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Read one juz a day and finish the whole Quran in Ramadan — a 30-day plan with where each juz starts and ends.
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Welcome to QuranCentral — Your Free Online Quran Companion
QuranCentral is a free, ad-light online platform built to help Muslims and seekers worldwide read, listen to, and study the Holy Quran. No accounts, no paywalls — every feature is open and free, from the complete Arabic Quran with verse-by-verse English translation, to accurate prayer times for any city, to a precise Qibla direction finder, the classical tafsir of Ibn Kathir and Al-Jalalayn, an authentic Hadith of the Day from the six canonical collections, and much more.
What You Can Do on QuranCentral
📖 Read the Holy Quran in Arabic with translations
Open the Read Quran page to access all 114 Surahs of the Holy Quran in the original Uthmani Arabic script. Pair the Arabic with any of 11+ translations — including English (Sahih International, Pickthall, Yusuf Ali), Urdu, French, Spanish, Indonesian, Turkish, Bengali, Russian, German and more. Search by Surah name, Juz number, or jump directly to any verse using the reference format like 2:255 (Ayat al-Kursi). Bookmark favorite verses, save your last-read position, and listen to per-verse audio at the click of a button.
🎧 Listen to renowned Quran reciters
Stream beautiful recitations from the world's most beloved Quran reciters on our Reciters page — including Sheikh Mishary Rashid Alafasy of Kuwait, Abdurrahman As-Sudais Imam of Masjid al-Haram, Saud Ash-Shuraim, the legendary Egyptian reciter Abdul Basit Abdul Samad, Yasser Al-Dossari, Abu Bakr Al-Shatri, Hani Ar-Rifai and Nasser Al Qatami. Browse all 53 reciters — each with the complete Quran in MP3 — or open any of the 114 surahs to hear it by every reciter, for example Surah Al-Kahf, Surah Yaseen or Surah Al-Mulk.
🕌 Accurate prayer times worldwide
Get precise Adhan and Salah times (Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha) for any city in the world. The Prayer Times page includes one-click access to Mecca, Medina, Riyadh, Dubai, Cairo, Istanbul, Jakarta, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur, London, New York and many more major cities. Customize by calculation method (Muslim World League, ISNA, Umm al-Qura, Egyptian, Karachi, Kuwait, Qatar, Singapore, Turkey/Diyanet) and choose Hanafi or Shafi for Asr time. See a full monthly schedule with Hijri dates alongside Gregorian.
🧭 Find the Qibla from anywhere
Our Qibla finder uses your location to calculate the precise direction toward the Holy Kaaba in Mecca, displayed both as a bearing in degrees from true North and on an interactive compass. The page also tells you the great-circle distance to the Kaaba in kilometers — handy whether you're praying at home, in a hotel, or traveling.
📚 Tafsir from the greatest classical scholars
The Tafseer page provides verse-by-verse interpretation of the Quran from the foremost classical commentators: Ibn Kathir, Al-Jalalayn, As-Sa'di, Al-Tabari and Al-Qurtubi. Available in both Arabic and English. Whether you're studying a single verse deeply or following a Surah from start to finish, the classical tafsir tradition is at your fingertips.
🌙 Ramadan, Hijri Calendar, Duas and more
Visit the Ramadan Hub for accurate Suhoor (Sehri) and Iftar times, fasting duas, and a 30-day Juz-a-day reading plan to complete the Quran by Eid. Use the Hijri Calendar to convert between Hijri and Gregorian dates and see upcoming Islamic events. Read the 99 Beautiful Names of Allah with full meanings, browse a curated library of authentic duas from the Quran and Sunnah, or watch Makkah and Madinah live 24/7 alongside lectures from Mufti Menk, Nouman Ali Khan, Omar Suleiman and other world-renowned scholars. Looking for a place to pray on the road? Our Mosques Near Me map finds every masjid in your area.
Why QuranCentral?
- 100% free, no signup required — every feature works anonymously, on any device.
- Privacy-respecting — your bookmarks and last-read position are saved locally on your device, not on our servers.
- Mobile-friendly + installable — works perfectly on phones, tablets and desktops. Install it as a PWA for offline use.
- English and Arabic interface — toggle the language at any time with full right-to-left support for Arabic.
- Open data sources — built on top of community-maintained open APIs (AlQuran.cloud, AlAdhan, spa5k Tafsir, MP3Quran.net, OpenStreetMap and more).