Bayan — Islamic encyclopedia (Arabic)
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Hadith with grades and takhrij, Qur'an verses with tafsir, narrators and articles, in Arabic.
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Scored across 6 tools
Four get_* tools each target a clearly distinct resource (article, hadith, narrator, verse) with unambiguous identifier schemes described. The only mild overlap is between `search` (cross-entity lookup) and `list_articles` (browsing published articles), but the descriptions make the boundary clear enough.
Predictable get_<resource> pattern for the four lookup tools plus list_articles, all snake_case. Only `search` deviates by omitting a noun, but it reads naturally as a cross-entity operation.
Six tools is a lean, well-scoped set for a read-only Arabic Islamic encyclopedia: one lookup per content type plus discovery via list and search. Slightly thin — no separate tafsir or hadith-collection tool — but nothing redundant.
Each of the four domain entities (article, hadith, narrator, verse) has a get operation, and search plus list_articles provide discovery, so core lookup workflows are covered. Gaps remain for enumeration (listing hadiths of a book, verses of a surah, or all narrators), which agents must work around via search.
Available Tools
6 toolsget_articleمقالةARead-onlyInspect
One Bayan article by its slug (from list_articles or search): full text and link.
Inputs: slug (required).
get_hadithحديثARead-onlyInspect
A hadith by book and its number as cited (e.g. Sahih al-Bukhari 1 = «إنما الأعمال بالنيات»), or by seq from a search result or a site link: its text, grade, takhrij (where known), narrators, related Bayan articles and the link to its page.
Inputs: book (required), seq, number.
get_narratorراوٍBRead-onlyInspect
A hadith narrator by name: the link to his page on Bayan (his grade in the books of jarh wa ta'dil) and related articles.
Inputs: name (required).
get_verseآية وتفسيرهاBRead-onlyInspect
A Qur'an verse by surah and ayah number, with passages of its tafsir from the classical books and the link to its page.
Inputs: ayah (required), surah (required).
list_articlesمقالات البيانBRead-onlyInspect
Bayan's published articles and answers, newest first, with links (paged).
Inputs: page, category.
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