Question 1

Is Al Islam free to use?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The Quran with its translations, tafsir and recitations, all 33 hadith collections, prayer times, reminders, the Qibla finder, the Hijri calendar, Tasbeeh, the Divine Names, notes, search, collections, reading history, text customization and the home screen widgets are free.

The free plan shows advertising, with at most five full-screen ads a day. Al Islam Premium is an optional monthly or annual subscription that removes advertising and adds backup and sync for your collections, the insights in History, unlimited prayer-time locations, and Intelligence. See the Premium page/docs/premium.

Question 2

Do I need an account?

Accepted Answer

No. Everything in the app works without signing in.

Signing in lets you back up and sync your Collections, including the notes inside them, with Premium, and manage your subscription. Your reading history, tasbeeh records, reminders, calendar data and settings stay on your device either way.

Question 3

What language is the app in?

Accepted Answer

The app's screens are in English. The Quran is available in 122 translations across 62 languages, and hadith in 5 languages.

Question 4

How do I listen to the Quran?

Accepted Answer

Open a surah and tap Listen to this surah, or open a verse and tap Recitation. Choose from 126 recitations by named reciters; many highlight each word as it is recited. Four recitations are included with the app, and Save offline keeps a surah on your device to play without a connection. See Recitation/docs/quranrecitation--hearing-the-quran-read.

Question 5

Can I read the Quran in IndoPak or with tajweed colours?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The Arabic can be shown in eleven scripts, including IndoPak Nastaliq and Naskh, Uthmani and the Madinah Mushaf with colour-coded tajweed. Tap the script's name under the surah title to change it. See Ways of Writing the Arabic/docs/quranways-of-writing-the-arabic.

Question 6

Can I read several translations at once?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The Quran and the Hadith Library both let you put as many translations on screen as you like, each as its own card, in the order you arrange them. One is marked primary — the source of references and details.

Question 7

How do I go straight to a verse?

Accepted Answer

Use Go to Verse in the Quran, or in the Search menu. Type `2:255`, a verse number from 1 to 6,236, or `juz 3` — or choose the surah and move along the bar to the verse.

Question 8

Can I copy a verse with its reference?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Long-press a verse and the copy sheet shows the text exactly as it will be copied. Choose which parts to include — the Arabic, a translation, the transliteration — how the Arabic is written, and whether to add a reference in the style you prefer, then Copy or Share. See Copying and Citing a Verse/docs/qurancopying-and-citing-a-verse.

Question 9

Can I find every word from one root?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Tap a word in Word by word and open its root to see every word the Qur'an builds from it, with where each occurs. See Word Roots/docs/quranword-roots.

Question 10

How do I go straight to a hadith?

Accepted Answer

Use Go to Hadith, on any hadith screen or in the Search menu. Type `bukhari 52`, `muslim 3:7` or the library's own number, or choose the collection and chapter. The dialog shows the narration's opening words before you go.

Question 11

What is the chain of narrators shown under a hadith?

Accepted Answer

It is the chain of transmission printed in the collection, drawn from the compiler's end to the narrator nearest the Prophet ﷺ. Tap a name to see the other narrations in your library that carry it. See the chain of transmission/docs/hadith-librarythe-chain-of-transmission.

Question 12

Is the same hadith recorded in other collections?

Accepted Answer

Often, yes. Also narrated in, beneath a narration, lists the other collections that record the same report, with how closely each is worded and its grading where that collection gives one. Tap one to read it. In Search, the same reports appear beneath a match, marked SAME REPORT. See Also Narrated In/docs/hadith-libraryalso-narrated-in.

Question 13

Can I see the verses a hadith quotes?

Accepted Answer

Yes. When a narration quotes the Qur'an, The Qur'an quoted here shows where each verse sits, drawn on the mushaf, with the verse itself a tap away. See The Qur'an Quoted Here/docs/hadith-librarythe-quran-quoted-here.

Question 14

Can I copy a hadith with its reference?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Long-press a narration and choose the parts to copy — the Arabic and any rendering — how it is laid out, and a reference with the collection, number, chapter and grading. See Copying and Citing a Narration/docs/hadith-librarycopying-and-citing-a-narration.

Question 15

How do I set up reminders?

Accepted Answer

Open Tools → Reminders. Reminders for the five daily prayers are already on. The first time, choose how reminders should reach you — from an ordinary notification to a full-screen alarm — and follow the steps for your phone's settings. Tap Add a reminder to add your own or a ready-made one. See Reminders/docs/reminders.

Question 16

Why is Reminders marked Experimental?

