20 questions. Honest answers.

The 99 Names of Allah are the names and attributes Allah uses to describe Himself in the Quran, plus a few established via hadith. The full list is recorded in Sahih Muslim 2610. WhyAllah catalogs every Quranic occurrence of each Name and the verses where it appears.

Some of the 99 Names (like Al-Ahad and Al-Mani') do not appear as nouns in the Quran text. They are recorded in the canonical hadith collection Sahih Muslim 2610 as part of the complete list. WhyAllah marks these Names with a 'Hadith only' badge so visitors know the Name is authentic and established, but the verses shown are related by meaning (concept attribution), not by direct noun occurrence.

Both. WhyAllah is a static website (whyallah.org) that ships as a PWA and is also wrapped as a native iOS + Android app via Capacitor. The content is identical across web and app. The site works offline after first load and installs to your home screen on both platforms.

6,236 verses across 114 surahs, per the standard Hafs an Asim reading. WhyAllah catalogs 639 substantive contextual invocations of the 99 Names across these verses (after excluding the 116 surah-opening Basmalah occurrences, which are formulaic openings, not contextual invocations of any Name).

Yes and yes. The site has no paywall, no ads, no premium tier. It is funded entirely by sadaqah jariyah (voluntary ongoing charity) from visitors. We will never put verses behind a paywall. See /donate/ for the budget breakdown.

All Arabic text is from the Uthmani edition of the Madinah Mushaf (the standard Hafs an Asim reading). All English is from the Sahih International translation, which is widely used by major Islamic institutions and is considered linguistically accurate, though some may prefer alternatives (Pickthall, Yusuf Ali, Mustafa Khattab). The site is built to be translation-agnostic — adding more is a matter of swapping the data file.

WhyAllah's central thesis is that no human, prophet, or claimed deity in history has stated the specific, detailed, verifiable claims about creation, knowledge, and power that Allah states in the Quran. This is not a comparison or ranking of religious figures — it is an observation about what the Quran says versus what any other source says. The site catalogs the claims, not the comparisons.

Because the question 'why does this attribute belong to Allah alone?' is the question the Quran itself invites the reader to ask. The site exists to give that question a documented, verse-by-verse answer.

Each verse page has a permanent URL in the form /verse/{surah}-{verse}/ and each Name page has /names/{slug}/. Both are stable. For academic citation: WhyAllah.org. Contributors and scholars are listed on the /review/ page and the /about/ page; we recommend citing the specific reviewer who audited the content you reference.

No. WhyAllah presents what the Quran says, with classical tafsir from the major Sunni mufassirun (Tabari, Ibn Kathir, Qurtubi, Razi, Baghawi, Zamakhshari, Jalalayn). Where mufassirun differ, the site shows the difference rather than picking a side. The site is explicitly Aqeedah-aware (Sunni framework) and adds a 'مسودة أوليّة' (preliminary draft) banner on Arabic content pending formal scholar review.

Sadaqah jariyah (ongoing charity) is a category of charity in Islam whose reward continues after the donor's death. Knowledge is one of three things the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said continues to benefit a person after death (Sahih Muslim 1631). WhyAllah is built as a sadaqah jariyah project — every line of code, every verified verse, every audit is intended to be a continuing charity for those who build and fund it.

Yes. Quran text and translations are not copyrightable as long as you use a standard edition. The Sahih International English translation and the Uthmani Arabic text on this site are from the standard Madinah Mushaf, both widely licensed for free use. The site's UI, design, code, and original commentary are MIT-licensed — see the LICENSE file in the public repository.

The 639 vs 755 difference is the 116 surah-opening Basmalah occurrences (verse 1 of every surah except At-Tawbah). The opening بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ is a formulaic opening that mentions Ar-Rahman in every surah, but it is not a contextual invocation of the Name. WhyAllah filters these out so the count reflects substantive invocations. See the home page footnote and the audit log at /audit/ for the full reasoning.

Mishary Rashid Alafasy. The stream is served from Quran.com's CDN (audio.qurancdn.com) and is one tap away on every verse. Adding more reciters (Abdul Basit, Husary, Minshawy) is queued for a future update.

Every verse page has a Share button and a 'Report' link in the methodology footer. For substantive corrections (mistranslation, misattribution, wrong verse), email [email protected] with the verse reference and a short description. Substantive corrections are credited publicly in the audit log unless the reporter prefers anonymity.

Yes. Click the language toggle in the top-right corner (or visit whyallah.org/ar/). All 99 Names pages, claims, science entries, and methodology are translated. The Arabic content currently shows a 'مسودة أوليّة' (preliminary draft) banner pending formal scholar review of the Arabic phrasing.

WhyAllah is built by a small, named team. The technical infrastructure is open-source and visible in the public Gitea repository. The review board is on the /review/ page. The site is funded by sadaqah jariyah donations listed in the budget on /donate/.

Yes, donations are accepted via Stripe, PayPal, and direct crypto wallets (BTC, ETH, USDC, SOL). The current site is operated as a personal project (Model A). After Spanish residency, it will be transferred to a registered Spanish Asociación (Model B), at which point donations may become tax-deductible for Spanish and EU donors. A formal announcement will be made at that time.

Yes. The current two languages are English and Arabic. The site is built to support any number of languages with minimal new infrastructure. The next planned additions are Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, French, and Spanish. Each language requires a full UI translation plus AR/EN-style content shadow files. Volunteer translators are welcome — see /about/.

On Android: open whyallah.org in Chrome, tap the menu (3 dots), tap 'Add to home screen'. On iOS: open in Safari, tap the share button, tap 'Add to Home Screen'. The site installs as a PWA with offline support. A native Android APK and a native iOS app are also available — see the download links on /info/.