مُدَقِّق التِّلاوة القُرآنية — Quran Recitation Validator v2.2

Validates Arabic Quran recitations — single verse, full surah, juz, page, or any consecutive verse range. Supports standard Arabic, Uthmani script, and full tashkeel (harakat) validation.

Architecture

Features

Feature	Detail
Single-verse	Finds + validates any of the 6,236 Quran verses
Multi-verse	Full surah, juz, page, or arbitrary consecutive range
Tashkeel	Per-word harakat comparison (فتحة، ضمة، كسرة، مدة، شدة، سكون)
Uthmani input	Paste directly from Mushaf — normalizes `ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ` → كتاب, `الرحمٰن` → الرحمن
4-layer search	Exact → Linguistic (roots/morphology) → Relaxed → Fuzzy
WER scoring	Word Error Rate = (subs + dels + ins) / reference words
Arabic feedback	Human-readable result in Arabic

Folder Structure

validator/
│
├── 📄 server.py                  FastMCP 2.0 server (port 3001)
├── 📄 validator_mcp.py           Main routing: auto single ↔ multi-verse
├── 📄 normalizer.py              Arabic normalizer pipeline (7 steps)
├── 📄 quran_db.py                O(1) indexed DB (gid / sura / juz / page)
├── 📄 quran_search.py            4-layer verse search engine
├── 📄 multi_verse.py             Forward alignment for multi-verse recitation
├── 📄 tashkeel.py                Per-word harakat validation
│
├── 📂 data/
│   ├── quran.json                6,236 verses — gid, uthmani, standard, standard_full, ...  (5.1 MB)
│   ├── uthmani_standard_map.json 2,017 Uthmani→standard word pairs, corpus-derived  (70 KB) ★
│   ├── word-map.json             Arabic word → root + morphological forms  (877 KB)
│   └── morphology.json           Root index + verb/noun patterns  (2.5 MB)
│
├── 📂 tests/
│   ├── test_all.py               124 tests across 12 categories — 123/124 pass (99.2%)
│   ├── dataset_gen.py            Auto-generates 63 test cases from quran.json
│   └── dataset.json              Generated test cases (gitignored)
│
├── 🖼️  architecture.svg           System architecture diagram (this file)
├── 📄  README.md                  This file
├── 📄  Dockerfile
└── 📄  .env.example

Architecture

The system has 6 pipeline stages (see architecture.svg):

Input Text
    ↓
[Mode Detection] → single (≤8 words) or multi (>8 words)
    ↓
[Normalizer] — 7 steps:
    ① NFC unicode
    ② Word-level map (2017 Uthmani→standard pairs) ← NEW v2.2
    ③ Remove tashkeel / Quranic marks
    ④ U+0670 contextual fallback (ٰ → ا unless ى/ذ/ه/ل)
    ⑤ Alef variants → ا   Hamza variants → ء
    ⑥ word-initial ءا → ا   ى → ي
    ⑦ Remove non-Arabic, collapse whitespace
    ↓
[Search / Alignment]
    Single: 4-layer search (exact AND → linguistic → relaxed → fuzzy)
    Multi:  detect start verse → word-by-word boundary scan → forward align
    ↓
[Word Diff] — SequenceMatcher opcodes → substitutions / deletions / insertions → WER
    ↓
[Tashkeel Check] — if user provided harakat: per-word harakat comparison
    ↓
JSON Result: {is_correct, verse_key, wer, corrections, tashkeel_errors, feedback, ...}

Normalizer — Uthmani Script Handling

The key innovation of v2.2 is the word-level corpus map:

# uthmani_standard_map.json — built by aligning all 6,236 verses
{
  "الرحمٰن":  "الرحمن",    # ← Bismillah fix (was "الرحمان" in v2.1)
  "الكتٰب":   "الكتاب",
  "الخٰسرون": "الخاسرون",
  "أولٰئك":   "أولئك",
  "ذٰلك":     "ذلك",
  "هٰذا":     "هذا",
  "علىٰ":     "على",
  ...  # 2,017 total entries
}

Result: 100% accuracy on all 8,107 ٰ-containing words in the Quran corpus.

