وَرْش
The Quran is the beginning.
Warsh began with a familiar experience: Muslims recite Arabic every day, yet many cannot understand the words directly. Closing that gap is our first responsibility. Building a wider foundation in Fusha is where the journey continues.
A Quran app that stops at translation.
Or an Arabic course that ignores the language you already know.
Warsh takes a different path. It begins with familiar Quranic Arabic, teaches the vocabulary and grammar underneath it, and develops those foundations toward wider Fusha understanding and expression.
You know how the words sound. Understand them, then carry the language further.
Not a memorisation or recitation course.
Not a Quran translation reader.
Not a regional dialect course.
Not a madrasah, certification, or replacement for a qualified teacher.
It teaches Fusha from its strongest foundation.
Warsh begins with Al-Fatiha because it is already part of the learner’s life. From there, 72 chapters develop vocabulary, roots, sentence structures, listening, and speaking. The Quran gives the journey its foundation; wider Fusha gives that foundation room to grow. Ustaad Noor supports Arabic learning and redirects questions of fiqh to qualified scholars. See how the chapters and four skills work on the features page, and what any of it costs is on the pricing page.
The record.
Our story
Warsh began with a simple observation: many Muslims have spent years reciting Arabic without being given an accessible path into understanding it. The answer was not another translation reader or a collection of disconnected videos, but a structured language journey beginning with words learners already recognize.
Who we are
A small independent team based in Karachi, Pakistan, building for Pakistan and the wider South Asian and global Muslim diaspora first — communities where Salah is daily practice and formal Arabic education is often out of reach. Warsh is not backed by, endorsed by, or affiliated with any institution.
What we do
We teach Quran-first Fusha through a 72-chapter course beginning with Al-Fatiha. The current curriculum is strongest in Quranic and Classical Arabic foundations, supported by a Vocabulary Bank, spaced review, Tadabbur, speaking practice, and Ustaad Noor. Contemporary formal Arabic requires additional vocabulary and exposure, and we do not claim otherwise.
What you can rely on
The Vocabulary Bank is free permanently, including after a subscription ends. Every account starts with 7 days of full access. Warsh runs on Android 8 and later, and is publicly available on Google Play. How our lessons are written and reviewed, and the limits we hold ourselves to, are set out in our editorial guidelines.
Why you can trust Warsh
Every claim on this page is checkable, and we would rather you checked. Warsh is published by a named person — Umar Bin Akbar Ali, Founder & CEO, working from Karachi, Pakistan — not an anonymous storefront, and both support@warsh.app and +92 318 104 6756 reach him. The app is listed publicly on Google Play as com.warsh.app, where its rating, its reviews and its update history are published by Google rather than by us.
What we decline to claim matters as much. Warsh awards no certification, is not backed by or affiliated with any institution, and does not present its founder as a scholar of Arabic or of the Quran; Ustaad Noor refers every question of fiqh to a qualified scholar instead of answering it. How lessons are written, reviewed and corrected is written down in our editorial guidelines, what we do with your data is in the privacy policy, and the person behind all of it is named on the team page. If a lesson is wrong, tell us and it reaches him directly.
Warsh elsewhere on the web
These are the official Warsh presences, and the fastest way to see what we publish and how we answer people. Anything using our name that is not linked here is not ours.
Questions, corrections, or press: see the contact page.
Warsh is made in Pakistan, with Pakistan and the wider South Asian and global Muslim diaspora in mind first: communities where Salah is daily practice and formal Arabic education is often out of reach. Curriculum review is an ongoing process rather than a one-time claim, and Warsh is careful not to overstate what a lesson or a tutor can certify. If something in a lesson felt wrong, write to support@warsh.app; we read every email. The app is free to download, on Google Play.