SINGAPORE – In aiming to motivate Muslims as they prepare for the fasting month, Muslim Pro app has included two new features on the app. They are dhikr (remembrance) tracking and the Quran translations audio.
Muslim Pro users can now set daily dhikr goals and track them in the existing tasbih (prayer beads) feature in the app. This new feature is in response to a popular request by the community. With accompanying audio recordings, users can also listen to how the dhikr is being recited and follow the recitation as they read towards their dhikr goals.
To increase accessibility of the app for users in various markets, Muslim Pro has integrated text-to-speech technology in its Quran feature. Users can now listen to the Quran translations audio in various languages.
The Quran translations audio will be played right after the Arabic recitation of each verse. Currently, the Muslim Pro app has around 70 translations, with some languages having multiple translation versions.
Users can look for the words 'audio recitation is available' below a particular translation to find out which translation has the new audio recitation feature.
Muslim Pro’s head of community Zahariah Jupary said: “Muslim Pro is about the Ummah, and the uplifting of individuals to strengthen the community.
We want the new features to further ease and facilitate the practice of our community’s faith and religious duties, as the Quran translations’ audio will allow individuals to hear the Quran translations in any of the available languages in the app, while the Dhikr tracking will encourage the Ummah to increase their remembrance of Allah no matter where they are.”
Zahariah added that the two new features are part of Muslim Pro’s pledge to always put users first “in everything that we do”.
“We will always listen to our community and improve the app to support the Ummah in their practice.”
She also noted that many people turned to Muslim Pro amid the Covid-19 restrictions. “We saw a big spike in app usage during the Covid-19 pandemic period, so we knew it was helping people keep their faith.”
Currently, the app, which is available on the Apple App Store (iOS), Google Play Store (Android), and KaiOS, has features that include: accurate prayer times, azan, full audio Quran, Halal restaurants & mosques guide, qibla compass, Islamic Hijri calendar, zakat calculation, daily inspiration contents, fasting and prayer tracker, virtual hajj journey, popular verses, and daily duas.
“Every day, we focus on creating a better mobile app, one that is relevant and useful to the Ummah. The virtual Hajj journey feature which was launched last year during the Hajj season is useful for Muslims who cannot go on the pilgrimage to Mecca; it is particularly relevant in these Covid-19 times,” Zahariah pointed out.
She said that as part of Muslim Pro’s annual World Quran Month (WQM) in Ramadan, Muslim Pro is also planning a Global Quran Reading event to unite the Ummah in encouraging one another to read the Quran. – The Vibes, March 2, 2021
