About Sakinah Tab
Sakinah (سكينة) means tranquillity. Sakinah Tab replaces Chrome's new tab page with a quiet one: the current prayer at a glance, an ayah of the Quran, and nothing competing for your attention. It is free, has no ads, and keeps your information on your own device.
What it does
- Prayer times at a glance: the new tab shows which prayer it is, how long ago it began and how long remains, with today's times for your location. You can mark a prayer as prayed.
- An ayah on every new tab: Arabic text with a translation and recitation audio, chosen at random, from your favourite surahs, or from where you left off.
- A Quran reader: all 604 pages in the Madinah mushaf layout, which remembers your place.
- Your masjid's jamaat times: enter them once, as a fixed time or as minutes after the adhan.
- Three languages: English, Urdu and Hindi, with a choice of numerals and a Hijri date you can adjust to your local moon sighting.
What it will never do
- Show adverts or sell anything.
- Ask you to create an account.
- Track you or read the websites you visit.
The privacy policy lists exactly what is stored and which outside services are contacted.
About the prayer times
Prayer times are calculated on your device from your location, using the calculation method and Asr school you choose. When you pick a city, the extension suggests the method most commonly used in that country; this is common practice, not a religious ruling. Calculated times can differ by a few minutes from your local timetable, so please check them against your masjid and use the adjustments in the settings if needed.
Sources and thanks
Sakinah Tab is built on the generous work of others:
- Quran text: the Uthmani text from the Tanzil project.
- Translations: Saheeh International (English), Fateh Muhammad Jalandhry (Urdu), and Suhel Farooq Khan and Saifur Rahman Nadwi (Hindi), provided through alquran.cloud.
- Recitations: audio served by the Islamic Network.
- Prayer time calculation: the open-source Adhan library by Batoul Apps.
- City search: Open-Meteo, using GeoNames data.
- Place names and masjid search: Photon by komoot, using data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Arabic typeface: Amiri Quran, under the SIL Open Font License.
Who makes it
Sakinah Tab is made by Anzar Ahmad, an independent developer, as a personal project. It is offered free of charge. If it benefits you, a prayer for the developer is the best thanks; the "Support Sakinah" button in the settings is there for anyone who wishes to support the work.
Contact
Found a mistake in a translation, a wrong prayer time or a bug? Have a suggestion? Write to sakinah@anzarahmad.me.