Quran Gallery MCP

An official MCP server provided by Quran Gallery that connects AI assistants to a classical Islamic library of 8,594 works. It enables agents to search for verbatim Arabic passages and receive citations including the printed edition, volume, and page number, ensuring grounded and verifiable answers without requiring authentication.

Endpoint and access

No sign-in: your client connects and lists tools immediately, with no account or key.

No sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-10-18Operated by Quran Gallery

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://qurangallery.com/mcp/shamela

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Search classical Arabic books with verbatim citations
Retrieve printed edition, volume, and page references
Ground AI answers in verified Islamic texts
Connect AI assistants like ChatGPT or Claude to the library

Tools advertised by the last live check:

shamela_search_library
search
fetch
shamela_search
shamela_find
shamela_read
shamela_get_details
shamela_cite
shamela_lookup_quran
shamela_lookup_tafsir
shamela_lookup_hadith
shamela_lookup_rijal
shamela_survey_topic
shamela_get_brief

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers a Streamable HTTP server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http quran-gallery-mcp https://qurangallery.com/mcp/shamela

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add quran-gallery-mcp --url https://qurangallery.com/mcp/shamela

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable quran-gallery-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quran-gallery-mcp": {
      "url": "https://qurangallery.com/mcp/shamela"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure). The type must be streamableHttp for a remote HTTP server.

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quran-gallery-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://qurangallery.com/mcp/shamela",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start quran-gallery-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "quran-gallery-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://qurangallery.com/mcp/shamela"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

gemini mcp add --transport http quran-gallery-mcp https://qurangallery.com/mcp/shamela

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.

Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quran-gallery-mcp": {
      "url": "https://qurangallery.com/mcp/shamela"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quran-gallery-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://qurangallery.com/mcp/shamela"
    }
  }
}

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