How is Qaf different from ChatGPT?
Qaf searches Islamic books and cites the passages it uses. ChatGPT and other general assistants answer from their training data or browse the open web, including forums such as Reddit and other websites of unknown reliability.
- Purpose-built for Islamic questions: Qaf’s research process is designed for Islamic questions, from finding the right books to reading the passages around a quote.
- Answers from books: Qaf searches only the Shamela library of classical Islamic books and is instructed not to answer from general knowledge.
- Citations you can verify: select a citation to see the book, author and passage. Continue Reading opens the book at the cited page in the Turath.io reader.
- Qur’an and hadith tools: select a Qur’an reference to read the verse, its translation and an explanation with links to its sources. Select a highlighted hadith (a report of the words or actions of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him) to see its grade and references to the books that record it.
- Presents opposing views: when scholars differ, Qaf presents each view and notes which one most sources hold, without choosing for you.