Divine, the community project that leverages space technologies to broadcast the Quran from space, today announced that it has renamed its mobile app to Islam Divine to make it easier to be found by users on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
Formerly known as Divine Live, Islam Divine features an enhanced user interface (UI) that includes a day/night switch, wallpapers, and colours inspired by Islamic art.
For those new to Islam, or keen in accessing more information on it, the developers have added a chat, where users can ask questions on Islam. More information has also been added on the daily obligatory prayers.
Users who are more well-versed in Islamic teachings can now save and copy content from the Quran, du'a' and hadith (prayers and associated accounts) on the app. A new bookmarking feature allows users to save their spot in the religious text.
Divine was founded in 2021 to dispel misconceptions and stereotypes of the teachings of the Quran and to present a better understanding of what the Quran is for young and new Muslim communities, and the world.
By hosting information in terrestrial servers in space, Divine is able to transmit the teachings of the Quran to a wider audience due to the large coverage area afforded by the satellite. The content is transmitted from space to several platforms built for the Divine project, including the Divine official site; as well as the Islam Divine app.
Divine is operated and managed by Eurasian Space Ventures (ESV), a private company registered in Kazakhstan which aims to serve as an international hub for space projects and related organisations looking to capitalise on the well-established space infrastructure and ecosystem in the country. It is an initiative under the I AM PART OF global charity foundation established by entrepreneur Shukhrat Ibragimov.