Qaloon recitation: read and recite the Quran in the Qaloon riwaya
Qaloon 'an Nafi' is one of the canonical riwayat of the Quran, recited across Libya, Tunisia and parts of Algeria. Minhajy shows the mushaf in Qaloon, plays Qaloon reciters, and checks your recitation word by word in Qaloon — not only in Hafs.
What is the Qaloon riwaya?
A riwaya is a transmission of one of the canonical readings (qira'at) of the Quran. Qaloon ('Isa ibn Mina, d. 220 AH) is one of the two best-known transmitters of the reading of Nafi' al-Madani (d. 169 AH), the imam of the readers of Madinah; the other is Warsh. Hafs 'an 'Asim is the riwaya most printed worldwide today; Qaloon is the riwaya of daily recitation in Libya and Tunisia and in parts of Algeria.
How does Qaloon differ from Hafs?
The text and meaning are the same Quran; the differences are in how certain words are read. Some words differ in a letter or a vowel — in al-Fatiha, for example, Hafs reads «مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ» (Māliki, with a long alif) and Qaloon reads «مَلِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ» (Maliki, without it). Others differ in the length of certain madd, in how some hamzas are pronounced, or in joining the mim of the plural (silat mim al-jam'). A checker built for Hafs therefore flags correct Qaloon recitation as mistakes.
What Minhajy offers in Qaloon
As of September 2026, the other recitation-checking apps we know of check Hafs only. Like any speech recognition, the checker can be wrong — it is a practice aid, not a teacher.
- The mushaf text in the Qaloon riwaya, page by page.
- Qaloon reciters, including Ali al-Hudhaify, Mahmoud Khalil Al-Husary and Ahmad Khader al-Tarabulsi.
- Live recitation checking in Qaloon: each word is marked as you recite, and you can recite from memory with the text hidden.
- The same free allowance as in Hafs: 15 sessions in the first 14 days, then 7 free sessions every week.