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How to use the library

Everything here is free to hear, save, and share. This guide covers the player, the listening tools, and what stays private to your browser.

Getting started

Press the play button beside any recording and it starts immediately — no account, no sign-up, nothing to install. The player stays with you at the bottom of the screen as you browse.

Browse by topic under Lectures, by reciter or teacher under Speakers, or dive into a multi-part Series. The home page suggests places to begin, including topics you have not explored yet.

If you leave in the middle of a recording, it is remembered: the home page offers to continue where you stopped, and reopening a recording resumes from your last position.

The player & your queue

The + button beside a recording adds it to your queue without interrupting what is playing; "Play all" on a series or topic page queues the whole list. Tap the arrow on the mini player to expand it — the expanded view shows what is up next, and lets you jump ahead or remove items.

In the expanded player you will also find:

  • Speed — from 0.75× up to 2×, remembered between visits.
  • Repeat — off, repeat one, or loop the whole queue.
  • Sleep timer — stop after 15, 30, or 60 minutes, or at the end of the current recording. Good company for the night.

Your queue and positions survive closing the browser. The player also answers your device's media keys and lock-screen controls.

Offline listening

Every recording page has a "Save offline" button. Saved recordings play with no connection at all — on the road, in the air, wherever.

You can also install the site as an app: your browser's menu will offer "Install" or "Add to Home Screen". Installed or not, saved audio lives in your browser's storage on your device; clearing site data removes it.

Install as an app & full-screen

The immersive button (⛶) in the player makes it full-screen where the browser allows it. On iPhone, Safari doesn't offer full-screen for web pages — installing Audio Islam as an app is the way to get it.

  • iPhone/iPad: tap Share, then "Add to Home Screen". Opening from that icon runs full-screen, and the immersive button goes straight to the ambient display.
  • Android: your browser may offer "Install app" in its menu — installed or not, the immersive button works.

In immersive mode the screen dims to a dark, gentle now-playing display after a few seconds and stays awake while playing. Tap anywhere to bring the controls back.

Your journey & privacy

As you listen, your browser keeps a private log of what you heard and finished. That log powers several things:

  • The gilt dots on recording lists — hollow means started, filled means finished — and the "n of m heard" note on series, speaker, and topic pages.
  • "New ground" on the home page: suggestions from topics you have not visited yet, so one interest does not become the whole path.
  • The Journey page: how much of the library you have heard, your listening rhythm, series underway, and khatams — small marks of completion, like finishing every part of a series.
  • "Tour the library" queues one unheard recording from every topic in a single tap.

This history never leaves your browser. There are no accounts, and the site cannot see what you have listened to, what it recommended, or anything else about your journey. The server only counts anonymous plays — a number, tied to no one.

Because it lives only in your browser, clearing site data erases it. The Journey page can save your whole journey to a file and restore it later or in another browser — a good habit before switching devices.

Something missing or unclear? Tell us through the contact page — this guide grows with the library.