Accepted Answer

Delivering a reminder at an exact minute depends on how each phone manages apps in the background, and manufacturers differ. The label says the feature is still being refined across Android phones. Tap it to report a problem; the report includes your phone model and app version.

Question 17

How do I make sure reminders arrive on time?

Accepted Answer

In the Reminders settings, make sure notifications and exact-time alarms are allowed, that Al Islam is excluded from battery optimisation and, on phones that have one, that it may start on its own. Delivered shows what each reminder did.

Question 18

What if a reminder does not arrive?

Accepted Answer

Open Delivered in Reminders: it records what each reminder did, and when a phone setting is responsible for a late or missing reminder, it names the setting and offers to open it. Most often the answer is to allow exact-time alarms and exclude Al Islam from battery optimisation. To tell us about a problem, tap the Experimental label and choose Report a problem.

Question 19

Can a reminder play an adhan?

Accepted Answer

A reminder can play any sound on your device. Choose From my files under the reminder's sound and pick an adhan recording you have.

Question 20

What does Premium include?

Accepted Answer

No advertising; backup and sync for your Collections and the notes inside them; the insights in History and the Studio without limits; unlimited prayer-time locations; and Intelligence — AI translation, listening, questions and dictation using your own AI provider. Every font and display option is free.

Question 21

How many ads does the free plan show?

Accepted Answer

At most five full-screen ads a day, at least three minutes apart, and never on the first screens after you open the app. After each one, the app tells you which of the day's five it was. There are also banners in a few places. Premium removes all advertising.

Question 22

How do I cancel Premium?

Accepted Answer

Premium is billed through Google Play. Cancel at any time under Subscriptions in the Play Store; Premium continues until the end of the period you have paid for.

Uninstalling the app does not cancel a subscription. It belongs to your Google account and must be cancelled through Google Play.

Question 23

What happens to my content if I stop subscribing?

Accepted Answer

Nothing is deleted. Notes, collections, saved translations and settings stay on your device. Premium features stop, and subscribing again restores them.

Question 24

What is Intelligence?

Accepted Answer

AI tools that work on what you are reading: translate a verse or narration into any language, ask about it, listen to it read aloud, pin a translation to your reading, and dictate into notes. The tools sit beneath the passage itself, so the model works on the app's own text. See the Intelligence documentation/docs/intelligence.

Question 25

Does Premium include the AI usage?

Accepted Answer

Premium turns on the Intelligence tools; the AI models run on your own provider account, billed by that provider directly. There are no credits to run out and no mark-up. Several supported options run on your own computer at no cost.

Question 26

Why does Intelligence use my own AI provider account?

Accepted Answer

So that your requests go directly from your device to the provider you chose, your costs are itemised by that provider rather than hidden in a subscription, and you can use any model you like — including one released today.

Question 27

Can I use the AI features for free?

Accepted Answer

Yes, with a model that runs on your own computer — several supported options need no key, no account and no bill — or with a hosted service's free allowance. Premium is needed to turn the tools on.

Question 28

Which AI providers can I use?

Accepted Answer

More than thirty services — major AI companies, Arabic-first services, translation and voice services, and models that run on your own computer. The full list is in the Intelligence documentation/docs/intelligence.

Question 29

Are my AI keys safe?

Accepted Answer

Keys are stored encrypted on your device. A key is sent only to the provider it belongs to, with your requests — never to our servers — and it is never written to logs or backups, or shown in full again after you save it.

Question 30

Can Al Islam see my AI conversations?

Accepted Answer

No. Your device contacts your chosen provider directly, so your questions and the answers are not sent to us. Once a request reaches your provider, that provider's privacy policy applies; providers differ in what they keep. If you prefer, use a model that runs on your own computer.

Question 31

Does Intelligence work offline?

Accepted Answer

With a model that runs on your own computer, yes. Otherwise it needs a connection. Translations you have already made are saved and stay readable offline.

Question 32

Can I trust what the AI says about the Quran and hadith?

Accepted Answer

Verify it. AI can produce fluent, confident text that is wrong, including invented rulings, attributions and chains of narration. AI output in the app is shown alongside the sources, never in place of them. It is not a religious authority; for anything consequential, consult a qualified scholar.

Question 33

What data does the app collect?

Accepted Answer

Most of what you do stays on your device: your notes, collections, reading history, tasbeeh records, reminders and AI keys. To keep the app reliable and improve it, it collects usage information, crash reports and basic device information, which are not linked to your name or email. The free plan's ads may use your device's advertising ID. We never sell your personal data. See the Privacy Policy/privacy.

