App Detail » Iqra! by Yazid - Quran Reminder

What's New

Version 1.2:
• Sync your reading position across multiple devices via iCloud.
• The daily notifications will now indicate how many days it's been since you last opened Iqra!.

Version 1.1:
• If you want to go back to review previous verses, you no longer need to worry about getting lost. Simply double-tapping the screen will take you back to the latest verse read!
• You can now launch a series of new options just by holding down on the screen. These include:
- Copying a verse to your clipboard.
- Saving a shot of your favorite verses to your Camera Roll.
- Sharing verses to Twitter or Facebook directly from within the app!
• Fixed a bug which prevented new installs from properly auto-saving your reading position.

App Description

Iqra! is a unique Quran app designed to help you read the Quran from beginning to end while appreciating the meaning and beauty of each verse in between.

It comes with a configurable notification which reminds you to read the Quran every day. The app was purposely designed to show only 1 verse per frame - no search, no skipping - it simply displays a long continuous edge-to-edge view of all the verses and their translations from start to finish and will remember where you left off every time.

Features:
• Simple yet beautiful full-screen view of verses together with translations
• Offline reading
• Daily reminders
• Auto-saved reading position
• Reading statistics and progress

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Iqrā (Arabic: إقرا) means to read, or recite.

The first five verses of Sūrat al-'Alaq (العلق "The Clot"), sometimes also known as Sūrat al-Iqrā (إقرا, "Read"), are believed by nearly all sources, to be the first verses of the Qur'an to be revealed to the Prophet Muhammad.
(Wikipedia)

"It was the seventeenth night of the month of Ramadan in AD 610...

He awoke suddenly on that first night in the cave in abject terror, his whole body, his whole inner self, caught in a vice-like grip that seemed to hold him within a massive pressure field… As he lay there, shattered, he heard the commandment, 'Recite!'. This he could not do… Indeed, as he protested, he was completely illiterate. The angel closed in upon him, possessing him again with such force that he felt he would burst. 'Recite!' he again commanded.

There was no room for refusal. The first verse burst from the lips of Muhammad, like breath being exhaled.

Thus were the beginnings of the Qur'an."
(Rogerson, Barnaby. (2003). The Prophet Muhammad: A Biography.)

App Changes

• June 07, 2014 Initial release
• July 20, 2014 New version 1.2
• July 20, 2014 Price decrease: $0.99 -> FREE!
• August 29, 2014 Price increase: FREE! -> $0.99