Arabic · English · Yoruba

Your child's Arabic journey,
phrase by phrase.

Structured lessons with tashkeel, AI voice guidance, and Yoruba-English translations — built for Muslim families who want real comprehension.

Teacher-authored content No credit card required Ages 4 – 14

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Verse 2 — Al-Fātiḥah

Syllable breakdown

al- اَلْ
ḥam- حَمْ
du دُ
lil- لِلَّ
lāh هِ

What the marks mean

Fatḥah — short /a/ sound
Kasrah — short /i/ sound
Ḍammah — short /u/ sound
Shaddah — consonant doubling
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Tashkeel-Complete

Every diacritic marked.
Every sound explained.

Most Arabic apps strip the tashkeel — the small vowel marks that tell a child exactly how to pronounce each word. Nūra keeps every single mark, then breaks each verse into colour-coded syllables so children build real phonetic understanding, not just rote memory.

Each lesson includes a phonetic transliteration guide alongside the Arabic, so even parents who don't read Arabic can follow along and help their child at home.

  • Full tashkeel on every Arabic word — never simplified or removed

  • Syllable-by-syllable phonetic breakdowns for confident recitation

  • Tajweed rule notes embedded in each lesson for correct recitation

Three Languages. One Lesson.

The only platform that teaches
Arabic through Yoruba.

Every other Arabic app assumes your child thinks in English. Nūra was built for Yoruba-speaking families — every phrase is translated into both English and Yoruba side by side, so children grasp meaning in the language they already feel at home in.

This is not a translation app. It is a comprehension system — built to help your child understand what they are reciting, not just how to say the words.

"My son finally asked me what 'Ar-Rahman' means. He had been reciting it for two years without knowing."

Fatimah A.

Lagos — mother of three

  • Phrase-by-phrase translations across Arabic, English, and Yoruba

  • Word-meaning glossaries with Islamic vocabulary context

  • Parent notes so you can continue the lesson conversation at home

Translation View
AR EN YO
01

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ

English

In the name of Allah

Yoruba

Ni orukọ Allah

02

الرَّحْمَٰنِ

English

the Most Gracious

Yoruba

Ẹlẹ́nu Ifẹ

03

الرَّحِيمِ

English

the Most Merciful

Yoruba

Ẹlẹ́nu Aanu

Word Meaning

اللَّهِ = Allah (God)
الرَّحْمَٰن = Ar-Rahmān (Gracious)
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AI Voice — reading

Al-Fātiḥah · Verse 4

مَٰلِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ

Māliki yawmi'd-dīn

Playback speed

Loop mode on — phrase repeats 3 times before advancing

Hyperrealistic AI Voice

A teacher's voice in
every lesson.

Correct Quranic recitation depends on hearing accurate pronunciation. Nūra uses hyperrealistic AI voice technology to deliver every verse with the precision of a trained qāri — at whatever speed your child needs, with phrase-loop repetition built in.

Children hear Arabic the way it should be recited, then repeat at their own pace. No robotic text-to-speech. No rushed recordings. Just clear, accurate, beautiful Arabic — every time.

Adjustable speed — 0.5× to 1.5×

Slow down for beginners, speed up as they gain confidence

Phrase-loop repetition

Each phrase repeats up to 5 times — the proven method for memorisation

Works offline

Download lessons — no internet required during recitation practice

Built on rigour

Serious pedagogy. Trusted by families across the Muslim world.

114

Surah lessons

Complete Quranic curriculum

3

Languages

Arabic · English · Yoruba

4–14

Age range

Graded for every stage

100%

Tashkeel-complete

No diacritics stripped

"We built Nūra because our children deserved better than apps designed for children in other countries, with other languages, and without the phonetic depth that Quranic Arabic demands."

— Nūra Founding Team

Why Nūra is different

Other apps teach your child to sound Arabic.
Nūra teaches them to understand it.

AlifBee, Arabee, Lamsa — all built for entertainment, with broad audiences and no specific language bridge. Nūra was built for one community, with one goal: Quranic comprehension for Yoruba-speaking Muslim children.

Feature Other apps Nūra
Full tashkeel (vowel diacritics) Often removed
Yoruba language translation
Syllable-level phonetic breakdown Rarely
Hyperrealistic AI voice with loop repeat
Teacher-authored lesson notes
No cartoons or gamification gimmicks

"Every app I tried stripped the tashkeel. My children were memorising sounds without understanding. Nūra is the first platform where I actually trust the Arabic they are learning."

Aminat B.

London — diaspora parent

"The Yoruba translation changed everything. My daughter explained Surah Al-Ikhlas to her grandmother — in Yoruba — after just three lessons. That is the proof."

Kemi O.

Ibadan — mother of four

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All children included.

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