Disabled

The History Section has been temporarily disabled while a redesigned and more capable replacement system is being developed.

A significantly improved version of the feature is planned for an upcoming release.

Stability & Performance

⚡ Performance Improvements & Bug Fixes

This release also includes extensive optimizations and reliability improvements throughout the app.

Enhancements include:

Improved performance across modern devices
Better overall responsiveness
Reduced interface lag
Stability improvements across multiple sections
Bug fixes and infrastructure refinements

📱 Application: Al Islam
🏷️ Version: 4.0 — Elevated
🗓️ Release Date: April 30, 2026

3.0

Reloaded

v3.0 · July 3, 2025

Al Islam — Version 3.0

Reloaded 🚀

📅 Release Date: July 03, 2025

Version 3.0 marks a foundational shift for the app — not just in terms of features, but also architecture, flexibility, and how content is structured, delivered, and interacted with.

This changelog provides a full breakdown of what’s new, what’s changed, and what’s coming soon.

🕋 Quran Section

🗣️ Multi-Translation Support (with Scholar Metadata)

Previously, translations were limited to one per language (23 languages total). In this update:

Translations have been expanded to 37 languages
Many languages now offer multiple translations, categorized by scholar
Each translation includes metadata: scholar name, language, and other relevant info
The data model has been restructured to allow easier access and future expansion

This makes the Quran section richer, more diverse, and easier to navigate based on user preference.

Translations

Maulana Fateh Muhammad Jhalandari - Urdu
Maulana Sayed Abu Ala Maududi - Urdu
Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani - Urdu
Sahh International - English
Maulana Muhammad Junagari - Urdu
Dr. Israr Ahmad - Urdu
Imam Ahmad Raza Khan - Urdu
Maulana Amin Ahsan Islahi - Urdu
Dr. Tahirul Qadri - Urdu
Maulana Abdus Salam - Urdu
Dr. Muhammad Aslam Siddiqui - Urdu
Allama Jawadi - Urdu
Muhammad Hussain Najafi - Urdu
Mrs. Riffat Ijaz - Urdu
Abdullah Yousaf Ali - English
Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani - English
Maulana Sayed Abu Ala Maududi - English
Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri - English
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall - English
Muhammad Sarwar - English
Muhammad Habib Shakir - English
Suleyman Ates - Turkish
Alİ Bulaç - Turkish
Diyanet Isleri - Turkish
Abdulbaki Golpinarli - Turkish
Yasar Nuri Ozturk - Turkish
Diyanet Vakfi - Turkish
Elmalili Hamdi Yazir - Turkish
Suat Yildirim - Turkish
Edip Yüksel - Turkish
Hussain Ansarian - Persian
Abolfazl Bahrampour - Persian
Mohammad Mahdi Fooladvand - Persian
Mohsen Gharaati - Persian
Mahdi Elahi Ghomshei - Persian
Baha'oddin Khorramshahi - Persian
Mostafa Khorramdel - Persian
Naser Makarem Shirazi - Persian
Mohammad Kazem Moezzi - Persian
Sayyed Jalaloddin Mojtabavi - Persian
Mohammad Sadeqi Tehrani - Persian
Sayyed Mohammad Reza Safavi - Persian
Muhiuddin Khan - Bengali
Zohurul Hoque - Bengali
Abu Rida Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Rassoul - German
A. S. F. Bubenheim and N. Elyas - German
Adel Theodor Khoury - German
Amir Zaidan - German
Raúl González Bórnez - Spanish
Julio Cortes - Spanish
Muhammad Isa García - Spanish
Muhammad Hamidullah - French
Muhammad Farooq Khan and Muhammad Ahmed - Hindi
Suhel Farooq Khan and Saifur Rahman Nadwi - Hindi
Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs - Indonesian
Muhammad Quraish Shihab et al - Indonesian
Hamza Roberto Piccardo - Italian
Abdullah Muhammad Basmeih - Malay
Salomo Keyzer - Dutch
Fred Leemhuis - Dutch
Sofian S. Siregar - Dutch
Einar Berg - Norwegian
Józefa Bielawskiego - Polish
Abdulwali Khan - Pashto
George Grigore - Romanian
Mahmud Muhammad Abduh - Somali
Sherif Ahmeti - Albanian
Hasan Efendi Nahi - Albanian
Jan Turst Foundation - Tamil
Ma Jian - Chinese
Ma Jian (Traditional) - Chinese
Muhammed Sadiq and Muhammed Sani Habib - Amharic
Vasim Mammadaliyev and Ziya Bunyadov - Azerbaijani
Alikhan Musayev - Azerbaijani
Ramdane At Mansour - Amazigh
Tzvetan Theophanov - Bulgarian
Besim Korkut - Bosnian
Mustafa Mlivo - Bosnian
A. R. Nykl - Czech
Office of the President of Maldives - Divehi
Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi - Hausa
Burhan Muhammad-Amin - Kurdish
Samir El-Hayek - Portuguese
Abu Adel - Russian
Muslim Religious Board of the Republiс of Tatarstan - Russian
Ignaty Yulianovich Krachkovsky - Russian
Elmir Kuliev - Russian
V. Porokhova - Russian
Gordy Semyonovich Sablukov - Russian
Knut Bernström - Swedish
Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani - Swahili
AbdolMohammad Ayati - Tajik
Muhammad Saleh - Uyghur
Muhammad Sodik Muhammad Yusuf - Uzbek
Preklad I. Hrbek - Czech

