The Holy Quran
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All 114 surahs in Arabic, in Latin transliteration and in English translation. Arabic recitation on every verse, free. No sign-up, no ads.
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Arabic text, Latin transliteration and translation, one under the other. Every verse carries its Arabic recitation, and this whole section is free.
Try: Ya-Sin · 36:5 · Al-Baqarah 255 · the heavens and the earth
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful
ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
Alhamdu lillaahi Rabbil 'aalameen
Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Ar-Rahmaanir-Raheem
The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
مَـٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Maaliki Yawmid-Deen
Master of the Day of Judgment
إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ
Iyyaaka na'budu wa lyyaaka nasta'een
It is You we worship, and upon You we call for help
ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ
Ihdinas-Siraatal-Mustaqeem
Guide us to the straight path
صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
Siraatal-lazeena an'amta 'alaihim ghayril-maghdoobi 'alaihim wa lad-daaalleen
The path of those You have blessed, not of those against whom there is anger, nor of those who are misguided
Translation: Talal ItaniArabic text: Tanzil UthmaniRecitation: Mishary Râshid el-Afasy
Arabic recitation
Word by word.
Four reciters cover the entire mushaf. Here you can play any verse on its own; word-level following and resuming where you left off live in the app.
All 6,236 verses free
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Mishary Râshid el-Afasy
6,236 verses
02
Abdülbâsit Abdüssamed
6,236 verses
03
Mahmud Halil el-Hussarî
6,236 verses
04
Abdurrahman es-Sudeys
6,236 verses
Reflection
The layers of a single verse.
The image its words evoke, the observation it meets and the classical exegesis — each with its sources. Nothing is interpreted for you; sources are shown.
ImageObservationExegesisSources
Al-Baqarah 2:28
The verse is a four-stage timeline: amwātan (in a lifeless state) → aḥyākum (He gave you life) → yumītukum (He will cause you to die) → yuḥyīkum (He will bring you to life again) → ilayhi turjaʿūn (you will be returned to Him).
How can you deny God, when you were dead and He gave you life, then He will put you to death, then He will bring you to …
Al-Baqarah 2:74
The verse opens a comparison: heart ↔ stone.
Then after that your hearts hardened. They were as rocks, or even harder. For there are some rocks from which rivers gus…
Al-Baqarah 2:164
This single verse is among the Qur'an's densest calls to reflection.
In the creation of the heavens and the earth; in the alternation of night and day; in the ships that sail the oceans for…
A verse for the day
Not a surah number — choose your state.
When you look for something in the Quran, what you are looking for is rarely a number. In HUSHU you pick whichever of eight states is closest to you right now, and one verse opens for that day. No browsing a pool, no endless scrolling — one verse, that day.
- PeaceLet your heart settle
- BreatheOpen your chest
- PatienceKnow that it will pass
- HopeThe light never fades
- LonelinessYou are not alone
- GratitudeLet your heart fill
- SurrenderThe rest is His
- StillnessListen in silence
The verses are chosen by hand. Not random, not an algorithm.
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The app
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Everything you read here is in the app too. On top of it: voiced translation, prayer times, qibla compass, the Names of God and a verse for the day.
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The Quran
- Three-layer reading
- 25 translation sources
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Depth
- A verse for the day
- Reflection
- The 99 Names
- Revelation journey
- Memorisation
- Supplications
- Dhikr
The rhythm of the day
- Prayer times
- Qibla compass
- Prayer-time alerts
- State-of-heart reminder
- Hijri calendar
On your devices
- Five themes
- Widgets
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- Eight languages
On iPhone
- Dynamic Island
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Platforms
On Android and iPhone, in both stores.
HUSHU is on Google Play and the App Store. The same app and the same content on both phones; on iPhone there is CarPlay and Apple Watch too.
CarPlay
CarPlay
Pick a surah in the car, play the recitation, resume where you left off.
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The day’s six prayer times and a live qibla compass on your wrist.
Why it costs
The Quran is free. What costs is the audio translation.
We decided two things when building HUSHU: never put a paywall in front of the Quran, and never show a single ad. The only way to do both is for the app to stand on its own feet.
We did not paywall the Quran.
All 114 surahs — the Arabic text, the Latin transliteration and the translation — and the Arabic recitation of all 6,236 verses are free, on the site and in the app. You never have to pay to read or hear a verse, and you never will.
We did not put ads in it.
We did not want to see advertising in a religious app. So that no betting or interest-lending banner ever appears under a verse, we never wired an ad network in. There is not one ad in the app, and there will not be.
Common questions
Short answers.
What is HUSHU?
HUSHU is an ad-free reading site and mobile app that brings the Quran together with its English translation, Latin transliteration and Arabic recitation in one place.
Can I read the Quran for free?
Yes. All 114 surahs — Arabic text, transliteration and translation — are free on the site and in the app, and Arabic recitation is free on all 6,236 verses.
Are there ads in the app?
No. HUSHU has no ads, in the free part or the paid part. We decided from the start not to show ads where people read the Quran.
Is it available on iPhone?
Yes. HUSHU is on the App Store for iPhone and on Google Play for Android, the same app on both. On iPhone it also works with CarPlay and Apple Watch.
Whose translation is it?
The English translation is by Talal Itani. The app offers 25 translation sources across 7 languages to choose from.
Which reciters are included?
Mishary Rashid Alafasy, Abdul Basit Abdus Samad, Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary and Abdurrahman As-Sudais — each covering the complete mushaf.