What we offer

Structured knowledge journeys with expert instructors, and everything that comes with them, from choosing a journey to finishing it.

Discover

Find the journey that suits you, and know it well before you begin.

Know a journey before you start
Every journey has a page with its trailer, instructor, lessons, learners' reviews and common questions, and some journeys have lessons free to try.
Browse journeys
Search every lesson
Type a subject to find where it is discussed, in lesson text and in what was said on video, and jump to that moment.
Try a search
Expert instructors
Meet each instructor, their background and their journeys before you choose.
Meet the instructors

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Learning paths: journeys in order, with prerequisites
Journeys grouped into a learning path in a recommended order, with what to take before each one.
Suggestions for another journey between lessons
Between lessons, a short suggestion of another journey you may like, which you can save or skip.
Search across all journeys: where is this discussed?
Search by meaning across every journey to find where a subject is discussed.
Journeys suggested from your profile and interests
Tell us a little about yourself and your interests, and see journeys and articles that suit you.
Sessions calendar in your own time zone
All live and in-person sessions in a calendar shown in your own time zone, with one tap to add them to yours.
In-person sessions: venue, seats and check-in
In-person sessions with date, place and map, limited seats, booking and check-in by QR code.
Free preview lessons
Try the first lessons of a journey for free before you decide.
Journey pages with trailer, instructor, syllabus, reviews and FAQ
Each journey has a page with its trailer, instructor, lessons, reviews and common questions.
Notify me when an upcoming journey opens
Ask to be told when an upcoming journey opens.
Journey reviews
Rate a journey and write, record or film your review; the average appears on the journey page.

Learn

Watch, read or listen: each lesson in the form that suits it, and in your language.

Video lessons in your language
Choose your speed, follow Arabic or English subtitles and chapters, search the transcript and tap a line to jump to it. Selected lessons can be watched in English in the instructor's own voice.
Text you can read and hear
Written lessons and articles with careful Arabic typography, footnotes and sources, which you can also listen to read aloud.
Read an article
Summaries and key ideas from Nibras
A short summary and a card of key ideas for each lesson, drafted by Nibras and reviewed by the instructor, to prepare before a lesson or review after it.
Your notes, with references beside you
Highlight any passage and add a note, kept at the exact moment on video and audio. Books and talks a lesson mentions open beside it.
Open the library

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Continue where you left off, across journeys and devices
Your latest lessons from every journey wait for you on the home page and your account, so you pick up where you stopped.
Video lessons with speed, subtitles and resume
Watch lessons at the speed you like, with subtitles and chapters, and come back to the same point later.
Audio lessons
Lessons you can listen to, for study on the move or away from the screen.
Text lessons with refined Arabic typography, footnotes and sources
Written lessons set in careful Arabic type, with footnotes, tables, images and sources.
Slide lessons with optional narration
A lesson made of slides you move through at your own pace, with the instructor's voice if they add it.
Video chapters drafted automatically from the transcript
The video is split into titled chapters drafted from what is said, so you can jump to the part you need.
Searchable transcript under each video, tap a line to jump
The full text of what is said appears under the video; search it, and tap a line to hear that moment.
Highlights and notes on any lesson, timestamped on video and audio
Highlight any passage and add your note; on video and audio the note keeps the exact moment, and all your notes are in one place.
Save lessons for later
Save any lesson with one tap and find it again on your account page.
Downloadable attachments: summaries and readings
PDF summaries and readings attached to lessons, to download and keep.
A personal notebook that can grow into a journey or article
A personal notebook for your thoughts while you study, where a good note can grow into a journey or an article.
Books, films and references open in a side panel
Books, films and talks mentioned in a lesson open beside it, and a library page gathers everything Basira cites.
Listen to articles and lessons read aloud
Press play to hear an article or lesson read aloud.
More accurate automatic subtitles
Subtitles are made with a more accurate speech service and checked for terms before they appear.
Lesson summaries and key ideas
A short summary and a card of key ideas for each lesson, to review before or after.
Arabic and English translation of journeys and subtitles
Journeys and video subtitles are translated between Arabic and English, marked as AI-translated where they are.
English dubbing in the instructor's own voice
Watch selected lessons in English, voiced in the instructor's own voice with their consent.
Basira's logo intro and a related journey's trailer before a journey's first lesson
On a learner's first visit to a journey's first lesson, the player shows Basira's logo reveal, then the trailer of a related journey (skippable after 5 seconds), then the lesson.
On-screen titles and cards in your own language
Titles, verse cards and names appear over the video at set times in the viewer's own language.