📚 Tafsir Support (Verse Explanations)

Tafsir (exegesis or commentary) helps provide deep context for Quranic verses. This update introduces:

Dedicated Tafsir support
Available in multiple languages, with multiple Tafsir entries per language where available
Seamless switching between translation and Tafsir modes
10 Tafsir packs added (currently in Urdu and English)

This builds the groundwork for deeper engagement with the Quran.

Tafsir

Tafsir Ibn Kathir - Urdu
Tafheem-ul-Quran - Urdu
Bayān al-Qur’ān - Urdu
Aasaan Qur’an - Urdu
Ahsan-ul-Bayan - Urdu
Tafsir Ibn Kathir - English
Ma’ariful Qur’an - Urdu
Ma’ariful Qur’an - English
Tafheem-ul-Quran - English
Tayseer-ul-Qur’an - Urdu

📖 Multi-Translation & Tafsir Preview Experience

The ayah preview now allows users to select and view multiple translations and Tafsirs simultaneously within a clean, modern, and user-friendly layout. The interface supports instant drag-and-drop reordering, making it incredibly simple to prioritize your preferred texts by sliding them up or down. Users can also fluidly swipe between dedicated Translation and Tafsir modes, enjoying a seamless, handy navigation experience that includes frictionless jumping directly between verses.

📖 Enhanced Reference Tracking

The app now features an advanced referencing engine that provides unparalleled clarity when exploring Hadith and Quranic citations. References have become richer and more informative while maintaining a highly readable layout, allowing users to instantly track their reading journey through sleek visual progress bars that show exactly how far they have come and what remains. For instance, when looking at a Hadith, a single, intuitive metric block elegantly displays the exact Hadith number within its specific chapter, the current chapter number relative to the total chapters in the book, and its precise sequential position. These dense yet incredibly clear visual statistics bring a new level of context and convenience to every verse and narration you study.

🕰️ Prayer Times Section

Completely rewritten with a focus on flexibility, privacy, and accuracy.

📍 Flexible Location Setup

Users now have multiple ways to configure their prayer location:

Use precise GPS (as before)
Search by address (geocoding)
Enter coordinates manually

This is especially helpful for privacy-conscious users or those in less-mapped regions.

🌐 Manage & Switch Between Multiple Locations

Users can now:

Save multiple locations
Rename, edit, or delete any saved location
Easily switch between saved profiles

Ideal for users who travel or want to track times for family in different regions.

🕓 Time Zone Handling

Time zone is automatically detected based on coordinates
Can be manually overridden for custom use cases
Resets easily back to default detection with one tap
Time zone is saved per-location and applied across the app

Timezone management is now a fully integrated core configuration of the app, ensuring absolute consistency across every single feature. Any changes instantly reflect everywhere—from calendar dates to precise prayer times and general time stamps. Users can easily update this setting via an intuitive selection dialog that simplifies the choice by clearly presenting their current device system timezone, the geographical location timezone, and the active timezone currently applied to the app.

