It is one month, if you think of it as an investment fund, then it is one that guarantees 100% return on investment – and even more -
And if you think of it as a rehab month, then this is the time to enroll into one of the most spiritual rehab months in your whole year.
To some, it is more like new year’s resolution… setting objectives and change methodologies … strategies .. but they fall under one goal.. getting the best out of this month and becoming a better Muslim.
And because we are always “on the go..” or at work, basically: JUST BUSY.. nevertheless, we are never busy to answer our calls, reply to our blackberry messages, check our emails, and send our daily tweets from our mobiles and smart gadgets, i decided that this month’s Ramadan post would be about the applications you can have on your mobiles that will help you and me become a better Muslim. Being an iPhone person, i found a lot of iPhone applications and tried to get as much sources for Blackberry and Android users… so enjoy and inshallah this month would be the month all our deeds will be accepted and our sins will be forgiven.. at least we shall work hard enough to make it happen ..
p.s. most of the links here are recommended by people from my twitter timeline…
QamarDeen:
QamarDeen is an Islamic behavior tracking app
The intention is that this app will be an effective tool in helping you create and maintain better and more consistent Islamic behaviors.
Features
- Record how you prayed each of the five daily prayers
- Keep track of how much Quran you read every day
- Record when you give any type of charity
- Keep track of your fasts throughout the year
- Rotate the device to enter graph mode
- Visualize your progress over time
- Analyze and improve your Islamic behaviors
Price: Free
Category: Productivity
Languages: English, Arabic
Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, & iPad
Personally – i use it and it is awesome.. Highly recommended
Download from iTunes
Supplications – Dua for every occasion
Features
- Most extensive collection of Duas
- Search for any Dua instantly in English or Arabic
- Email a Dua to anyone instantly or copy and paste a dua into an SMS message or note
- Bookmark your favorite Duas for easy access
Price: $1.99
Category: Reference
Language: English
Requirements: compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, & iPad
Download from iTunes
Guidance App:
Guidance, the premier prayer time app for the iPhone, offers the easiest to use prayer times, push notification adhans, Qibla compass (for the iPhone 3GS) , Qibla Map, Masjid Locator and much more!
Price: $2.99
iOS 4.0 Tested
Languages: English, Arabic, French
Requirements: Compatile with iPhone, iPod touch & iPad
Download from iTunes
iPray lite & Pro:
Features:
★Prayer times for any city round the globe with Push alert for Fajr (local alert will be supported with official release of OS 4.0)
★ Find and save cities using the powerful built-in database (will work even when there is no internet available). Supports more than 80,000 cities round the globe
★ Displays prayer times for: Fajr, Ishraaq, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha and Qiyam-ul-lail (Last 1/3rd of the night; Tahajjud Prayer)
★ Tap on the time column to display time left to next prayer
★ Qibla direction for selected cities with Sun’s current position in the sky. Find Qibla from wherever you are. NOTE: Lite version does not support Magnetic compass and/or GPS.
★ Islamic Events
★ Multiple Hijri and Prayer Time Calculation method adjustments
★ A unique user experience
Try the full version of iPray for a more richer set of features and options.
iPray lite – Free
languages: English, Arabic
Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, & iPad
iPray
price: $3.99
Languages: English, Arabic
Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch & iPad
iQuran:
* Full Quran with Translation: Potrait and Landscape (Landscape only in Surah Fatiha)
* Translation: Shakir (English)
* Innovative Index Screen: Navigate to bookmarks, chapters, hezb and juzz (para) all from the same screen
* Two selectable themes
* Verse by verse recitation: Sheikh Husary
* Repeat functions in recitation mode
* 5 Bookmarks & Notes
* Audio Bookmark to show you the last heard verse
* Fast Scrolling: Swipe your finger on the left verse column in Surah View to jump to a particular verse quickly
* Full-Text searching of the Quran in English translation
Price: Free
Category: reference
Language: English
Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, & iPad
Quran Reader:
Features
- High resolution pages in the original Uthmani format
- Read in landscape or portrait mode
- Full text search in English and Arabic
- English translation
- Intuitive paging with no loading time
- Complete user interface localization in English, Arabic and French.
