How does Qaf work?
Qaf answers from books, not from the AI model’s training data. Its research process is purpose-built for Islamic questions: when you ask, Qaf searches the Shamela library, reads the most relevant passages, and writes an answer that cites them.
What happens when you ask
- Search: Qaf searches the Shamela library of more than 8,000 classical Islamic books by meaning and by keywords, then ranks the passages it finds.
- Read: Qaf reads the best passages and the text around them, and often searches again. When scholars differ, Qaf presents the opposing views and notes which one most sources hold.
- Write: Qaf writes the answer and cites the passages it used.
Check the sources
- Select a citation to see the book, the author, and the passage. Continue Reading opens the book at the cited page in the Turath.io reader.
- Select a highlighted hadith (a report of the words or actions of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him) to see its grade, its narrators, and the collections that record it.