Three hundred words unlock eighty-five percent of the Qurʾān. We built a free, scientifically structured curriculum so that the barrier between you and the Word of Allah is finally, permanently, gone.
You are not alone. Millions of Muslims around the world recite the Qurʾān daily with love in their hearts and silence in their comprehension. Not because they lack devotion — but because no one ever showed them the door.
Not a translation on the opposite page. Not someone else's interpretation. Your own recognition — the moment an Arabic word lands in your mind and you think: "I know this. I understand this." That is the moment we are building toward.
About the quiet dignity of standing in Tarawīh and knowing why you are weeping. About reading Sūrat Yāsīn to a loved one and feeling every word settle into the room. About your children seeing you learn and wanting to learn beside you.
Every lesson follows the same cognitive cycle — adapted from classical Arabic pedagogy and the science of spaced retrieval.
Internalise each root through calligraphy, etymology, and its semantic field. A word is first a picture.
Meet the word in a real verse — with full grammatical analysis, case, root, and measure.
Active recall, phonetic drills, and spaced repetition. Pathways cement through use.
Identify the pattern in verses you have never read before. The proof of fluency is recognition.
Each course stands on its own. Take them in sequence, or jump to the one you need.
"And We have certainly made the Qurʾān easy for remembrance."
Behind every lesson is a chain of hands — someone who checked the Arabic, someone who tested the interaction, someone who said "this diacritical mark is wrong" and saved a thousand learners from confusion.
There are 1.8 billion Muslims in the world. The vast majority cannot read the Qurʾān with understanding. They rely on translations, on teachers they cannot afford, on apps that treat the language of Allah like a game with points and streaks.
You do not need to be a scholar. You do not need to teach. You just need to read what we have written and tell us where it is wrong. That is the most valuable gift this project can receive — more valuable than money, more lasting than code.
Verify diacritics, check naturalness of example sentences, catch nuances a non-native will miss. Your ear is our quality gate.
Audit phonetic drills, review pronunciation guides, ensure our transliteration system does not mislead. The spoken word matters as much as the written.
Beta-test lessons before they go live. If something confuses you, it will confuse thousands. Your confusion is data we need.
Help us reach learners in Urdu, Malay, Turkish, French, and beyond. The Qurʾān is for every tongue — so should the tools be.
You do not need permission to help. Just write to us.
Tell us who you are, what you can read, and how much time you have. We will find a place for you. Every pair of eyes matters.
Write us a letterQuran85 is a free, scientifically structured Arabic curriculum that teaches the 300 core words needed to understand roughly 85% of the Qurʾān. It combines root-based learning, real-verse context, and spaced repetition — no gamification, no watered-down content.
Yes — forever. No premium tier, no ads, no paywall. The platform is funded entirely by donations from Muslims who want to support free Qurʾānic education as sadaqah jāriyah.
No. The Beginner course starts from zero — foundational particles, pronouns, and connectors. If you can read the Arabic alphabet, you can begin today.
Roughly 300 carefully chosen words cover about 85% of the Qurʾān by frequency. The curriculum is sequenced so each word you learn unlocks the maximum number of verses.
Most learners finish the Beginner course in 4–6 weeks at 15 minutes a day. The full path (Beginner → Intermediate → Master) typically takes 6–9 months of consistent practice.
Most apps gamify with streaks and points. Quran85 is built around the classical pedagogy of discovery → manifestation → calibration → application. Every lesson grounds a word in a real Qurʾānic verse with full grammatical analysis.
"Indeed, with hardship comes ease."
Ash-Sharh 94 : 6
Somewhere, a mother asked Allah to help her understand what she recites. A teenager wondered if there was a way to learn that did not feel like school. A revert searched for something free, beautiful, and real. We do not know their names. But we are trying to answer their du‘a.