Salah is prayed in Arabic, which can feel like the hardest part at first — but you are not expected to be fluent to begin. Most new Muslims start by learning a handful of short, essential phrases (the opening takbir, a short surah, the words said while bowing and prostrating, and the closing salam) with a transliteration and translation alongside the Arabic.

Memorise these in small chunks rather than all at once, and repeat them daily — memory for prayer phrases builds quickly through the repetition of praying itself, even before you consciously try to memorise anything.

The dedicated phrases guide in this app gives you every essential phrase with Arabic, transliteration, and translation together, organised by where each one is said in the prayer — use it as your daily practice tool.