Bayan MCP
An Arabic Islamic encyclopedia MCP server providing access to Quran verses with tafsir, authentic hadiths with grades and narrators, articles, and narrator biographies. It supports search, retrieval of specific religious texts, and listing articles, serving as a resource for Islamic knowledge and research.
Endpoint and access
No sign-in to connect and list tools. Individual tools may still need a vendor account, credentials, or permissions; check the documented prerequisites.
https://bayan.alwa7i.com/mcpWhat you can do with it
- Search for Quran verses and hadiths by keywords
- Retrieve specific hadiths with their grading and narrators
- Get Quran verses with their tafsir (interpretation)
- List and retrieve articles and narrator biographies
Source and maintenance
Protocol and capabilities
- Server
- bayan 1.0.0
- MCP protocol
- 2025-06-18
- Tools
- 6 advertised
- Resources
- Not advertised
- Resource templates
- Not advertised
- Prompts
- Not advertised
{
"tools": {
"listChanged": false
}
}Server-provided instructions
Untrusted server output shown for inspection. It is not Koskamo guidance and is excluded from knowledge search.
Tools
6 advertised
search — بحث في البيان
Search Bayan (Arabic Islamic encyclopedia) for verses, hadiths (Sabil al-Rashad, Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim) and articles containing the given Arabic words. Returns a few of each with links to the site.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"q"
],
"properties": {
"q": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Arabic words, e.g. «إنما الأعمال بالنيات»"
}
}
}{
"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": false
}get_hadith — حديث
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.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"book"
],
"properties": {
"seq": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Alternatively, its place in the book (the `seq` of search results and site links)"
},
"book": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Book slug: sahih-al-bukhari, sahih-muslim, sabil-al-rashad, sunan-abi-dawud, jami-al-tirmidhi, sunan-al-nasai, sunan-ibn-majah, musnad-ahmad, al-muwatta"
},
"number": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "The hadith's number in the book, as it is cited"
}
}
}{
"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": false
}get_verse — آية وتفسيرها
A Qur'an verse by surah and ayah number, with passages of its tafsir from the classical books and the link to its page.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"surah",
"ayah"
],
"properties": {
"ayah": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1
},
"surah": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 114,
"minimum": 1
}
}
}{
"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": false
}get_narrator — راوٍ
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.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"name"
],
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Arabic name, e.g. «الوليد بن مسلم»"
}
}
}{
"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": false
}list_articles — مقالات البيان
Bayan's published articles and answers, newest first, with links (paged).
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"page": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1
},
"category": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional category slug"
}
}
}{
"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": false
}get_article — مقالة
One Bayan article by its slug (from list_articles or search): full text and link.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"slug"
],
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}{
"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": false
}Prompts
Not advertised
Resources
Not advertised
30-day availability
Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.
- Successful checks
- 1 of 1 (100%)
- Average latency
- 427 ms
- 95th percentile latency
- 427 ms
Maintenance history
Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.
- · probe · passed · 427 ms · metadata changed · 6 tool(s)
Connect from your client
Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http bayan-mcp https://bayan.alwa7i.com/mcpCodex
codex mcp add bayan-mcp --url https://bayan.alwa7i.com/mcpCursor
{
"mcpServers": {
"bayan-mcp": {
"url": "https://bayan.alwa7i.com/mcp"
}
}
}Cline
{
"mcpServers": {
"bayan-mcp": {
"type": "streamableHttp",
"url": "https://bayan.alwa7i.com/mcp",
"disabled": false
}
}
}VS Code
{
"servers": {
"bayan-mcp": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://bayan.alwa7i.com/mcp"
}
}
}Gemini CLI
gemini mcp add --transport http bayan-mcp https://bayan.alwa7i.com/mcpClaude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"bayan-mcp": {
"url": "https://bayan.alwa7i.com/mcp"
}
}
}Windsurf
{
"mcpServers": {
"bayan-mcp": {
"serverUrl": "https://bayan.alwa7i.com/mcp"
}
}
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