Search and retrieve Quran ayahs, tafsir commentary, hadith, and detailed hadith records.
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Get an audio URL and exact ayah timing segments for a Quran passage by a selected reciter (default: Juhani). Returns playback data, not a command that starts playback. Use surah, ayah_from, and optionally ayah_to for an inclusive range. For portions spanning surahs, call once per surah and play in order. Use list_quran_reciters for available names and aliases. Clients must seek to start_ms and stop at end_ms; the URL points to the full surah.
Inclusive last ayah; defaults to ayah_from. For a whole surah, specify its first and last ayah.
Reciter alias or exact catalog name. Defaults to Juhani.
Get an audio URL and exact ayah timing segments for a Quran passage by a selected reciter (default: Juhani). Returns playback data, not a command that starts playback. Use surah, ayah_from, and optionally ayah_to for an inclusive range. For portions spanning surahs, call once per surah and play in order. Use list_quran_reciters for available names and aliases. Clients must seek to start_ms and stop at end_ms; the URL points to the full surah.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| surah* | integer | |
| ayah_to | integer | Inclusive last ayah; defaults to ayah_from. For a whole surah, specify its first and last ayah. |
| reciter | string | Reciter alias or exact catalog name. Defaults to Juhani. |
| ayah_from* | integer |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"surah",
"ayah_from"
],
"properties": {
"surah": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 114,
"minimum": 1
},
"ayah_to": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 286,
"minimum": 1,
"description": "Inclusive last ayah; defaults to ayah_from. For a whole surah, specify its first and last ayah."
},
"reciter": {
"type": "string",
"default": "juhani",
"minLength": 1,
"description": "Reciter alias or exact catalog name. Defaults to Juhani."
},
"ayah_from": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 286,
"minimum": 1
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Use this to discover available hadith commentary works (shuruh), authors and aliases before selecting a source. These are commentary works, not the underlying hadith collections. Catalog presence does not guarantee coverage of a particular report.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | |
| query | string | |
| offset | integer |
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 25,
"maximum": 100,
"minimum": 1
},
"query": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 200
},
"offset": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 0,
"maximum": 10000,
"minimum": 0
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}List available Quran audio reciters and their aliases. Use this to resolve a requested reciter. Juhani is the default.
No arguments.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {},
"additionalProperties": false
}List a surah’s passage (level 2) and subsection (level 3) headings in hierarchy order, with exact section identities, Arabic/English titles, stored introductions, ayah ranges, and URLs. These editorial headings and introductions are distinct from Quran text. Follow next_offset for more results.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | |
| surah* | integer | |
| offset | integer | |
| response_profile | string | Per-heading introduction limits: compact 1000 characters per language, default 6000, full all stored text. Titles and ranges are always preserved. |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"surah"
],
"properties": {
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 25,
"maximum": 100,
"minimum": 1
},
"surah": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 114,
"minimum": 1
},
"offset": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 0,
"maximum": 10000,
"minimum": 0
},
"response_profile": {
"enum": [
"compact",
"default",
"full"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "default",
"description": "Per-heading introduction limits: compact 1000 characters per language, default 6000, full all stored text. Titles and ranges are always preserved."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Find available HadithDB tafsir sources and aliases. Use this to resolve an author or title before a tafsir lookup.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | |
| query | string | Optional author, title, language, or alias filter. |
| cursor | string | Opaque cursor returned by the previous page. Do not modify it. |
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 25,
"maximum": 100,
"minimum": 1
},
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional author, title, language, or alias filter."