📅 Date-Based Timing View with Hijri Sync

View prayer timings for any day, past or future
Built-in calendar picker makes date selection easy
Islamic calendar (Hijri) updates alongside Gregorian selection
Reset to today with one tap

This makes planning, reviewing, and learning easier.

Introduced a significantly enhanced prayer times experience ✨ Users can now view the current prayer status, remaining time for the active prayer, and countdowns to upcoming prayers with live clock counters, dynamic progress bars, and real-time prayer status indicators.

📁 Collections Section — Now a True File Manager

The bookmarks/collections section has been fully redesigned, transforming it into a file manager-like experience for your saved Islamic content.

🏠 Root-Based, No Default Folder

No mandatory "Bookmarks" folder anymore
Users start from a clean root space
Items (Hadith, Ayahs, etc.) can be saved directly in the root or inside folders

🗂️ Unlimited Nesting & Hierarchies

Create folders inside folders without limits
Design your collection structure however you like
- Example: /Hadith/Sahih Bukhari/Charity/Reminders

🗃️ Save in Multiple Locations

One item (e.g., a Hadith) can exist in multiple folders — just like copying a file
Ideal for organizing the same reference under different topics. with your very own titles and metadata.

🔧 File Manager-Like Controls

Select multiple items
Bulk move, copy, delete, rename
Reorganize layout as you grow your content

This redesign unlocks complete control over how users store, revisit, and study Islamic material.

📝 A Note on Infrastructure & Requests

📊 App Infrastructure Rewritten

App rebuilt using modern architecture (Android Industry standard Compose, MVVM, scalable schema, etc.)
Improved modularity, future-proofing, and maintainability
A completely live and reactive experience.

🔖 Hadith Labels (Grading)

Labels like Sahih, Da'if are being added gradually
Some books already have them, others will follow as verified data becomes available

🌍 In-App Language Selection (UI)

Currently under consideration
Would allow changing app UI language (not just content language)
We're exploring proper localization for future updates

🚧 Temporarily Disabled or Sunset Features

🔍 Search Functionality

In older versions:

Users could search by text, regex, or reference

In v3.0:

Only reference-based search remains active (for both Quran and Hadith)
Text & regex search are disabled temporarily as we rebuild the system

They will return with a more refined, accurate engine soon.

📦 Data Packs / Expansion Downloads

Due to schema restructuring:

Existing data packs (books, translations, Tafsir) are no longer compatible
Users must redownload them from within the app
First-time access will prompt for redownload

📱 Application: Al Islam
🏷️ Version: 3.0 — Reloaded
🗓️ Release Date: July 03, 2025

2.5

Ramadan Special

v2.5 · March 26, 2024

Al Islam — Version 2.5

Ramadan Special 🌙

📅 Release Date: March 27, 2024

The Ramadan Special update introduces major enhancements to note formatting, content organization, and history management, alongside continued improvements to performance, compatibility, and overall app stability.

This release focuses on providing a richer and more flexible reading and study experience throughout the app.

New Features & Enhancements

✍️ Advanced Formatting Support

Rich Markdown and HTML formatting support has now been introduced for Notes and supported content views.

Users can now create more structured, expressive, and organized content using a wide range of formatting options, including:

Images
Tables
Checklists
Ordered and unordered lists
Bullet points and numbering
Multiple heading styles
Inline and reference links
Blockquotes
Code blocks
Horizontal dividers
Bold, italic, underline, and strikethrough formatting
Superscript and subscript text
HTML entities and extended formatting support

These enhancements provide greater flexibility for personal notes, study references, structured content organization, and detailed Islamic research workflows.

The formatting system has been designed to maintain readability while offering advanced customization capabilities within the app experience.

🕘 Enhanced History Section

The History Section has been further improved with enhanced filtering and tracking capabilities.

Users can now navigate and analyze previously viewed content more efficiently through improved history management tools and refined organization.

Enhancements include:

Improved activity filtering
Better history organization
Faster access to previously viewed content
Enhanced tracking and navigation controls
Improved readability of historical activity records

These refinements make it easier to revisit content, continue previous reading sessions, and manage activity history more effectively.

