Nine things, done properly.

Prayer times engine

Computed locally, never queried.

Noorani computes prayer times on your device using astronomical algorithms — the same sun-angle math that's been in use for more than a thousand years, modernised with accurate ephemerides. Your coordinates never leave your computer. No "location lookup" request goes to our servers because we don't have servers handling user data.

Six calculation methods are supported out of the box:

• University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi — the default across the subcontinent
• Islamic Society of North America (ISNA)
• Muslim World League (MWL)
• Umm al-Qura University, Makkah
• Egyptian General Authority of Survey
• Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran

You can choose Shafi'i or Hanafi for the Asr calculation independent of method. High-latitude adjustments (angle-based, one-seventh, middle-of-night) are handled automatically when you live north of the parallel where the sun misbehaves. Custom fine-tuning per prayer is available — ±15 minutes — for people whose local mosque uses a calibrated offset.

Qibla indicator

Great-circle math, not an app.

The Qibla lives in the browser's toolbar. One keystroke opens a calibrated compass with the exact degree bearing from your location to the Ka'bah. The calculation uses the great-circle formula — the same spherical geometry aviation uses — which is why it sometimes points in a direction that feels counter-intuitive on a flat map.

Your computer has no magnetometer, so this is a reference bearing you orient against a physical compass (or a phone) held flat. What Noorani gives you is the precise angle: no rounding, no estimation from a city-level lookup table. For major cities we also show the cardinal direction ("258°, roughly SW") so you can triangulate from a known wall.

Hijri calendar

The Islamic date, always where you need it.

Noorani uses the Umm al-Qura calendar as the default, with a one-day nudge configurable if your region sights the moon locally. The Hijri date sits in the browser header — visible on every tab, every page. At Maghrib, it rolls to the next day automatically, because the Islamic day begins at sunset, and most software gets that wrong.

Ramadan, Dhul-Hijjah 1–10, the two Eids, Muharram 9–10, Rabi' al-Awwal 12, and Laylat al-Bara'ah are highlighted automatically. You won't miss them just because the Gregorian date didn't remind you.

Thoughtful filtering

A quieter web, on your terms.

The filter is optional, off by default, and configurable by category. Three sensitivity levels — Light, Standard, Strict — tune what gets blocked, blurred, or warned. It's not a parental-control product. It's a self-control product.

Light blocks explicit imagery on sites that serve it. Standard adds gambling, alcohol marketing, and aggressive adult-content ad networks. Strict adds nightclub and dating content. At every level you can whitelist a domain; at every level the filter is disclosed on the tab with a small indicator so you always know when it's doing something. Nothing is ever reported to us — the block lists are bundled, updated on your schedule, and evaluated locally.

We don't shame. We don't log. We don't nag. A category is either blocked or it isn't; we don't keep a record of what you tried to visit.

Quran quick-access

Any surah, any verse, from the address bar.

Type q 2:255 in the address bar and Noorani opens Ayatul Kursi in a dedicated reader with Arabic, transliteration, and translation side-by-side. Type q al-mulk and it loads Surah Al-Mulk. Type q 36 for Ya-Sin. The reader is offline-capable — the complete Arabic text and a handful of translations are bundled, so it works on a plane.

Bundled translations at launch: Saheeh International, Muhammad Asad, Taqi Usmani (English); Junagarhi (Urdu); several others. Bundled reciters for audio playback: Al-Sudais, Al-Ghamdi, Mishary Al-Afasy. You can add more from within the app.

Tracker blocking

Your browsing is not a data set.

Noorani blocks a heavy list of third-party trackers by default: Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, DoubleClick, the major ad-tech fingerprinting libraries, and over fifteen thousand cross-site tracking endpoints sourced from the EasyPrivacy and EasyList public lists. Fingerprinting resistance includes canvas, WebGL, audio, and timezone normalisations.

Unlike some privacy browsers, we don't operate an "acceptable ads" programme. There is no allowlist you can pay to be on. If something is identifiably a tracker, it's blocked.

A tracker count per site is visible in the toolbar. Per-site overrides are available for the rare case when a site genuinely needs a third-party script to function — banking portals, some government sites.

Ramadan mode v1.1

A calmer browser for a focused month.

One toggle, and the browser shifts. Suhoor and iftar countdowns replace the clock. Content filter escalates to Strict by default (still overridable). Autoplay goes off everywhere. Notifications go quiet between Fajr and Maghrib. The new tab page strips down to a simple greeting and the day's ayah.

Ramadan mode activates automatically at the start of Ramadan if you opt in, and deactivates at Eid. You can also trigger it manually — some people prefer this posture year-round for the last ten days of any month, or during I'tikāf. It's a preset, not a prison.

Native languages v1.1

Right-to-left, done right.

The browser UI ships in English, Arabic, Urdu, Bahasa Indonesia, Turkish, and Malay at v1.1. Right-to-left is a first-class layout, not a CSS flip — the entire chrome mirrors correctly, including the address bar direction, the bookmarks rail, the settings panes, and the Qibla compass.

Font rendering for Arabic and Urdu uses Noto Naskh Arabic and Jameel Noori Nastaleeq where licensing permits, with user-selectable alternatives. We know what Urdu looks like when rendered badly; we have opinions about what it should look like.

Ayah of the day

A verse, not a notification.

Every new tab, if you opt in, opens with a selected verse — Arabic, a clean translation, and a line of context. The rotation is curated to avoid the out-of-context verses that get quoted online without their surrounding passage. You can pin a specific surah, shuffle the whole Quran, or turn the feature off entirely with one click.

Close it once and it stays closed. We don't believe in nagging you back into engagement.