quran-mcp-server

MCP Server for Quran.com API

MCP server to interact with Quran.com corpus via the official REST API v4.

Overview

This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server generated from the OpenAPI specification.

Endpoints

The following endpoints from the API have been made available as tools, that LLMs can use via compatible clients.

Chapters

GET /chapters - List Chapters
GET /chapters/{id} - Get Chapter
GET /chapters/{chapter_id}/info - Get Chapter Info

Verses

GET /verses/by_chapter/{chapter_number} - Get verses by Chapter / Surah number
GET /verses/by_page/{page_number} - Get all verses of a specific Madani Mushaf page
GET /verses/by_juz/{juz_number} - Get verses by Juz number
GET /verses/by_hizb/{hizb_number} - Get verses by Hizb number
GET /verses/by_rub/{rub_el_hizb_number} - Get verses by Rub el Hizb number
GET /verses/by_key/{verse_key} - Get verse by key
GET /verses/random - Get a random verse

Juzs

GET /juzs - Get list of all juzs

Search

GET /search - Search the Quran for specific terms

Translations

GET /resources/translations - Get list of available translations
GET /resources/translations/{translation_id}/info - Get information of a specific translation

Tafsirs

GET /resources/tafsirs - Get list of available tafsirs
GET /resources/tafsirs/{tafsir_id}/info - Get the information of a specific tafsir
GET /quran/tafsirs/{tafsir_id} - Get a single tafsir

Audio

GET /resources/chapter_reciters - List of Chapter Reciters
GET /resources/recitation_styles - Get the available recitation styles

Languages

GET /resources/languages - Get all languages

Setup

Requirements

Node.js 22+
Docker

Building the Docker Image

Before using the Docker-based production mode, you need to build the Docker image:

# Build the Docker image
docker build -t quran-mcp-server .

Claude Desktop Integration

To use this MCP server with Claude Desktop, add the following configuration to your claude_desktop_config.json file (typically located at ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows):

Docker-based Production Mode

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quran-api": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "--init", "-e", "API_KEY=your_api_key_if_needed", "-e", "VERBOSE_MODE=true", "quran-mcp-server"],
      "disabled": false,
      "autoApprove": []
    }
  }
}

Production Mode (Node.js)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quran-api": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/quran-mcp-server/dist/src/server.js"],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "your_api_key_if_needed",
        "VERBOSE_MODE": "true" // Set to "true" to enable verbose logging
      },
      "disabled": false,
      "autoApprove": []
    }
  }
}

Development Mode

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quran-api": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["ts-node", "/path/to/quran-mcp-server/src/server.ts"],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "your_api_key_if_needed",
        "VERBOSE_MODE": "true" // Set to "true" to enable verbose logging
      },
      "disabled": false,
      "autoApprove": []
    }
  }
}

Important Notes:

Replace /path/to/quran-mcp-server with the actual path to this repository on your system
You'll need to build the project first with npm run build or docker build -t quran-mcp-server . if using the production mode configuration
Replace your_api_key_if_needed with an actual API key if required by the Quran.com API
If you already have other MCP servers configured, add this configuration to the existing mcpServers object
After updating the configuration, restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect

Environment Variables

API_KEY: API key for authentication
PORT: Server port (default: 8000 or 3000 depending on language)
VERBOSE_MODE: Set to 'true' to enable verbose logging of API requests and responses (default: false)

Verbose Mode

When VERBOSE_MODE is set to 'true', the server will log detailed information about API requests and responses to the console. This is useful for debugging and monitoring API interactions.

The verbose logging includes:

Requests: Logs the tool name and arguments for each incoming request
Responses: Logs the tool name and result data for each response
Errors: Logs detailed error information including error name, message, and stack trace when available

Each log entry is timestamped and prefixed with the log type (REQUEST, RESPONSE, or ERROR) for easy identification.

Testing

# Run tests
npm test

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.