Performance & Stability

⚡ Performance Improvements & Bug Fixes

This release also includes multiple optimizations focused on improving app responsiveness, reliability, and compatibility across modern devices.

Improvements include:

General bug fixes and stability enhancements
Improved app responsiveness
Better performance across large content sections
Enhanced compatibility with newer Android devices and operating system versions
Refinements to overall interface smoothness and usability

Additional polishing and usability improvements have also been applied throughout the app experience.

📱 Application: Al Islam
🏷️ Version: 2.5 — Ramadan Special
🗓️ Release Date: March 27, 2024

2.4

Prayer+

v2.4 · February 11, 2024

Al Islam — Version 2.4

Prayer+ 🕌

📅 Release Date: February 11, 2024

The Prayer+ update introduces one of the most requested additions to the app with the launch of a fully offline Prayer Times system, alongside enhanced search capabilities, advanced color customization tools, and broader interface improvements.

This release focuses on accuracy, flexibility, and a more personalized daily Islamic experience.

New Features & Enhancements

🕰️ Offline Prayer Times

Prayer Times support has now been fully integrated into the app with offline accessibility and high-precision astronomical calculations.

After granting location access, users can view accurate prayer schedules without requiring an active internet connection.

Key features include:

Fully offline prayer time support
Accurate location-based calculations
Automatic timezone and regional adjustments
Prayer start and end times
Sunnah and night-based timings
12-hour (AM/PM) and 24-hour time format support

The app also intelligently recommends suitable calculation methods and jurisprudence preferences based on the user’s region while still allowing complete manual customization.

🌍 Supported Prayer Calculation Methods

Al Islam now supports multiple internationally recognized prayer calculation methods, including:

Muslim World League
Egyptian General Authority of Survey
University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi
Umm al-Qura University, Makkah
General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowments (UAE)
Moonsighting Committee Worldwide (MCW)
Islamic Society of North America (ISNA)
Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, Kuwait
Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs, Qatar
Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS)
Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı, Turkey

Support for different schools of thought, including Hanafi and Shafi methodologies, has also been included for more personalized calculations.

🌙 Included Prayer & Islamic Time Indicators

The Prayer+ section includes detailed timings for:

Fajr
Sunrise
Dhuhr
Asr
Maghrib
Isha
Islamic Midnight
Last Third of the Night

These additions provide a more comprehensive daily prayer and worship experience.

🔍 Search by Regular Expression (Regex)

A new advanced search method, “Search by Regex,” has been introduced for more precise and flexible content discovery.

This feature allows users to:

Search using pattern-based expressions
Perform advanced Hadith and Quran searches
Find content beyond exact keyword matching
Improve search precision across large collections

This enhancement is especially useful for advanced research and detailed content exploration.

🎨 Advanced Color Adjustment

The Text Adjustment section has been expanded with advanced color customization controls.

Users can now personalize text appearance using:

Hue controls
Saturation controls
Brightness adjustment
Alpha (transparency) support
Custom color code input

These additions provide more flexibility for creating comfortable and personalized reading environments across the app.

User Experience Improvements

🖥️ Refined User Interface

The user interface has been further refined to improve readability, accessibility, and overall navigation throughout the app.

Enhancements include:

Improved navigation flow
Cleaner visual presentation
Better interaction consistency
More responsive layouts
Enhanced reading comfort across sections

These refinements contribute to a smoother and more polished overall experience.

⚡ Performance Improvements & Stability

This update also includes extensive performance optimizations and stability improvements across multiple areas of the app.

Improvements include:

Faster loading times
Improved scrolling performance
Better responsiveness during heavy usage
Reduced interface lag
General bug fixes and reliability enhancements

📱 Application: Al Islam
🏷️ Version: 2.4 — Prayer+
🗓️ Release Date: February 11, 2024

2.3

2024 Edition

v2.3 · January 4, 2024

Al Islam — Version 2.3

2024 Edition ✨

📅 Release Date: January 04, 2024

The 2024 Edition introduces major personalization enhancements, expanded typography support, improved search capabilities, and continued refinements to the reading experience across the app.

This update focuses on delivering greater flexibility, deeper customization, and a smoother overall user experience.

New Features & Enhancements

🎨 Advanced Text Customization

A dedicated Text Adjustment section has now been introduced, providing extensive control over text appearance and reading preferences across the app.