- Create or delete bookmarks for any page
- Rotate the device to enter landscape mode to zoom in and read pages in detail
- Rotation lock button
- Jump to page option
- Jump to Hizb option
- Page slider in the Quran browser
- French Quran translation
- The screen no longer dims while the app is running
Price: $2.99
Language: English, Arabic, French
Compatibe with iPhone, iPod touch, iPad
Quran Reader HD for iPad:
An amazing interface for iPad users. Very detailed focus
Features:
* Verse-by-verse Recitation *
Use the audio feature to listen to the beautiful recitation of Sheikh Abdelbasit Abdelsamad. If you’re interested in memorization you can set it to automatically repeat each verse as it goes. Quran Reader will highlight each verse as you listen to the recitation, letting you follow along and improve your reading skills.* Tafseer & Translation *
Increase your knowledge by studying the translation and tafseer accompanying each verse. Simply tap and hold on a verse to access the menu where you can bring up the translation or the Tafseer to allow you to fully understand and appreciate a verse. Quran Reader HD offers English or French translations and Tafseer in English (Tafseer Al-Jalalayn) and Arabic (Tafseer Al-Moyassar).* Notes & Bookmarks *
Connect with the power of the message by using the notes feature to record your thoughts about a verse. You can also bookmark a page to quickly access it later or mark your progress as you read through the Quran.* Beautiful Interface *
The intuitive interface is easy to use and lets you engage with the Quran. Turn the pages like a real book, and simply touch to drop the bookmark and save your place. Tap and hold on an ayah to highlight it and bring up the menu for that ayah where you can choose from a myriad of options. Quran Reader HD brings the amazing experience of the iPad to the Holy Quran.
Bandar.Raffah – for details in Arabic
*Highly recommended if you have an iPad
Hadeeth Lite & Pro:
Features:
Provide the following collection:
•Mowatta Malik.
Browsing:
•Browse each collection in book, chapter and Hadeeth order.
•Text is selectable and could be copied and pasted in other applications.
•Histroical biography of each collection author.
Bookmarks:
•Bookmark each Hadeeth, ability to write comments along with each bookmark.
•Edit and delete bookmarks.
Searching:
•Full text search is supported for one or more collection or the whole set.
•Each search term is saved for later use and could be deleted.
•Easy to navigate search results back and forth.
•Ability to add bookmarks from within search results.
•Search terms are highlighted within text for maximum readability.
Random Browsing:
•Randomly selected Hadeeth by the system is offered, a great and entertaining way to learn about Prophet’s Sayings.
Theme support:
•Several themes are available and could be managed directly from the iPhone setting application.
Price: Free
Language: Arabic
Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, & iPad
Price: $9.99
Language: Arabic
Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch & iPad
Tafsir:
First ever Complete Quranic Commentary(Tafsir) on the Iphone/Ipad !
Price: $5.99
Category: Books
Language: English
Compatible with iPad, requires iPhone OS 3.2 +
Hisn Al Muslim:
The application is based on “Hisn AlMuslim” reference book and contains around 130 title with more than 250 zekr included.
You can browse, search and copy the content with this easy-to-use application.
Price: Free
Category: Reference
Language: Arabic
Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch
Quran Majeed:
Latest Quran Majeed software for iPhone and iPad Features:
Full version offers complete recitation of Quran Majeed by famous reciters [Sheikh Abdul Basit, Sheikh As Sudays & As Shraym, Sheikh Mishari Rashid, Sheikh Saad Al Ghamdi, Sheikh Ahmed Ajmi, Sheikh Al Huzaifi]. Full version users will also find useful many more feature upgrades.
Complete Arabic text and English translation has been proof-read by a Muslim scholar (’alim).
Athkar:
Category: Reference
Language: English
Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch
Mesbah:
The App is unique as it calculates how many “Hasanat” you are collecting.
Category: Reference
Language: English
Compatible wih iPhone, iPod touch & iPad
iSubha
1. Comes preset with the most known Islamic praises, ready to be used out of the box
2. Provides the facility of adding custom phrases for Tasbeeh
3. A detailed Subha view where tapping on the screen counts as a single Tasbeeh. A counter along with a session timer is displayed.
4. You may pause or resume any session at any time
5. Idle time detection auto-pauses Subha view if not used for a configured amount of time
6. Full history view of all counts, times and tasbeehs performed. The history/log view can be configured with a Password.
7. Two customizable themes, along with a special Night theme that switches on automatically between 2:00am and 6:00am.
8. Fully customizable interface with configurable sounds and animations
Language: English
Price: $1.99
Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch & iPad
Blackberry Users:
Guided Ways:
From the Blackberry website:
$2.99
Android Users:
yzach alah 5air…;)
These are soooooo useful <3 allah yj3alha fe mezan 7asanatech
Barak Allahu Fik may Allahu give you his mercy and congratulate you with his blessings! AS SALAMU ALEYKUM
Ramadan Kareem to you and your loved ones Dots.
Thank you all for your comments. They do mean a lot to me.