The crescent
Guidance & protection
The teacher. It speaks first, gives one correction at a time, and waits as long as you need. Nothing you recite ever turns red.
Recite. It listens.It talks back.
A live voice teacher. It speaks first, listens while you recite, and tells you where a missed sound is made.
Guidance on one side. Your light on the other.
The star
Light, direction & hope
You. Begin with the names of the letters if that is where you are, and move on only when the sound is yours.
How it works
Most tools tell you that you were wrong. Iqra tells you how to fix it.
It listens
You recite out loud. Iqra follows the words you are actually saying, sound by sound, not just whether you finished the verse.
It tells you what went wrong
Which letter, where in the mouth or throat it belongs, and how it differed from what you produced.
It shows you, and you try again
You hear it recited correctly, then say it back. The lesson moves on when you have it, and waits as long as you need.
ٱلۡحَمۡدُلِلَّهِرَبِّٱلۡعَـٰلَمِينَ
Al-Fātiḥah 1:2
- Iqra: Assalamu alaykum. Let’s begin with al-Fātiḥah. Recite the second ayah for me, and I’ll listen.
- You recite Al-Fātiḥah 1:2. The last word needs work.
- Iqra: Your ع sounded closer to أ. It is made in the middle of the throat, not at the deepest point. Listen once, then try it again.
- A reciter’s recording plays: the ayah, said correctly.
- You say the last word again, and it is right.
- Iqra: That’s it, the ع came from the right place. Now the whole ayah, from the beginning.
A teacher, with a curriculum
You can start without reading a word of Arabic
The first module is naming the 29 letters on sight. Nothing before it is assumed. 5 of the 10 modules are Noorani Qaida, so the ground under a complete beginner is real.
Module 1 · Naming the letters2 of 29
- اAlif
- بBaa
- تTaa
- ثThaa
Say the name of this letter out loud.
Corrections tell you where the sound is made
A letter is wrong for a reason: the wrong part of the throat, the tongue an inch off, an elongation cut short. Iqra names the reason, plays the target, then hands the turn back to you.
- What it heard
- أ
- What it should be
- ع
It is made in the middle of the throat, not at the deepest point. Listen once, then try it again.
You move on when you have it, not when time is up
Progression is gated on producing the sound correctly. Anything unsettled returns on a spaced schedule. There is no ranking, no league, and nothing you lose by taking a week off.
- Naming the lettersMastered
- Short vowelsPractising
- Joining lettersNext
Your voice runs the lesson
You recite; the lesson responds. No tapping through a form mid-recitation. The screen keeps the script, the tashkeel and the articulation cues in front of you.
Listening
Practice audio is processed for feedback and not saved.
10 modules, from the names of the letters to advanced tajweed.
One reading, stated plainly: Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim. Nothing in a lesson uses a rule you have not been taught yet.
Modules 1 to 5
Qaida
Learning to read
The 29 letters by name and on sight, short vowels, tanween and long vowels, sukoon, shaddah and word reading, ending in the Qaida graduation test.
ا ب ت ث
Modules 6 and 7
Tajweed
Learning the rules
Sun and moon letters, qalqalah, ghunnah, idgham, iqlab and ikhfāʾ. Then madd, where to stop, and how to start again.
الغنة، القلقلة، الوقف
Module 8
Recitation
Applying it all
8 short surahs, recited whole: Al-Fātiḥah, Al-Ikhlāṣ, Al-Falaq, An-Nās, Al-Kawthar, Al-ʿAṣr, Al-Fīl and Quraysh.
Module 9, longer recitation, is still being written.
Module 10
Mastery
Advanced tajweed
Idgham of adjacent letters, the saktah, the three words Ḥafṣ reads alone, and the opening letters counted.
Every letter has a place it comes from.
29 letters, 4 places. Choose one to see where it is made: the first thing Iqra teaches about any sound.
Halq
the throat, 6 letters
Lisan
the tongue, 18 letters
Shafatain
the lips, 4 letters
Jawf
the open mouth and throat, 1 letter
ٱقْرَأْبِٱسْمِرَبِّكَٱلَّذِىخَلَقَ
Recite in the name of your Lord who created
Al-ʿAlaq 96:1, Sahih International
The first word revealed, and the name on the door.
Iqra is Arabic for read, or recite. It is the first word of the first revelation, and the name this teacher carries.
Everyone has to start somewhere. Start with Iqra.
Open it in your browser, say hello, and recite one line. Your teacher takes it from there.
You begin with the names of the letters. Nothing is assumed, not even the alphabet.
Talk to the teacher
Free to start.