Users can now customize text settings independently for different sections and languages, allowing for a more personalized and accessible reading experience.

Customization options include:

Adjustable font size
Line spacing and letter spacing controls
Multiple built-in font selections
Bold, italic, underline, and text case formatting
Real-time preview while adjusting settings

These controls are supported across multiple reading interfaces, including:

Hadith previews
Hadith listings
Chapter views
Quran sections
Random hadith screens
Additional content views

Language-specific enhancements have also been added, including Arabic diacritic (A‘rab) visibility controls for more flexible Arabic reading preferences.

The Text Adjustment system has been designed to provide advanced customization while maintaining a clean, intuitive, and easy-to-use interface.

🔤 Custom Font Support

Support for importing custom fonts has now been added.

Users can now:

Import third-party TrueType fonts (.ttf)
Assign custom font names
Organize fonts by preferred language
Rename or remove imported fonts
Persist custom font selections across the app

The app also continues to include a collection of built-in fonts optimized for commonly used languages and scripts.

This enhancement provides significantly greater flexibility for users who prefer personalized typography and reading styles.

📚 Mustadrak Al-Hakim Added

The collection library has been further expanded with the addition of Al-Mustadrak Al-Hakim.

Currently available languages include:

Arabic
Urdu

Additional language support and expanded resources are planned for future updates as the collection continues to grow.

🔍 Search by Text (Exact)

A new “Search by Text (Exact)” method has been introduced to provide more precise and refined content discovery.

This feature allows users to:

Search using exact keywords or phrases
Search across Hadith collections and Quran content
Filter searches by specific books
Select preferred languages and scripts
Narrow down results for more accurate matching

This enhancement significantly improves content accessibility and makes finding specific hadiths or verses faster and more efficient.

User Experience Improvements

🖥️ Enhanced Interface & Navigation

The user interface has been further refined to improve usability, readability, and navigation consistency across the app.

Enhancements include:

Cleaner visual presentation
Improved navigation flow
Better responsiveness across screens
More polished reading layouts
Enhanced interaction consistency

These refinements contribute to a smoother and more modern overall experience.

⚡ Performance Improvements & Stability

This release also includes multiple optimizations focused on improving performance and reliability throughout the app.

Improvements include:

Faster content loading
Improved scrolling responsiveness
Better memory and resource handling
Reduced interface lag
General bug fixes and stability enhancements

📱 Application: Al Islam
🏷️ Version: 2.3 — 2024 Edition
🗓️ Release Date: January 04, 2024

2.2

Quranic Edition

v2.2 · November 25, 2023

Al Islam — Version 2.2

Quranic Edition 📖

📅 Release Date: November 25, 2023

This release marks a major milestone for the app with the introduction of a fully integrated Quran section, transforming the experience beyond hadith collections into a more comprehensive Islamic learning platform.

The update also includes multilingual Quran support, enhanced navigation, improved note formatting, and overall performance refinements.

Major New Addition

📖 Quran with Multilingual Support

The app now includes a dedicated Quran section with support for translations in 23 languages, providing a more accessible and inclusive reading experience for users around the world.

The Quran section has been carefully structured for ease of navigation and comfortable reading, featuring:

Organized Surah and Juz/Parah browsing
Dedicated bookmarks and favorites section
Smooth scroll-based reading experience
Verse preview with detailed references
Swipe-based verse navigation
Rapid reference navigation controls
Direct verse and Surah jump functionality

The experience has been designed to balance advanced functionality with a clean, modern, and intuitive interface, ensuring accessibility without compromising usability.

🌍 Supported Quran Translation Languages

The Quran section currently supports the following translation languages:

Albanian
Bangla
Chinese
Dutch
French
German
Hindi
Indonesian
Italian
Malay
Malayalam
Norwegian
Pashto
Persian
Polish
Romanian
Russian
Sindhi
Somali
Spanish
Tamil
Turkish
Urdu

This multilingual expansion enables users to explore Quranic teachings in their preferred language while maintaining a structured and consistent reading experience throughout the app.

Enhanced Reading Experience

✍️ Formatted Notes

The Notes experience has been enhanced with support for rich text formatting and improved organization tools.