Practise

Turn what you learned into understanding you can use.

Challenges
Several kinds of questions, with an explanation for each answer and a pass mark; some must be passed to continue.
Interactive activities
Write a reflection or hand in your work, and the instructor replies with feedback.
Pauses to reflect
The video stops at chosen moments to ask a question, and polls and reflections let you share a thought without your name.

Everything in this stage (5)

Questions and reflection pauses inside the video
The video pauses at chosen moments to ask a question or invite you to reflect before going on.
Flashcards, term matching and spaced review
Short review exercises that bring back key terms and ideas at the right intervals so they stay with you.
Challenges: several question types, explanations and a pass mark
Test your understanding with multiple choice, true or false, ordering and matching questions, with an explanation for each answer.
Interactive activities with feedback from the instructor
Write a reflection or hand in a file, and receive the instructor's feedback on your work.
Anonymous reflections and polls inside lessons
Share a thought or answer a poll inside a lesson without your name showing.

Together

You don't learn alone: the instructor and other learners are close by.

A discussion under every lesson
Ask the instructor and talk with other learners by text, photo, voice note or video, or ask privately.
Community spaces
A shared space for each journey and learning path, for conversations beyond a single lesson.
Write to your instructor
Send your instructor a private message and get a reply.

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Lesson discussions with replies from the instructor
Ask and discuss under every lesson, with replies from the instructor and private questions when you need them.
Community spaces for each journey and path
A shared space for each journey and path where learners talk beyond single lessons.
Learner profiles
A simple profile you control, showing only what you choose to share.
Private messages between learner and instructor
Write privately to your instructor and get a reply.
Collapse a comment and its replies
Tap a comment to fold it away with all its replies, so long discussions are easy to follow.
Votes on comments
Vote comments up or down so the most helpful ones rise.
Support requests on the site
Ask for help from any page; we reply on the site, and content questions go to the journey's instructor.

Finish and keep going

Steady progress, and recognition when you finish.

Bilingual, verifiable certificates
A certificate in Arabic and English for every journey you complete, with a link anyone can use to check it is real.
A calm weekly rhythm
A weekly streak and a goal you choose, such as two lessons a week, with gentle reminders and no daily pressure.
Badges and a finishing moment
A quiet moment marks the end of each journey, and badges mark every journey and path you complete.

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A celebration moment when you finish a journey
A short, quiet moment that marks the end of a journey you have completed.
Study planner with weekly goals and reminders
Set how much you want to study each week and when, and get reminders that keep you on track.
Bilingual, verifiable certificates
A certificate in Arabic and English when you complete a journey, with a link anyone can use to check it is real.
Share cards for journeys and certificates
Good-looking cards to share a journey or your certificate on Instagram and WhatsApp.
A calm weekly learning streak
Counts the weeks you keep learning, calmly and without daily pressure.
A grace week that keeps your streak
Miss a week and your streak is kept once, so one busy week doesn't undo your effort.
Personal goals with gentle reminders
Set a goal such as two lessons a week and get a gentle reminder.
Badges for finishing journeys and paths
Badges that mark finishing a journey or a whole path.

Everywhere on Basira

Small things that make every visit easier.

