Learn the Quran word by word, any surah

Choose a surah, then work through it one ayah at a time. Tap each Arabic word to hear it and see what it means, play the ayah until you can say it with the reciter, then hide the words and recite it from memory. Short surahs from Juz Amma, such as Al-Ikhlas, Al-Falaq and An-Nas, are the best place to start.

A routine that works

1. Listen first. Play the ayah 3 or 5 times at Slower speed and follow the highlighted word.
2. Word by word. Tap each word you find hard and say it back. The transliteration helps at first, but the audio is the real guide.
3. Say it with the reciter. Set Play each ayah to Until I stop and recite along.
4. Memorise. Press Hide some words until the whole ayah is hidden, and recite it. Tap a hidden word only when you are stuck.
5. Join the ayat. Turn on Go on to the next ayah and recite the surah from the start each day before adding a new ayah.

Which surahs to learn first

For the prayer, learn Al-Fatiha first (it has its own trainer), then a few short surahs to recite after it: Al-Ikhlas, Al-Falaq, An-Nas, Al-Kawthar, Al-Asr and An-Nasr. Many people then learn the surahs read on certain days or nights, such as Yasin, Al-Mulk before sleep, and Al-Kahf on Friday.

Reading the transliteration

The word transliteration follows Quran.com. A line over a vowel (ā, ī, ū) means a long vowel, held for two counts. A dot under a letter (ḥ, ṣ, ḍ, ṭ, ẓ) marks a throat or heavy letter, and ʿ is the letter ʿayn. A word that begins with a hyphen, such as l-lahi, joins onto the word before it, so you read the two together. Transliteration cannot show every Arabic sound, so let the recitation guide you, and read to a teacher who knows tajwid when you can.

About the words and the audio

The Arabic is the Uthmani script from Tanzil, the same text used across AmalKit. The word meanings are short glosses to help you follow, not a full translation; the English under each ayah is Sahih International. The recitation is by Sheikh Mishary Rashid Alafasy, and the highlighted word comes from Quran.com's word timings. On a few long ayat the timings are not available, so the ayah plays without the highlight.

The licences for the Quran.com word data and the recitation are being confirmed before launch.