Users can now create more structured and readable notes using formatting options such as:

Bold text
Italic text
Strikethrough formatting
Symbol-based organization
Improved content structuring

These enhancements make personal reflections, study notes, and research references easier to organize and revisit.

Additional note formatting improvements and advanced editing capabilities are planned for future updates.

Performance & Reliability

⚡ Improved Performance

This release also includes a wide range of optimizations aimed at improving overall app responsiveness and stability.

Enhancements include:

Faster navigation and loading times
Improved scrolling performance
Better responsiveness across content-heavy sections
General stability improvements
Bug fixes and reliability enhancements

These refinements contribute to a smoother and more seamless reading experience throughout the app.

📱 Application: Al Islam
🏷️ Version: 2.2 — Quranic Edition
🗓️ Release Date: November 25, 2023

2.1

Supreme Update

v2.1 · October 12, 2023

Al Islam — Version 2.1

Supreme Update ✨

📅 Release Date: October 12, 2023

This update delivers one of the largest content expansions in the app’s history, alongside major improvements to references, bookmarking, multilingual accessibility, and overall performance.

Major Content Expansion

📚 Expanded Hadith Library

The hadith collection has been significantly expanded with the addition of 13 new Hadith collections, complementing the existing major hadith books (Sihah Sitta).

This expansion introduces a broader and more comprehensive Islamic library experience with improved organization, multilingual accessibility, structured references, and enhanced navigation throughout the app.

Newly Added Collections

Mishkat Al-Masabih
Supported Languages: Arabic, English, Urdu, Hindi
Al-Silsila Al-Sahiha
Supported Languages: Arabic, Urdu
Muwatta Imam Malik
Supported Languages: Arabic, English, Urdu
Muwatta Imam Muhammad
Supported Languages: Arabic, Urdu
Ma'arif-ul-Hadith
Supported Languages: Arabic, Urdu
Shamail Tirmidhi
Supported Languages: Arabic, English, Urdu
Sahifa Hammam ibn Munabbih
Supported Languages: Arabic, Urdu
Sunan Al-Darimi
Supported Languages: Arabic, Urdu
Sunan Al-Daraqutni
Supported Languages: Arabic, Urdu
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
Supported Languages: Arabic, Urdu
Sharh Ma‘ani al-Athar (Al-Tahawi)
Supported Languages: Arabic, Urdu
Musnad Ahmad
Supported Languages: Arabic, Urdu
Sunan Al-Kubra
Supported Languages: Arabic, Urdu

⬇️ Flexible Book Downloads

To improve storage management and accessibility, books can now be downloaded individually based on your preferences.

Key improvements include:

Selective book downloads
On-demand content access
Improved download management
Reduced initial app size

Sahih al-Bukhari remains available by default during initial installation, while additional collections can be downloaded anytime within the app.

Enhanced Reading & Collection Experience

🔗 Responsive Hadith References

The Notes section within Collections has been enhanced with support for interactive hadith references.

You can now reference other hadiths directly within your notes, allowing linked references to become interactive and accessible with a single tap.

This enhancement enables:

Faster cross-referencing between hadiths
Improved contextual study
Easier navigation across collections and books
A more connected reading and research experience

❤️ Fav-in-Fav Collections

A new “Fav-in-Fav” feature has been introduced for quicker access to your most important saved hadiths.

This functionality allows you to:

Highlight selected bookmarks within collections
Create a focused layer of favorite saved items
Access priority bookmarks without reorganizing collections

This provides a faster and more convenient way to revisit frequently referenced hadiths while preserving your existing collection structure.

🌍 Enhanced Language Experience

Language setup and multilingual handling within Collections and bookmarked content have been refined for a smoother and more intuitive experience.

Enhancements include:

Improved language synchronization
Better multilingual content handling
More consistent section-based language preferences
Enhanced readability across supported languages

Performance & Stability

⚡ Performance Improvements

This release also includes multiple under-the-hood optimizations focused on improving overall reliability and responsiveness.