Clear messages when a video or audio can't play
When a video or audio can't play, you see why (not ready yet, no access, connection) and can try again.
Monthly and yearly membership
One membership, paid monthly or yearly, that opens every journey.
Buy a single journey
Buy just the journey you want and keep access to it.
Coupons and promotion codes
Use a coupon or promotion code at checkout.
Pay by bank transfer, with access given by the team
Without a card, pay by bank transfer and the team opens your access.
Refund guarantee shown at checkout
The refund policy is shown clearly before you pay.
Emails in your language
Account and journey emails arrive in your language.
Install Basira on your phone like an app
Add Basira to your phone's home screen and open it like an app.
Dark mode
A dark theme that follows your device or your own choice.
Sign in with Google or an email link
Sign in with your Google account or with a link sent to your email, without a password.
Accessibility: keyboard, screen readers, contrast, reduced motion
Basira works with a keyboard and screen readers, with clear contrast and less motion for those who need it.

For instructors

Basira gives scholars and teachers a complete studio to teach in.

Build journeys with a live preview
Arrange lessons and modules by dragging them, choose videos from the library, and see the journey in both languages and on a phone as you work.
Nibras drafts, you decide
Nibras suggests challenge questions from a lesson, or turns a book or recording into a draft journey, and nothing reaches learners until you edit and approve it. Each instructor decides whether Nibras is on in their journey.
Know your learners
See your learners, the questions waiting for you, and where viewers stop watching each lesson.

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Lessons released on a schedule, in a set order
Lessons open on set dates or a set number of days after you join, and in order, so a journey unfolds step by step.
Journey length counted automatically
A journey's length is worked out from its videos, audio, reading and challenges, so the time shown is accurate.
Challenge questions drafted by AI from the lesson, approved by the instructor
AI suggests challenge questions from a lesson's content, and the instructor edits and approves them before learners see them.
Question bank with randomised questions
Instructors keep a bank of questions, and each attempt draws a different mix.
Turn a book, article or recording into a draft journey
Instructors turn a book, article, talk or recording into a draft journey that links back to its source, and edit it from there.
Instructor switch for AI in each journey
Each instructor decides whether AI features are on in their journey, and sees how they are used.
Moderation tools: report, hide and filter
Report, hide and filter posts, so discussions stay respectful.
Fair income sharing with instructors from membership
Membership income is shared with instructors by how much their journeys are actually watched.
Marketing kit for each journey: captions, images and a vertical video
For each journey, ready-made captions, images in every size and a short vertical video, approved by the instructor.
Clean up the sound of recordings
Background noise is removed from recordings, lessons and voice notes on request.
Personal watermark on videos
A faint mark tied to your account on the videos you watch, to discourage copying.
Journey builder with live preview
Instructors build journeys by dragging lessons and modules, with a live preview in both languages and on a phone.
Choose videos straight from the video library
Instructors choose or upload lesson videos straight from Basira's video library.
Review and scheduled publishing
Journeys are reviewed before they go live and can be scheduled to publish on a chosen date.
Where viewers stop watching each lesson
Instructors see where viewers stop watching each lesson, to improve it.
Instructor dashboard: learners, income and waiting questions
Instructors see their learners, their income and the questions waiting for them.

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What's free, and what membership opens

Free: every journey's page and trailer, free preview lessons where offered, articles, search and the library.

With membership or a journey purchase: every journey with its lessons, interactive activities and challenges, plus discussions, certificates and the rest of this page.

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Discover

Know a journey before you start

Search every lesson

Expert instructors

Learn

Video lessons in your language

Text you can read and hear

Summaries and key ideas from Nibras

Your notes, with references beside you

Practise

Challenges

Interactive activities

Pauses to reflect

Together

A discussion under every lesson

Community spaces

Write to your instructor

Finish and keep going

Bilingual, verifiable certificates

A calm weekly rhythm

Badges and a finishing moment

Everywhere on Basira

For instructors

Build journeys with a live preview

Nibras drafts, you decide

Know your learners

What's free, and what membership opens

Discover

Know a journey before you start

Search every lesson

Expert instructors

Learn

Video lessons in your language

Text you can read and hear

Summaries and key ideas from Nibras

Your notes, with references beside you

Practise

Challenges

Interactive activities

Pauses to reflect

Together

A discussion under every lesson

Community spaces

Write to your instructor

Finish and keep going

Bilingual, verifiable certificates

A calm weekly rhythm

Badges and a finishing moment

Everywhere on Basira

For instructors

Build journeys with a live preview

Nibras drafts, you decide

Know your learners