},
"cursor": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"description": "Opaque cursor returned by the previous page. Do not modify it."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Retrieve an exact scholarly commentary entry by ID from commentary search or a hadith’s research inventory. Preserve its author and work attribution. Default bounds each language to 6000 characters; full retrieves all indexed text.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id* | integer | |
| response_profile | string |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"id"
],
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1
},
"response_profile": {
"enum": [
"compact",
"default",
"full"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "default"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Retrieve the core Arabic and English text, chain, headings, grades, and canonical URL for an exact hadith reference. Complete scholarly metadata and provenance are available with response_profile: "full". Every profile includes all stored grader opinions, narrators with reliability and death information, attached commentary identities, and related report references only (no narration text). For worship instructions or scholarly explanations, use research_islamic_topic and the commentary tools before answering.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| reference* | string | Reference such as bukhari:1, muslim:1907, or ahmad:1.6. |
| response_profile | string | Compact returns the core record plus research metadata and is the default. Default adds bounded attribution, narrator, grading, reference, and commentary metadata. Full explicitly returns all stored provenance and metadata. |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"reference"
],
"properties": {
"reference": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 3,
"description": "Reference such as bukhari:1, muslim:1907, or ahmad:1.6."
},
"response_profile": {
"enum": [
"compact",
"default",
"full"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "compact",
"description": "Compact returns the core record plus research metadata and is the default. Default adds bounded attribution, narrator, grading, reference, and commentary metadata. Full explicitly returns all stored provenance and metadata."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Retrieve the exact Arabic text, English translation, headings, and canonical URL for one Quran ayah. For explanations of its meaning, use research_quran_ayah to consult major available tafsirs and research its concepts in hadith and shuruh before synthesizing.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ayah* | integer | Ayah number. Ayah 0 is valid only for Surah 1. |
| surah* | integer | Surah number, 1 through 114. |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"surah",
"ayah"
],
"properties": {
"ayah": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Ayah number. Ayah 0 is valid only for Surah 1."
},
"surah": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 114,
"minimum": 1,
"description": "Surah number, 1 through 114."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Get a Mushaf page by page number, or find the first page containing a surah and ayah. Returns edition information, ayah/word boundaries, all overlapping passage and subsection headings, stored introductions, and a page overview assembled from those headings. The overview is not a separately authored summary or Quran text. Ayahs and passages may continue across pages.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ayah | integer | |
| page | integer | |
| surah | integer | |
| response_profile | string | Per-heading introduction limits: compact 1000 characters per language, default 6000, full all stored text. Titles and ranges are always preserved. |
{
"type": "object",
"oneOf": [
{
"not": {
"anyOf": [
{
"required": [
"surah"
]
},
{
"required": [
"ayah"
]
}
]
},
"required": [
"page"
]
},
{
"not": {
"required": [
"page"
]
},
"required": [
"surah",
"ayah"
]
}
],
"properties": {
"ayah": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 286,
"minimum": 1
},
"page": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 604,
"minimum": 1
},
"surah": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 114,
"minimum": 1
},
"response_profile": {
"enum": [
"compact",
"default",
"full"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "default",
"description": "Per-heading introduction limits: compact 1000 characters per language, default 6000, full all stored text. Titles and ranges are always preserved."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Get an exact Quran passage by surah and section number, optionally subsection; or find the passage containing a surah and ayah. Returns stored bilingual headings/introductions, exact ayah ranges, parent/subsection relationships, and Mushaf links. A section number is an editorial passage identifier, not an ayah number. Use list_quran_sections to discover section IDs.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ayah | integer | Ayah 0 is valid only in surah 1. |
| surah* | integer | |
| section | integer | |
| subsection | integer | |
| response_profile | string | Per-heading introduction limits: compact 1000 characters per language, default 6000, full all stored text. Titles and ranges are always preserved. |
{
"type": "object",
"oneOf": [
{
"not": {
"required": [
"ayah"
]
},
"required": [
"section"
]
},
{
"not": {
"anyOf": [
{
"required": [
"section"
]
},
{
"required": [
"subsection"
]
}
]
},
"required": [
"ayah"
]
}
],
"required": [
"surah"
],
"properties": {
"ayah": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 286,
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Ayah 0 is valid only in surah 1."