Improvements include:

Faster content loading
Improved navigation responsiveness
Enhanced download handling
Better memory and resource management
Stability improvements across multiple sections of the app

📱 Application: Al Islam
🏷️ Version: 2.1 — Supreme Update
🗓️ Release Date: October 12, 2023

2.0

Mega Update

v2.0 · September 22, 2023

Al Islam — Version 2.0

Mega Update 🚀

📅 Release Date: September 21, 2023

Version 2.0 introduces one of the largest upgrades to the app experience so far, focused on organization, personalization, multilingual accessibility, and overall usability improvements. This update significantly expands the reading experience while maintaining a clean, modern, and user-friendly interface.

New Features & Enhancements

📚 Collection Management

A fully redesigned Collection system has been introduced, providing a more organized and flexible way to manage bookmarked hadiths.

With Collections, you can now:

Create custom folders and collections
Save bookmarks into specific collections
Move bookmarks between collections
Add and manage personal notes for bookmarked hadiths
Edit collection notes independently
View bookmark and note modification timestamps
Remove individual bookmarks or entire collections with ease

The Collection system also includes backup and restore support, allowing you to:

Export collections as backup files
Import previously saved backups
Share collection backups across devices

This enhancement provides a more structured and reliable way to organize and preserve your saved content.

🔀 Random Hadith Experience

The Random Hadith section has been enhanced to provide a more dynamic and personalized reading experience.

Users can now customize various aspects of the reading interface, including:

Text size
Line spacing
Letter spacing
Text formatting preferences

The feature also adapts to your selected language preferences and dynamically displays supported resources accordingly, creating a smoother and more personalized experience while exploring Islamic teachings.

🌍 Multilingual Support

The app now provides improved multilingual support across multiple sections and content views.

Supported languages include:

Arabic
English
Urdu
Hindi
Bangla

Language preferences can now be configured independently for different sections of the app, allowing greater flexibility and personalization.

For example:

Arabic for hadith previews
English for random hadiths
Urdu for selected reading sections

This enhancement helps create a more customizable and accessible reading environment while maintaining a polished and intuitive user experience.

📖 Expanded Hadith References

Hadith references have been significantly expanded to provide richer context and easier navigation.

Additional reference details now include:

Book references
Chapter references
Narrator information
Kitab and Baab details
Hadith gradings
Related classifications

These improvements provide deeper context for study, research, and content exploration.

🕘 Reading History

A new History section has been introduced to help users keep track of recently viewed and read content.

Features include:

Automatic local history tracking
Timestamp-based activity records
Quick navigation back to previously viewed content
Section-specific activity history

Users can also:

Clear history manually at any time
Configure automatic cleanup rules
Set limits based on time or entry count
Apply different limits for individual sections

This provides better continuity across reading sessions while giving users more control over stored activity data.

Additional Improvements

⬇️ Background Downloads

Background downloading support has been added for a smoother and more seamless content experience.

Users can now continue using the app while downloads proceed in the background without interrupting ongoing activity.

🎨 Text Adjustment Controls

Text appearance customization has been expanded for hadith reading views, providing greater flexibility and readability controls.

Available customization options include:

Adjustable font size
Letter spacing and line spacing controls
Text color customization
Bold and italic formatting
Arabic diacritic (A‘rab) visibility controls
Uppercase toggling options
Independent visibility controls for Arabic and translation content

These enhancements allow users to tailor the reading experience according to their personal preferences and accessibility needs.

⚙️ Custom Language Preferences

Language settings have been further refined to support section-specific and book-specific customization.

This allows users to configure language preferences independently across different content areas for a more flexible multilingual experience.

🖥️ User Interface Improvements

The user interface has been extensively redesigned and expanded to improve navigation, accessibility, and usability throughout the app.

Enhancements include:

Improved screen organization
Expanded section accessibility
Cleaner navigation flow
Additional utility and informational views
Better overall layout consistency

Additional supporting features such as current timings, Gregorian dates, and Islamic calendar information have also been integrated into the experience.

⚡ Performance Improvements & Stability

This update also includes significant under-the-hood optimizations focused on performance, compatibility, and reliability.

Improvements include:

Faster content loading
Improved app responsiveness
Better handling of edge cases
Enhanced compatibility with modern Android devices and operating systems
General bug fixes and stability enhancements

📱 Application: Al Islam
🏷️ Version: 2.0 — Mega Update
🗓️ Release Date: September 21, 2023