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Short answers on how to read, listen, share and follow prayer times in the Tanzil app.
Reading
- Can I read the Quran in the Tanzil app without internet?What works offline in the Tanzil app: Arabic text, built-in translations, tafsir and prayer times. What needs a one-time download: mushaf pages and recitation.
- How do I switch between mushaf, text and translation in the Tanzil app?Switch the Tanzil reader between Ayah list, Book text, Book translation and the three mushafs from the View menu, and download a mushaf.
- How do I continue reading where I stopped in the Tanzil app?Use the Continue button on the Quran tab to return to your last ayah, and the reading history to go back to earlier places.
- How do I change the theme and the text size in the Tanzil app?Choose light, dark or system mode and one of 12 colour themes in Settings, and change Arabic and translation text sizes from the reader.
- How do I bookmark an ayah and group bookmarks by topic in the Tanzil app?Save an ayah from its ⋯ menu in Tanzil, then find it under Bookmarks on the Quran tab and group bookmarks into topics.
Learning
- How do I turn on tajweed colours in the Tanzil app?Turn on colour-coded tajweed in the Tanzil reader, open the tajweed rules of any ayah, and read the full rules and lessons.
- How do I get word-by-word translation in the Tanzil app?Download a word-by-word translation in Tanzil and show the meaning under each Arabic word in the Ayah list.
- How do I read tafsir in the Tanzil app, and in which languages?Open the tafsir of an ayah from its ⋯ menu in Tanzil. Turkish, Russian and English cover nearly the whole Quran; Azerbaijani the first 21 surahs.
- How do I search the Quran in the Tanzil app?Search the Arabic text, the selected translation and surah names in the Tanzil app, with an optional whole-word match.
Listening
- How do I choose a reciter and repeat an ayah in the Tanzil app?Pick a reciter, play a range of ayahs and repeat an ayah or a selection in the Tanzil reader, with the words highlighted as they are recited.
- How do I listen to whole surahs with the screen off in the Tanzil app?Play full surahs from the Listen tab in Tanzil with lock-screen controls, a sleep timer, many reciters and per-surah downloads.
Sharing
- How do I share the text of an ayah on a picture in the Tanzil app?Share the text of an ayah with its translation on a picture in Tanzil: choose portrait or square, pick a background and share.
- How do I copy or share several ayahs as text in the Tanzil app?Copy or share a range of ayahs from one surah as text in the Tanzil app, with the Arabic, the translation and the reference.
Prayer times
- How do I set up prayer times in the Tanzil app?Set up prayer times in Tanzil: allow notifications and location. The calculation method is chosen for the place you are in, and you can change it.
- How do I choose the prayer time calculation method in the Tanzil app?Use Automatic, which follows your country, or pick a prayer time method in Tanzil yourself, from Diyanet and Muslim World League to local authorities.
- Why did my prayer calculation method change in the Tanzil app?Why Tanzil shows "Prayer times are now calculated by": Automatic follows the country you are in. What the cards mean and how to keep one method.
- How do I adjust prayer times in the Tanzil app to match my mosque?Move each prayer time earlier or later by up to 30 minutes in Tanzil. Adjustments are kept for each place.
- How do I set my own Fajr and Isha angles in the Tanzil app?Create a custom prayer calculation method in Tanzil with your own Fajr and Isha angles, Isha minutes after Maghrib and Maghrib delay.
- How do I add the prayer times widget of the Tanzil app to my home screen?Add the Tanzil prayer widgets on Android (three sizes) or iPhone (home and lock screen) and see the time left for the current prayer.
- How do I find the qibla in the Tanzil app?Find the qibla direction with the compass or the map in the Tanzil app, and what to do if the compass is inaccurate.
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