How we use AI
IqraSaurus is a family-led Dakwah initiative from Singapore. We teach children in person, and we build free tools that parents and teachers use with children at home and in class. AI tools help us build them. This page explains what we use AI for, what we never use it for, and who checks the work.
Led by ARS-recognised asatizah and operated as an IECP in Singapore.
Where we stand
We treat AI as a tool that may be used with care and within Islamic limits. What matters is what it is used for and who stands behind the result. The responsibility for everything we share stays with us, the people who share it.
We agree with what MUIS has said publicly: AI should not be anyone’s main source of religious guidance, and questions of religion need recognised asatizah. Our tools offer reflection and practice, never rulings.
We are exploring, and moving quickly
We are in an early, exploratory stage, and we are moving fast on purpose. We try ideas with real children and families, keep what helps and drop what doesn’t. So some of what you see is a first version. A few things may reach you before every detail has had a full review, and before we have heard from the wider community. When something is still a draft, we label it. When you tell us something is wrong, we fix it.
What we use AI for
- Building the tools: writing and testing the code behind Tadabbur, Mini Hafiz, Numbersaurus, the Calendar and the others.
- First drafts of guides and activities: the 4-I guides in Tadabbur, the number cards in Numbersaurus and the Calendar’s family activities. A person reads every one before it is shared.
- Pictures: our dino and all our illustrations, in colour and in black-and-white line art, were made with ChatGPT’s image tools on a paid plan. We choose every picture and check it against our rules before it is used.
- Translation drafts: the Malay version of our pages is drafted with AI and marked as a draft until a person checks it.
- Writing help: first drafts of web pages, printable packs and campaign text, which we then edit.
- A helper chat on some programme pages that answers only from material we have prepared. It is a helper, not a religious authority.
What we never use AI for
- Quranic Arabic, hadith and their translations. AI never writes, completes, translates or corrects them. The Quran text and its translations in our tools come from QuranExcel (quranexcel.com), copied by program and never retyped. Hadith references are checked by people.
- Rulings, fatwas or personal religious advice. For these, please ask a recognised asatizah.
- Pictures of prophets or companions, or realistic pictures of any real person.
- Made-up testimonials, numbers or quotes.
- Collecting children’s data. The tools need no login, and a child’s progress stays on their own device.
Who checks
- Our asatizah review every Numbersaurus card and every Calendar activity before it is published. They review Tadabbur guides first for ayat that need extra care. A guide shows who checked it.
- Our team reads everything else before it is shared.
- Where something has not yet had an asatizah review, we say so. Part of what supporters fund is asatizah time to review every guide.
Tell us when we get it wrong
AI can be wrong while sounding sure, including about Islam. If something in our tools or pages is wrong, or doesn’t sit right with you, please tell us. We will correct it, and we are grateful to everyone who helps us get it right.
We will update this page as our practice changes and as guidance from scholars develops.
Last updated: 19 October 2026