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Understand the Qur'an you just heard in salah.

When you pray behind an imam, the recitation is often in Arabic you don't fully follow. Ayati listens to the Qur'an you're hearing, works out the surah and ayah, and shows you a verified translation.

Try Ayati (opens in a new tab)
Who it's forMuslims who don't speak Arabic
What I builtPhone app, recognition engine and content rules
Where it isIn beta at ayati.io
Year2026
An empty mosque prayer hall at dawn with rows of patterned carpet and light through arched windows
The problem

Heard it, but missed the meaning

You hear the Qur'an recited in every prayer. If your Arabic isn't strong, most of the meaning passes you by.

  • Looking it up afterwards means knowing which surah it was.
  • That's usually the one thing you don't know.
  • And any app that answers has to be honest about what it isn't sure of.

So Ayati does the identifying, shows a verified translation, and says plainly when it isn't confident.

A man in a white thobe sitting on a mosque carpet after prayer, seen from behind Before

See it in use

Twelve seconds of the app: record, listen, see the surah and ayah, keep a word.

What I built

Hear it, understand it, remember it

  1. Record the Qur'an you are hearing

    Ayati home screen with a large tap to record button

    One tap. A quick clip, or a longer session for a whole prayer.

  2. See which surah and ayah

    Ayati result showing Al-Ikhlas, ayah 1 to 4, with Arabic and English

    Arabic and The Clear Quran translation by Dr Mustafa Khattab, ayah by ayah, with an honest confidence label.

  3. Sit with it

    A sheet with a reflection question and a link to the sources

    A short commentary excerpt with its source named first, and one question to think about.

  4. Keep the words you heard

    A word card for one word from the recitation with a keep in my words button

    Up to four words from what you heard, brought back for review over the following month.

Key decisions

The decisions that shaped it

It says when it isn't sure

“I think you heard…” when it's likely. “I couldn't identify this confidently” when it isn't. An uncertain result is labelled, never passed off as certain or quietly dropped.

Nothing made up about the Qur'an

The meaning on screen is a verified translation. By default, no AI-written meaning appears anywhere in the app.

Checked against all 6,236 ayahs

What it hears is matched against every ayah, with guards against the transcription inventing text. Every real bug report becomes a permanent test.

Your recordings stay yours

Audio is transcribed, then discarded. By default it isn't stored on the server, and recordings you keep stay on your device.

Where it is now

Live in beta at ayati.io.

It's my own side project. The Play Store wrapper is set up, and the store releases come next.

What you can see or try

  • A 12-second video and screenshots of the app.
  • The beta itself at ayati.io, in your phone's browser. No account needed.
Try Ayati (opens in a new tab)

What's next

  1. Release on Google Play
  2. Release on the App Store
  3. Test recognition on more real recorded audio

Built with

  • React
  • Vite
  • Express
  • Speech-to-text
  • Postgres
  • Railway
  • Installable web app

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