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How to identify a Quran recitation: a 'Shazam for Quran' explained
Record a few seconds with an app that recognises Quran audio. It matches the sound against known recordings, or recognises the words and finds them in the Quran, then names the reciter by voice.
Which surah is this? How to find the ayah being recited
Let a recognition app listen for 10 seconds, or catch a few distinctive Arabic words and search for them in a Quran search. Refrains, names, openings and the context of the prayer narrow it down.
What is talqeen? Prompting a Quran reciter who gets stuck
Talqeen means having someone take words from you. In Quran learning it is teaching by recitation and repetition, and prompting a reciter who stops with the next words; in prayer, prompting the imam.
How Quran teachers can track a student's hifz progress
Keep one record per student: what's memorised, what was recited each lesson, where the mistakes are, and when each part was last revised. A register works; a listener app adds clips and a khatm map.
Murattal, mujawwad and muallim: Quran recitation styles explained
Murattal is measured recitation at a steady pace; mujawwad is slower and more melodic, for listening gatherings; muallim is a teaching recitation for repeating after. All keep the same tajwid.
Lahn jali and lahn khafi: common mistakes in Quran recitation
Lahn jali is a clear mistake that changes a letter, vowel or word; scholars agree it must be avoided. Lahn khafi breaks finer tajwid rules without changing the word; its ruling is discussed.
Introducing Samee: a listener for Quran recitation
Samee (سامع, "the one who listens") identifies a Quran recitation, follows an imam or student word by word to mark mistakes, tracks a khatm and helps you practise. It runs in your browser, no sign-up.
How to test your Quran memorisation and revise hifz with a listener
Recite from memory to someone, or something, that follows the mushaf and notes every slip. Test little and often in a fixed cycle, keep a list of weak ayahs, and drill them until they're clean.
Following Taraweeh: the mushaf, correcting the imam and a listener
A hafiz behind the imam can prompt him when he errs. Holding a mushaf in prayer is debated between the schools. A listener app is best used by someone not praying, or to review afterwards.
How to complete a khatm of the Quran in Ramadan: a realistic plan
The 604-page mushaf has 30 juz, so one khatm in Ramadan is about one juz, or 20 pages, a day. Four pages after each of the five prayers does it. Plan for 29 days and keep a catch-up slot.
What is trichromatic dyeing? Yellow, red and blue explained
Trichromatic dyeing builds a shade from three compatible dyes – a yellow, a red and a blue. The ratio sets the hue, the total depth (% owf) sets how dark, and a lab dip confirms.
Shadecard 0.9: a redesigned app and a library of 13,297 shades
Shadecard for Android 0.9 brings a redesigned home screen, plain white paper as the everyday reference, and a shade library that grew from 466 to 13,297 shades.