Word-by-word meaning, in Urdu or English
Every Arabic word in the Quran — all 77,429 of them — carries its meaning underneath it. This is how most people actually begin to understand Quranic Arabic: not by memorising grammar, but by seeing the same words recur and recognising them.
Three word-by-word translations to choose between:
- Hafiz Nazar AhmedUrdu — حافظ نذر احمد
- Dr. Farhat HashmiUrdu — ڈاکٹر فرحت ہاشمی
- Dr. Shehnaz ShaikhEnglish
Or switch it off entirely when you want to read without it. Nothing is forced on the page.
Tajweed rules, coloured into the Arabic
Recitation rules are drawn directly into the verse, each in its own colour, so you can see where to apply them instead of trying to remember. Six rules are marked:
- Ghunnaغنّہ
- Qalqalaقلقلہ
- Iqlabاقلاب
- Idghamادغام
- Idgham without Ghunnaادغام بلا غنّہ
- Ikhfaاخفا
A built-in Tajweed Rules reference explains what each colour means, so the colouring teaches rather than just decorates. Turn it off any time you want plain text.
Four ways to read
The Quran opens in whichever mode suits what you are doing, and each keeps its own bookmarks and its own last-read position — so studying tafseer never loses your place in the mushaf.
- Translationverse by verse, with the translations you pick
- Tafseereach verse with its full commentary
- Surah Mushafthe printed page, paginated by surah
- Parah Mushafthe printed page, paginated by juz
In Translation mode you can compare translations side by side by swiping between them, or stack them in a list to read together. Sajda verses and ruku boundaries are marked, and you can jump straight to any surah and verse.
40 reciters, and they work offline
Recitation from 40 qaris — Mishary Rashid Alafasy, Abdul Basit, Abdurrahmaan As-Sudais, Al-Husary, Al-Minshawy, Maher Al Muaiqly, Saood Ash-Shuraym and many more — with an Urdu translation recitation by Shamshad Ali Khan that plays after each verse.
Download a whole surah for any reciter and it plays with no connection at all. A management screen shows what you have downloaded, how much of each surah is covered, and how much space it uses, so you can clear things you no longer need.
While it plays you get a repeat-verse control, playback speed from 0.75× to 1.5× without the pitch going strange, lock-screen controls, and a floating mini-player that follows you around the app — so recitation keeps going while you read the tafseer of a different verse.
Set the page up the way you read
- Reading language — choose English or Urdu once, and the translation, tafseer and word-by-word defaults all follow it.
- Arabic font — two Quranic typefaces, sized 16 to 60 pt.
- Urdu font — Nastaliq typefaces, sized 14 to 60 pt, set independently of the Arabic.
- Dark mode with Arabic and translation colours tuned for it, plus 19 theme colours.
Translations and tafseer
The reader carries 21 translations — 13 in Urdu, 8 in English — plus a full English transliteration, and 11 tafaseer, 9 in Urdu and 2 in English. We have written about several of them in detail:
- Tafheem ul Quran — Syed Abul Ala Maududi
- Tafseer Ibn-e-Kaseer — classical commentary in Urdu
- Aasan Quran — Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
- Tafseer al-Quran al-Kareem — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bhatvi
- Choosing a Quran translation — a guide to the differences
Find and keep your place
- Search the Arabic, the translations or the tafseer, narrowed to a single surah if you want, with your term highlighted in the results.
- Bookmarks with your own tags, so you can note why you saved a verse.
- Continue reading in every mode independently.
- Copy and share any verse with its reference.
Common questions
Is there a free word-by-word Quran app in Urdu?
Yes. IslamOne shows the meaning of every Arabic word beneath it — 77,429 words in total — with a choice of three word-by-word translations: Hafiz Nazar Ahmed and Dr. Farhat Hashmi in Urdu, and Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh in English. It is free, has no adverts, and works offline.
Does IslamOne show colour-coded tajweed?
Yes. Six tajweed rules — Ghunna, Qalqala, Iqlab, Idgham, Idgham without Ghunna and Ikhfa — are coloured directly into the Arabic text, with a built-in reference screen explaining what each colour means. The colouring can be switched off if you prefer plain text.
Can I download Quran recitation to listen offline?
Yes. You can download a complete surah for any of the 40 reciters and play it with no connection. A management screen shows which surahs you have downloaded for which reciter, how complete each one is and how much space it takes, so you can delete what you no longer need.
How many Quran translations and tafaseer are included?
21 translations — 13 in Urdu and 8 in English — plus a complete English transliteration, and 11 tafaseer, of which 9 are in Urdu and 2 in English. All of them are included free with no in-app purchases.
Can I read the Quran as printed mushaf pages?
Yes. Alongside the verse-by-verse translation and tafseer modes there are two mushaf readers showing the printed page — one paginated by surah, one by parah (juz) — each with its own ruku bookmarks and its own reading position.
The Quran is one part of the app. IslamOne also has 11 hadith collections, 429 supplications in Urdu and English and prayer times with a Qibla compass — all free, all offline.