suhuf

Your Arabic readalong
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Read any classical Arabic text aloud — suhuf listens, catches your grammar mistakes in real time, and explains why. Tap any word for instant translation, morphology, and i'rab.

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Al-AjrumiyyahChapter 1 · Bab al-Kalam

بَابُ الكَلامِ

الكَلامُ هُوَ اللَّفظُ المُرَكَّبُ المُفِيدُ بِالوَضْعِ

وَأَقسَامُهُ ثَلاثَةٌ: اسمٌ، وَفِعلٌ، وَحَرفٌ جَاءَ لِمَعنًى

فَالاسمُ يُعرَفُ بِالخَفضِ وَالتَّنوِينِ وَدُخُولِ الأَلِفِ وَاللَّامِ

وَحُرُوفُ الخَفضِ: مِن وَإِلى وَعَن وَعَلى وَفِي وَرُبَّ

وَالبَاءُ وَالكَافُ وَاللَّامُ وَحُرُوفُ القَسَمِ

وَهِيَ: الوَاوُ وَالبَاءُ وَالتَّاءُ

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بِالخَفضِ

bil-khafḍi

TYPE

اسم noun

CASE

مجرور genitive

ROLE

اسم مجرور بحرف الجر

noun governed by preposition

MARKER

كسرة kasra

ROOT

خ ف ض

to lower

PATTERN

فَعْل

WHY THIS CASE?

After the preposition بِ, the noun takes jar (kasra). This is one of the core rules of Arabic grammar.

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الكَلامُ

al-kalāmu

MEANING

speech, utterance, discourse

ROOT

ك ل م

to speak

PATTERN

فَعَال

IN THIS SENTENCE

“Speech” — the composed utterance that conveys meaning by convention.

EXPLANATION

In Arabic grammar, al-kalām refers specifically to a complete, meaningful utterance composed of two or more words that conveys an independent meaning. It is one of the first terms introduced in classical grammar texts like the Ājurrūmiyyah, distinguishing purposeful speech from isolated words or incomplete phrases.

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كَلِمَة wordمُتَكَلِّم speakerتَكَلَّمَ to speak
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Al-Da' wal-Dawa'Chapter 1 · Al-Muqaddima

الحمد لله أما بعد فقد ثبت في صحيح البخاري من حديث أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال ما أنزل الله داء إلا أنزل له شفاء وفي صحيح مسلم من حديث جابر بن عبد الله قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم لكل داء دواء فإذا أصيب دواء الداء برأ بإذن الله عز وجل

فالقرآن هو الشفاء التام من جميع الأدواء القلبية والبدنية وأدواء الدنيا والآخرة وما كل أحد يؤهل ولا يوفق للاستشفاء به وكيف تقاوم الأدواء كلام رب الأرض والسماء الذي لو نزل على الجبال لصدعها فما من مرض من أمراض القلوب والأبدان إلا وفي القرآن سبيل الدلالة على دوائه وسببه والحمية منه لمن رزقه الله فهما في كتابه

وهذا الكتاب الذي بين يدينا من أجل الكتب وأنفعها لله در صاحبه ورحمه الله وأسكنه فسيح جناته وجمعنا به في دار كرامته مع النبيين والصديقين والشهداء والصالحين وحسن أولئك رفيقا وذلك فضل الله يؤتيه من يشاء والله ذو الفضل العظيم

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For centuries, students needed years with a sheikh just to be able to read these books independently. Suhuf doesn't replace that, but it makes the journey faster. It gives students the confidence to open a book and actually engage with the Arabic on their own.

Sheikh Mohammed Salman

Sheikh Mohammed Salman

Al-Azhar University

Every Arabic student I know has the same problem. You want to read a real book but you're constantly switching between five tabs just to understand one sentence. Suhuf puts everything in one place. Someone finally built the thing we all needed.

Osman Saeday

Osman Saeday

Founder, Bayaan

As someone building in tech, I know how rare it is for a product to actually understand its users. Suhuf isn't just another reading app. It solves a real problem that Arabic students deal with every day, and it does it in a way that feels natural.

Ibrahim Izzeldin

Ibrahim Izzeldin

Founder, Flick

Students always ask me how to start reading Arabic texts on their own. Something like Suhuf that meets them where they are and helps with the grammar in real time is exactly what I'd point them to. It fills a gap that's been open for a long time.

Imam Fuad Mohamed

Imam Fuad Mohamed

Religious Director, MCA

When you're going through seminary, you're assigned dozens of texts and expected to read them with full comprehension. Suhuf makes that realistic. Being able to tap any word and see its role in the sentence, its root, its meaning, that changes the whole experience.

Zaid Yousef

Zaid Yousef

Masters Student, The Islamic Seminary of America

For centuries, students needed years with a sheikh just to be able to read these books independently. Suhuf doesn't replace that, but it makes the journey faster. It gives students the confidence to open a book and actually engage with the Arabic on their own.

Sheikh Mohammed Salman

Sheikh Mohammed Salman

Al-Azhar University

Every Arabic student I know has the same problem. You want to read a real book but you're constantly switching between five tabs just to understand one sentence. Suhuf puts everything in one place. Someone finally built the thing we all needed.

Osman Saeday

Osman Saeday

Founder, Bayaan

As someone building in tech, I know how rare it is for a product to actually understand its users. Suhuf isn't just another reading app. It solves a real problem that Arabic students deal with every day, and it does it in a way that feels natural.

Ibrahim Izzeldin

Ibrahim Izzeldin

Founder, Flick

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No! Suhuf is designed for all levels. Beginners can start with fully diacritized texts and get real-time feedback on pronunciation. The AI adapts to your level and explains grammar in plain English.

We include over 10,000 Arabic books across grammar (like al-Ajrumiyyah), hadith sciences, theology, and more. New texts are added regularly based on user requests.

As you read aloud, our AI listens in real-time using advanced speech recognition. It highlights each word as you read and flags any pronunciation or grammar errors, explaining exactly what went wrong and why.

Suhuf is launching first on iPad, optimized for the reading experience. iPhone support follows shortly after. Android is on our roadmap — vote for it in our feature tracker!

During the initial launch, you’ll have access to our curated library. Custom text uploads are on our roadmap and will be available in a future update.