Question 34

Does Al Islam track what I read?

Accepted Answer

Your reading history is recorded on your device, for you, and is not sent to us. To see how the app is used and where it can be improved, the app collects usage information — such as which features are used, and which verses and narrations are opened — together with crash reports. This is not linked to your name or email, and it never includes your notes, your collections, the words of your searches or your AI conversations. We never sell personal data. See the Privacy Policy/privacy.

Question 35

Is my data encrypted?

Accepted Answer

Yes. What the app keeps on your device is stored encrypted, and anything sent to our servers — such as your collections, when you use backup — travels over encrypted connections and is available only to your own account.

Question 36

What is backed up to the cloud?

Accepted Answer

Only your Collections — including the notes and drawings inside them — with your account details and the list of devices you are signed in on, when you use backup with Premium. Reading history, tasbeeh records, reminders, calendar data, imported fonts, AI keys and saved AI translations stay on your device.

Question 37

Why does the app ask for my location?

Accepted Answer

To calculate prayer times and the Qibla for where you are. The calculation happens on your device. To show a place name instead of coordinates, the app looks the location up with a mapping service, without any personal details. You can enter your location manually instead.

Question 38

Why does the app ask for camera or microphone access?

Accepted Answer

The camera is used only by the augmented-reality Qibla mode, and nothing is recorded or saved. The microphone is used only for dictation in notes, and only while you are recording. Both are optional.

Question 39

Can I delete my account and data?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Delete your account from within the app, or follow the steps on the account deletion page/delete-account. Everything held with your account is permanently removed from our servers. Data on your device goes when you uninstall the app.

Question 40

Why does the app ask to schedule alarms or show full-screen notifications?

Accepted Answer

For Reminders: exact-time alarms let a reminder arrive at the minute it is set for, and full-screen notifications let the full-screen alarm appear over the lock screen. Both are optional.

Question 41

How accurate are the prayer times?

Accepted Answer

They are calculated with 11 established methods, with the usual one for your country selected. Methods legitimately differ by several minutes. You can choose the method, the Asr standard and the high-latitude rule, and adjust any prayer to match your mosque. Where your local mosque or scholarly authority differs from the app, follow them.

Question 42

Why does the Qibla direction look wrong?

Accepted Answer

The compass depends on your phone's magnetometer, which metal, magnets, cases, electronics and vehicles disturb. Move away from interference and calibrate — the app tells you when accuracy drops — and confirm with the sun method, one of five ways the app offers to find the Qibla.

Question 43

Does the app work offline?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Once your content is downloaded, reading, saved recitations, prayer times, reminders, the Qibla compass, the calendar, Tasbeeh, notes, search, collections and history all work without a connection. Downloading, streaming recitations, backup, subscription checks and AI need a connection.

Question 44

How much storage does the app need?

Accepted Answer

The app itself is modest; content is downloaded only when you ask for it. Profile → Downloads shows everything you have downloaded, largest first, and removes what you no longer need. Anything removed can be downloaded again.

Question 45

Can I use my own fonts?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Import TrueType, OpenType, font collections, WOFF and WOFF2 fonts, or a ZIP of them, in Text Customization. Each is previewed in your language before you add it. Imported fonts stay on your device.

Question 46

Can I write notes in Arabic?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Right-to-left text, Arabic headings and tags, mixed-direction paragraphs and a Qur'anic typeface for Arabic passages are all supported. A note can be entirely in Arabic.

Question 47

What can I put on my home screen?

Accepted Answer

Widgets for Prayer Times, Hijri Today, Hijri Month, Islamic Occasions, the Daily Companion and the Fasting Planner. They read the data on your device.

Question 48

Is there an iPhone or iPad version?

Accepted Answer

Not at present. Al Islam is made for Android phones and tablets.

Question 49

Is there a website or desktop version?

Accepted Answer

This site hosts our documentation. The app is available for Android.

Question 50

Where does your content come from?

Accepted Answer

From recognised references — the classical hadith collections and established published translations and tafsir. Every resource is labelled with its author, language and script. The app does not claim scholarly authority and is not a substitute for qualified scholarship.

Question 51

How often is new content added?

Accepted Answer

Regularly — new collections, translations, recitations and features. Every release is recorded in the Changelog/changelog.

Question 52

I found an error in a translation or hadith. What should I do?

Accepted Answer

Please tell us. Email support.alislam@lymrah.com with the collection, the reference number and what you believe is wrong. Content corrections are prioritised.

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