},
"surah": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 114,
"minimum": 1
},
"section": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 1000,
"minimum": 1
},
"subsection": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 1000,
"minimum": 1
},
"response_profile": {
"enum": [
"compact",
"default",
"full"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "default",
"description": "Per-heading introduction limits: compact 1000 characters per language, default 6000, full all stored text. Titles and ranges are always preserved."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Retrieve commentary from a named HadithDB tafsir source for one Quran ayah.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ayah* | integer | |
| surah* | integer | |
| tafsir* | string | Alias, author, short name, or title, such as ibn-kathir. |
| language | string | Preferred output language when available. |
| max_chars | integer | Optional explicit character cap per language, overriding the selected response profile. |
| response_profile | string | Controls response size. Compact shortens long commentary, default balances context and size, and full returns all stored text. |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"tafsir",
"surah",
"ayah"
],
"properties": {
"ayah": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0
},
"surah": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 114,
"minimum": 1
},
"tafsir": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"description": "Alias, author, short name, or title, such as ibn-kathir."
},
"language": {
"enum": [
"ar",
"en"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Preferred output language when available."
},
"max_chars": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 100000,
"minimum": 1,
"description": "Optional explicit character cap per language, overriding the selected response profile."
},
"response_profile": {
"enum": [
"compact",
"default",
"full"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "default",
"description": "Controls response size. Compact shortens long commentary, default balances context and size, and full returns all stored text."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Use this before answering substantive Islamic topic or practical worship questions, such as what istikharah is and how to pray it. Collects Quran/tafsir discovery candidates, verified hadith records, explanations from distinct shuruh and explicitly linked related reports. Supply short Arabic/English queries and known principal hadith_references when available to anchor the research. Inspect coverage and fetch omitted/truncated sources as needed within the same turn; do not treat topic matches as direct evidence or claim exhaustive research.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| depth | string | Research breadth, independent of the final answer length. All depths have time and source limits. |
| queries* | array | Short concept search phrases, preferably including Arabic equivalents. Do not pass the entire natural-language question as a search phrase. |
| question* | string | |
| hadith_references | array | Known exact principal report references to prioritize and verify, e.g. bukhari:1166. Do not invent references or translate source numbers across collections. |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"question",
"queries"
],
"properties": {
"depth": {
"enum": [
"brief",
"standard",
"deep"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "standard",
"description": "Research breadth, independent of the final answer length. All depths have time and source limits."
},
"queries": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 200,
"minLength": 1
},
"maxItems": 4,
"minItems": 1,
"description": "Short concept search phrases, preferably including Arabic equivalents. Do not pass the entire natural-language question as a search phrase."
},
"question": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 2000,
"minLength": 1
},
"hadith_references": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 100,
"minLength": 3
},
"maxItems": 4,
"description": "Known exact principal report references to prioritize and verify, e.g. bukhari:1166. Do not invent references or translate source numbers across collections."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Use this for explanations of Quran ayahs. Retrieves the exact ayah and major available tafsirs (default Tabari, Ibn Kathir, Qurtubi; more at deep depth), then searches supplied concepts in Quran, tafsir, hadith and shuruh. If concepts are omitted, read the returned ayah/tafsirs, derive short grounded concept phrases, and call again with concepts without asking the user. Search matches are conceptual candidates, not proof a hadith directly explains this ayah. Verify relevant source text before synthesis. Respect explicitly requested tafsir sources.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ayah* | integer | |
| depth | string | Research breadth, independent of the final answer length. All depths have time and source limits. |
| surah* | integer | |
| tafsirs | array | Optional requested source names/aliases; overrides the default source selection. |
| concepts | array | Short concept search phrases, preferably including Arabic equivalents. Do not pass the entire natural-language question as a search phrase. |
| hadith_references | array | Known exact principal report references to prioritize and verify, e.g. bukhari:1166. Do not invent references or translate source numbers across collections. |
Search Arabic or English hadith, sirah, and history text, optionally within selected book aliases or virtual book groups. Use the sirah or history scope to search every book whose type is sirah or history.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| books | array | Optional HadithDB book aliases or groups such as sahihayn, sixbooks, ninebooks, sirah, or history. Either sirah or history searches all books of both historical types. |
| limit | integer | |
| query* | string | Words or phrase to search for. |
| cursor | string | Opaque cursor returned by the previous page. Do not modify it. |
| offset | integer | Deprecated numeric pagination offset. Prefer cursor. |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"query"
],
"properties": {
"books": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"maxItems": 20,
"description": "Optional HadithDB book aliases or groups such as sahihayn, sixbooks, ninebooks, sirah, or history. Either sirah or history searches all books of both historical types."