Run

MCP Server (production)

uv run python server.py
# Port 3001 / SSE endpoint at /sse

Tests

cd servers/validator
python3 tests/dataset_gen.py   # regenerate 63 test cases
python3 tests/test_all.py      # run all 124 tests

API

Exposed as the MCP tool validate_recitation(text) (SSE at :3001/sse). The tool returns the Arabic feedback string; the internal validate_recitation() in validator_mcp.py produces the full result dict below (single- and multi-verse shapes):

Input:

{ "text": "بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم" }

Single-verse result:

{
  "mode": "single",
  "is_correct": true,
  "verse_key": "1:1",
  "surah_name": "الفاتحة",
  "wer": 0.0,
  "corrections": [],
  "matched_verse": "بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِیمِ",
  "feedback": "ممتاز! تلاوتك صحيحة تماماً.",
  "has_tashkeel": false
}

Multi-verse result (7-verse Fatiha):

{
  "mode": "multi",
  "is_correct": true,
  "total_verses": 7,
  "correct_verses": 7,
  "total_wer": 0.0,
  "verses": [ {"verse_key":"1:1","is_correct":true,"wer":0.0}, ... ],
  "range": "من الفاتحة (1:1) إلى (1:7)"
}

Test Results — v2.2

Category	Tests	Pass
Normalizer unit tests	11	11 ✅
QuranDB unit tests	7	7 ✅
Single-verse perfect	10	10 ✅
Single-verse substitution	4	3 ✅ 1 ❌¹
Single-verse deletion	3	3 ✅
Single-verse tashkeel	6	6 ✅
Multi-verse full surahs	7	7 ✅
Multi-verse with errors	3	3 ✅
Multi-verse consecutive	6	6 ✅
Multi-verse full pages	5	5 ✅
Edge cases	5	5 ✅
Dataset-driven	62	62 ✅
Total	124	123 (99.2%)

¹ SS03: واحد → finds 6:19 instead of 112:1 — wrong root in word-map.json source data.

Known Limitations

#	Issue	Cause	Affects
1	`واحد` finds 6:19 not 112:1	Wrong root in `word-map.json`	Ikhlas v1 detection
2	Huruf muqatta'at (الم، الر)	Not searchable	Start-verse detection
3	Identical verse openings	Lower GID always wins	2:63 vs 2:93
4	`يَٰۤأَيُّهَا` structural split	1 Uthmani word = 2 standard words	338 verses w/ يا أيها

Changelog

v2.2 (2026-03-09)

NEW data/uthmani_standard_map.json — 2,017 corpus-derived Uthmani→standard word pairs
FIX الرحمٰن → الرحمن (was الرحمان in v2.1)
FIX All 8,107 ٰ-containing Quranic words now normalize with 100% accuracy
Architecture SVG diagram added

v2.1 (2026-03-09)

FIX U+0670 contextual rule: ٰ→ا except after ى/ذ/ه/ل
FIX ءَاتَ (Uthmani initial ءا) → standard اتَ
Verse 2:121 Uthmani input now validates correctly (0 errors, was 3 errors)

v2.0 (2026-03-09)

Multi-verse alignment engine (multi_verse.py)
Tashkeel validation (tashkeel.py)
Complete Arabic normalizer (normalizer.py)
O(1) QuranDB (quran_db.py)
4-layer search (quran_search.py)
Test suite: 123/124 (99.2%)

Quran Recitation Validator

مُدَقِّق التِّلاوة القُرآنية — Quran Recitation Validator v2.2

Features

Folder Structure

Architecture

Normalizer — Uthmani Script Handling

Run

MCP Server (production)

Tests

API

Test Results — v2.2

Known Limitations

Changelog

v2.2 (2026-03-09)

v2.1 (2026-03-09)

v2.0 (2026-03-09)

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