QURAN VIDEO STUDIO · 3 min read
How to add Quran subtitles to a recitation video
Put the Arabic ayat and their translation on a recitation, timed word by word, or save them as SRT and VTT subtitle files.
Two ways to caption a recitation
You can write the ayat into the video itself, so they show wherever it is played, or keep them as a separate subtitle file (SRT or VTT) for a video player or a platform that takes one. The Hasanah studio does both from the same timing.
Either way, the Arabic comes from the Uthmani text of the Quran and the translation from published editions; nothing is typed by hand or generated.
Captions written into the video
Add your video to the studio. Its ayat are found and timed automatically, word by word; check them on the timeline and drag any edge that is off. Choose the caption style, whether each word lights up as it is recited, how many lines show, and whether a translation appears beneath the Arabic.
Save the video as an MP4. The captions are part of the picture, so they show on every phone and every platform without a separate file.
A subtitle file (SRT or VTT)
In the studio's Export tab, Save SRT or Save VTT gives the same ayat as a subtitle file, with the Arabic and the translation, timed to your recording. Follow a recitation (hasanah.app/follow) also saves SRT, VTT and JSON for a recording it has followed.
Upload the file alongside your video where captions are accepted, for example on YouTube, or load it in a video editor.
Getting the timing right
Recognition works best on a clear recitation without music or talking over it. If a long recording is mostly something else, cut it down to the recitation first, then look for the ayat again.
If an ayah is found wrongly, use Report a mistake: it tells us which ayah and where, never sends the recording, and helps the recognition improve.