I put our Subac tradition into an app — the macalin recites one ayah, you answer from memory. Free on Android.

Anyone who went through dugsi knows Subac — sitting in a circle with the macalin and the other students, going round turn by turn: he recites an ayah, and you recite the next one back from memory, with everyone listening. No screens, no shortcuts. That's how our parents and grandparents carried the Qur'an.
I'm a Qur'an student myself, and together with my teachers I built that exact experience into a free Android app called Tatbith (تثبيت — "to make firm"):
Subac mode: pick your reciter, open your portion — the sheikh recites an ayah, then your ayah appears hidden and you recite it from memory. Ayah by ayah, back and forth, just like going around the circle. Stuck? Reveal one word at a time, like a macalin quietly prompting you.
And around it, everything a hifdh student needs: a full 7-step session method (du'a → tikrar → listening → memorizing → anchoring → retention → muhasaba), a counted tikrar per ayah, a revision cycle so your old pages stay strong, and Mushaf-based progress tracking by page, juz and surah. Fully offline, no ads.
Our tradition kept the Qur'an alive for generations in those circles — long before any apps. I just want to make sure it survives ours.

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u/Friendly_Jury_5628 — 1 month ago
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As a hifdh student I kept losing my old pages while memorizing new ones — so I built the app I couldn't find. Free.

I'm a Qur'an student, and I kept running into the same problem — and I saw it around me too: we don't lose sincerity, we lose structure. New pages grow, old pages quietly weaken, and muraja'ah becomes guilt instead of a system.
So I built Tatbith (تثبيت — "to make firm") — together with my teachers. Every feature was shaped and refined by their feedback, so it follows how hifdh is actually taught, not how an app developer imagines it. It's live on Google Play, completely free. What's inside:

📖 A real method, not a checklist. Every session follows 7 steps from the traditional way of memorizing: du'a & intention → counted repetition (tikrar) → listening → memorizing → anchoring → retention → muhasaba. The app walks you through it.
🔢 Tikrar counter per ayah. Repetition tied to the actual verse you're on — not a generic timer. You always know exactly where you stand.
🔁 A revision cycle that protects your old pages. New memorization stays balanced with review, so what you memorized a year ago stays as firm as what you memorized yesterday.
📊 Mushaf-based progress tracking. See your hifdh by page, hizb, juz and surah — what's strong, what needs work.
🕌 Subac mode (سُبَاع) — this one is unique, from the Somali hifdh tradition I grew up with: your chosen reciter recites an ayah, then it's your turn — the next ayah is hidden and you recite it from memory. Ayah by ayah, back and forth, like sitting with your sheikh. Stuck? Reveal one word at a time.
Fully offline, no ads, no gamification — no streaks-guilt, no badges. Just you, the Qur'an, and a clear daily structure.
📱 Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tatbith.app
🌐 Website: https://www.tatbith.app
I built this for myself first, and now I want it to benefit the ummah. So tell me honestly: what does your muraja'ah routine look like, and where does it break down? I read and answer everything.
May Allah make the Qur'an firm in our hearts. 🤲

u/Friendly_Jury_5628 — 7 days ago