Tools for Students of Arabic & Islamic Studies
A place for learning.
Free tools for students of Arabic and the Islamic sciences — made with care, and made to last.
رِواق
riwāq — a colonnade; the portico
where students gathered to learn.
The collection
Tools
Each tool is designed for one part of a student’s work. The first are being built now.
- مُعْجَم
Dictionary
Look up words in Arabic or English, organised by root.
Early preview - كِتَابَة
Typing
Learn to type Arabic quickly and accurately.
Early preview - مُفْرَدَات
Vocabulary
Learn words in decks, then meet them in sentences.
Early preview - كَلِمَة
Kalima
Guess the day’s five-letter word in six tries.
Early preview
Principles
- Free, always
- Every tool is free to use. No subscriptions, no paywalls, no advertising.
- No accounts
- Open a tool and begin. Your progress stays in your own browser.
- Arabic first
- Careful typography, proper right-to-left text and full ḥarakāt throughout.