# Alfanous - Quranic Search Engine (MCP server)

> Alfanous - Quranic Search Engine is an MCP server that adds search and knowledge tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Search and explore the Holy Qur'an with Arabic text, transliteration, and advanced search support. It has 289 GitHub stars, is released under the LGPL-3.0 license and runs locally with uvx alfanous3-mcp.

Alfanous is a Quranic search engine API that provides simple and advanced search capabilities for the Holy Qur'an. It enables developers to build applications that search through Quranic text in Arabic, with support for Buckwalter transliteration, advanced query syntax, and rich metadata.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/Alfanous-team/alfanous |
| GitHub stars | 289 |
| License | LGPL-3.0 |
| Language | Python |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | pypi: alfanous3-mcp |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | AI & search |
| Latest release | v1.9.4 (Jun 14, 2026) |
| Last commit | Jun 14, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | io.github.Alfanous-team/alfanous |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alfanous-quranic-search-engine": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "alfanous3-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --transport stdio alfanous-quranic-search-engine -- uvx alfanous3-mcp
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alfanous-quranic-search-engine": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "alfanous3-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "alfanous-quranic-search-engine": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "alfanous3-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

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