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 10,
"maximum": 20,
"minimum": 1
},
"query": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"description": "Words or phrase to search for."
},
"cursor": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"description": "Opaque cursor returned by the previous page. Do not modify it."
},
"offset": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 0,
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Deprecated numeric pagination offset. Prefer cursor."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Use this for scholarly explanations, procedural details and disagreements, including when answering how to perform worship or researching Quranic concepts. Searches shuruh across collections. Results preserve the commentary work and associated hadith separately. Retrieve exact entries with lookup_hadith_commentary and verify reports with lookup_hadith_detail.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | |
| query* | string | |
| cursor | string | |
| source | string | Optional exact commentary alias from list_hadith_commentaries. |
| reference | string | Optional exact associated hadith reference. |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"query"
],
"properties": {
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 10,
"maximum": 20,
"minimum": 1
},
"query": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 200,
"minLength": 1
},
"cursor": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"source": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"description": "Optional exact commentary alias from list_hadith_commentaries."
},
"reference": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 3,
"description": "Optional exact associated hadith reference."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Search Quran Arabic text and English translations by words or phrases. Use lookup_quran_ayah for an exact reference.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| sort | string | |
| limit | integer | |
| query* | string | Words or phrase to search for. |
| cursor | string | Opaque cursor returned by the previous page. Do not modify it. |
| offset | integer | Deprecated numeric pagination offset. Prefer cursor. |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"query"
],
"properties": {
"sort": {
"enum": [
"relevance",
"canonical"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "relevance"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 10,
"maximum": 20,
"minimum": 1
},
"query": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"description": "Words or phrase to search for."
},
"cursor": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"description": "Opaque cursor returned by the previous page. Do not modify it."
},
"offset": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 0,
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Deprecated numeric pagination offset. Prefer cursor."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Search HadithDB tafsir commentary, optionally restricting results to one named source.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| sort | string | |
| limit | integer | |
| query* | string | Words or phrase to search for. |
| cursor | string | Opaque cursor returned by the previous page. Do not modify it. |
| offset | integer | Deprecated numeric pagination offset. Prefer cursor. |
| tafsir | string | Optional tafsir alias, author, short name, or title. |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"query"
],
"properties": {
"sort": {
"enum": [
"relevance",
"canonical"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "relevance"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 10,
"maximum": 20,
"minimum": 1
},
"query": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"description": "Words or phrase to search for."
},
"cursor": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"description": "Opaque cursor returned by the previous page. Do not modify it."
},
"offset": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 0,
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Deprecated numeric pagination offset. Prefer cursor."
},
"tafsir": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"description": "Optional tafsir alias, author, short name, or title."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"surah",
"ayah"
],
"properties": {
"ayah": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 286,
"minimum": 0
},
"depth": {
"enum": [
"brief",
"standard",
"deep"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "standard",
"description": "Research breadth, independent of the final answer length. All depths have time and source limits."
},
"surah": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 114,
"minimum": 1
},
"tafsirs": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 100,
"minLength": 1
},
"maxItems": 6,
"minItems": 1,
"description": "Optional requested source names/aliases; overrides the default source selection."
},
"concepts": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 200,
"minLength": 1
},
"maxItems": 4,
"minItems": 1,
"description": "Short concept search phrases, preferably including Arabic equivalents. Do not pass the entire natural-language question as a search phrase."
},
"hadith_references": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 100,
"minLength": 3
},
"maxItems": 4,
"description": "Known exact principal report references to prioritize and verify, e.g. bukhari:1166. Do not invent references or translate source numbers across collections."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}