One companion, five daily rhythms
Read and listen to the Qur'an, keep the five prayers on time with reminders, and explore the words of the Prophet ﷺ through the major hadith collections.
Tip: head to the Prayer Times section and tap "Use my location" — this timeline updates automatically.
The Qur'an
Arabic text (Uthmani script) with an English translation. Choose your reciter, translation style, and reading settings below.
Prayer Times
Calculated for your location using the AlAdhan prayer times service.
Times come from the AlAdhan API using your exact coordinates and the calculation method you choose above — this is a widely-used, reputable service, but this feature is in testing on Siraat specifically, so please double-check against your local masjid's announced times rather than relying on this alone, particularly for Fajr and Isha.
Get a notification before each prayer, and again right when it begins. Install Siraat as an app (see "Install app" above) for the most reliable reminders — otherwise, keep this tab open in your browser.
Learn
A walk-through of wudu (ablution) and the salah (prayer) itself, with what's said at each step. Small details — like hand position or whether a phrase is said aloud — vary a little between the four schools of thought (madhabs); this covers the common core. Learning face-to-face from someone who prays is still the best way to perfect it.
Shown here as a single rakah (unit) — most prayers are 2, 3, or 4 rakahs, repeating this cycle.
Build the habit
Log each prayer as you complete it. Consistency is the goal, not perfection — a missed day doesn't erase what you've built.
A simple digital counter for dhikr — tap to count, set a target, reset anytime.
Words for every moment
A small, carefully-checked set of short duas from the Qur'an and authentic Sunnah for the moments that come up most.
Hadith
Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim are, in their entirety, classified as authentic (sahih) by scholarly consensus. Other collections below contain hadiths of mixed grading — use the "Sahih only" filter to narrow those down where a grade is recorded.
Al-Asma al-Husna
"Allah has the most beautiful names, so call upon Him by them." (Qur'an 7:180)
Every name here describes something Allah affirmed about Himself, in the Qur'an or through the Prophet ﷺ — not distant titles, but ways He has told us to know and call upon Him. When you're anxious, "Ar-Razzaq" (the Provider) or "Al-Latif" (the Subtle, Most Gentle) might sit closer to the heart than a generic prayer; when you've fallen short, "Al-Ghafur" (the Forgiving) and "At-Tawwab" (the Ever-Accepting of Repentance) are the ones to reach for. The Prophet ﷺ said: "Allah has ninety-nine names — one hundred minus one — whoever preserves them will enter Paradise." (Sahih Muslim) Scholars note this isn't a magic number to memorize by rote; "preserving" them means learning what each one means and letting it shape how you turn to Allah.
New here? Start here
A short, plain introduction for anyone curious about what Muslims actually believe and do — no background assumed.
Islam is a monotheistic faith practiced by roughly a quarter of the world's population, tracing back to the same Abrahamic tradition as Judaism and Christianity. The word "Islam" comes from an Arabic root meaning submission — specifically, submission to the will of one God. Someone who practices it is called a Muslim. "Allah" is simply the Arabic word for God — the same word used by Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews, not a different deity.
Tawheed is the belief that God is one — without partners, without equal, without division into persons. Muslims believe God alone is worthy of worship, and that nothing shares in His divinity: not a prophet, not an angel, not an object. This is why Islamic art avoids depicting God or the prophets, and why associating anything else with God (called shirk) is considered the most serious error a person can make in this faith. Everything else — the prayers, the fasting, the beliefs below — flows from this one idea.
Muhammad ﷺ was born in Makkah around 570 CE. Muslims believe he began receiving revelation from God at age 40, delivered gradually over 23 years, and regard him as the final prophet in a line that includes Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus. The Qur'an is that revelation — believed by Muslims to be the literal word of God, preserved in its original Arabic since the 7th century. You can read and listen to it yourself in the Qur'an section of this site.
Is Jesus part of Islam? Yes — Muslims hold Isa (Jesus) in high esteem as a prophet and messenger, believe in his virgin birth, and await his return. Islam doesn't view him as divine or as the son of God, which is the main theological difference from Christianity.
Does "jihad" mean holy war? Literally, jihad means "struggle" or "striving." Day to day, Muslims mostly use it to mean the personal struggle to live righteously — patience, honesty, resisting temptation. Its narrower use to mean armed conflict is a specific, contested sense, not the word's everyday meaning.
Do all Muslims practice identically? No — there's real diversity across cultures and schools of thought (madhabs), much like denominations within Christianity or movements within Judaism. This page covers the shared core that unites nearly all of them.
Curious to go further? Read the Qur'an for yourself, see what Muslim prayer actually looks like, or browse the 99 Names of Allah Muslims use to describe God.