Alfanous - Quranic Search Engine
local MCP serverAlfanous - Quranic Search Engine is a local MCP server: Search and explore the Holy Qur'an with Arabic text, transliteration, and advanced search support. Install it from pypi as alfanous3-mcp.
Installation
Terminal
claude mcp add alfanous -- uvx alfanous3-mcp
Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.
Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients
Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.
{
"mcpServers": {
"alfanous": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"alfanous3-mcp"
]
}
}
}What you need
- Runtime: Python with uv (runs with uvx).
- MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over stdio.
Summary
Search and explore the Holy Qur'an with Arabic text, transliteration, and advanced search support.
Alfanous - Quranic Search Engine vs similar servers
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfanous - Quranic Search Engine | 289 | Local | No | pypi |
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| Claude Code Explorer MCP | 6,240 | Local | No | npm |
| arxiv-mcp-server | 3,177 | Local | Yes | pypi |
Questions
No. The registry entry lists no keys or environment variables.
Python with uv (runs with uvx), plus an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor.
Alfanous - Quranic Search Engine is a local MCP server distributed as the pypi package alfanous3-mcp.
Run: claude mcp add alfanous -- uvx alfanous3-mcp
Run: codex mcp add alfanous -- uvx alfanous3-mcp
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