FAQ — Sukūn

Yes. Sukūn is entirely free, with no in-app purchases, no subscription, and no premium tier to unlock. Development is funded by voluntary support from the community.

Yes. Sukūn works fully offline. No feature depends on a server. You can use it on a plane, on a train, anywhere with no signal.

Not yet. The Android version is available on Google Play. An iOS version is in preparation and will land on the App Store in the coming months.

Sukūn is available in ten languages: French, English, Arabic, Spanish, Japanese, German, Italian, Dutch, Bosnian, and Indonesian. The interface follows your device’s language automatically.

No. Sukūn collects no personal data, uses no server, and shares nothing with third parties. Everything stays on your device.

Dhikr (ذِكْر) is the remembrance of Allah in the Muslim tradition — by the tongue, by the heart, or both. It takes the form of brief formulas such as SubḥānAllāh, Alḥamdulillāh or Allāhu Akbar, repeated with presence of the heart (khushū‘).

The Tasbih of Fāṭima (تسبيح فاطمة) consists of saying SubḥānAllāh 33 times, Alḥamdulillāh 33 times, and Allāhu Akbar 34 times, typically after each prayer. It is reported in Sahih al-Bukhārī (hadith 6318) and Sahih Muslim (hadith 2727).

According to the hadith above, the most common practice after the obligatory prayer is 33 times SubḥānAllāh, 33 times Alḥamdulillāh, and 34 times Allāhu Akbar. Other counts are reported in the prophetic tradition.

The mainstream contemporary scholarly position is that the digital tasbih is permissible: it is a counting instrument, like the beads of a subḥah or the joints of the fingers. As with any tool, intention and the quality of the dhikr take precedence. TODO(scholar) — refine doctrinal references.

Sukūn is published by One Ace SAS, a French company based in Paris (60 rue François Ier, 75008 Paris · RCS 979 062 452 · VAT FR14979062452). For any question, write to contact@sukun.care.

Sukūn requires Android 9.0 (Pie) or newer. It is optimized for modern haptic engines and degrades gracefully on older devices.

You can make a one-time or recurring donation via the Support page. Every contribution funds development, hosting, and keeping the app free for everyone.

No. No usage data is collected, sent to any server, or shared. No Google Analytics, no Firebase, no Crashlytics, no Facebook SDK.

No. It is a founding commitment of Sukūn: no ads, no commercial nudges, ever. Worship must not be turned into ad inventory.

In the app, open the library, then add a personal dhikr: name, Arabic formula, transliteration, translation, target count. Your personal dhikr stay on your device.

Yes. The interface adapts to tablet screens in both portrait and landscape. Haptic feedback varies with the tablet’s vibration engine.

The easiest is to share sukun.care or the direct Play Store link. Since the app is free, ad-free, and tracking-free, you can recommend it unreservedly.

The classical dhikr formulas (Tasbih of Fāṭima, morning and evening adhkâr, 99 names of Allah) follow the recognized prophetic references. Scholarly review is ongoing — please write to contact@sukun.care with any correction.

Sukūn (سُكُون) is an Arabic word meaning calm, quietness, inner stillness. It is also, in Arabic grammar, the diacritical mark that signals the absence of a vowel — the brief halt of sound.

The tasbih is a support for worship, not a product. The restraint in the design is meant to serve the gesture of dhikr and to respect presence of the heart (khushū‘) — not to capture attention.