Sahar — سَحَر

Wake when the
world sleeps.

A companion for the hour before dawn.

سحر

Coming to iPhone

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The hour Allah descends

يَنْزِلُ رَبُّنَا تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا حِينَ يَبْقَى ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ الْآخِرُ، فَيَقُولُ: مَنْ يَدْعُونِي فَأَسْتَجِيبَ لَهُ، مَنْ يَسْأَلُنِي فَأُعْطِيَهُ، مَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرُنِي فَأَغْفِرَ لَهُ

“Our Lord descends every night to the lowest heaven when only the last third of the night remains, saying: Who will call upon Me, that I may answer him? Who will ask of Me, that I may give him? Who will seek My forgiveness, that I may forgive him?”

Sahih al-Bukhari · Sahih Muslim

You set the alarm.

You sleep through it.

You feel a flicker of guilt at Fajr.

You tell yourself next week.

Next week looks the same.

A small, specific calm

Here's how Sahar meets you.

You sleep through your alarm.

A system-level wake, built on Apple's AlarmKit — the same reliability as the Clock app. Calibrated to tonight's exact last third.

You don't know when the last third starts.

Computed astronomically from where you are. Recalculated every evening.

Badge-based Islamic apps feel hollow.

No badges, no leaderboards, no streak shaming. Just a quiet record of the nights you kept.

You miss, feel ashamed, then stop.

Qiyam is voluntary. Sahar encourages, never demands. Travel and illness pause the streak, never break it.

Maghrib20:14

Isha21:38

Islamic midnight00:26

Last third02:47

Fajr04:38

Tonight's window

02:47 – 04:31.

Computed from where you are, every evening. Maghrib, Isha, the last third, Fajr — your whole night laid out. Set the alarm once; Sahar re-arms itself before you sleep.

Before sleep

The Prophet's ﷺ sleep routine, gathered.

Al-Mulk, the three Quls, protection verses, your chosen duas, your intention. Eight to ten minutes if you do all of it. Skip any step on any night — encouraged, never demanded.

Personal Dua Maker

Type what's on your heart.

Sahar composes it into a sincere dua, weaving the appropriate Names of Allah. Yours to keep. Yours to add to tonight.

A Dua From You

Ya Allah, You are Al-Fattah, the Opener of doors that no one else can open. Open the hearts of her parents. Soften them until they see in me what You already know.

Ya Al-Wahhab, the Bestower, grant me this marriage as a means of completing half my deen.

Ya Musabbib al-Asbab, the Causer of causes, place the right words on my tongue and the right moments in our path.

I trust You with the outcome.

The discipline of refusing discipline

No badges. No streaks. No shame.

Qiyam is voluntary. The streak exists quietly — only a deliberate no breaks it. Travel and illness pause it, never punish.

Keep a night, feel kept. Miss one, and nothing follows you into the morning.

The 3am Club

For the ones who rise in the dark.

For you if —

You want to start qiyam and never have.
You used to wake — and want that back.
You want a private record of the nights you kept.
You want an Islamic app that feels sacred, not gamified.

Not for you if —

You want badges, points, or leaderboards.
You want a generic prayer-time app.

Meet your last third.

One email when Sahar is ready for your iPhone. Nothing else, ever.

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Wake when the world sleeps.