Live, in seconds
The imam's words appear on the screens a few seconds after he says them, sentence by sentence.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Live khutbah translation
Every worshipper understands the khutbah.
The imam speaks into his phone. Seconds later his words appear in English, Arabic and other languages your community speaks, on the mosque screens and on worshippers' phones. No interpreters, no equipment to install.
Now in early access with Bosnian-speaking communities in the United States.
Your Masjid · English● Live
Dear brothers and sisters, today we will speak about patience in times of hardship.
Qur'an · Al-Baqarah 2:153
O you who believe, seek help through patience and prayer.
- On the mosque TVLarge, calm text, readable from the back rows
- On the imam's phoneStart, pause and stop, and see where he is in the khutbah
The imam can give the khutbah in
- Bosanski
- Hrvatski
- Shqip
- Türkçe
- English
- العربية
- Deutsch
- Français
- + More on request
How it works
From the minbar to every screen in seconds
Nothing to install in the mosque. A phone, a TV with a browser, and an internet connection.
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The imam presses Start
He opens the imam page on his own phone and places it on the minbar. One tap and the translation is live.
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Each sentence is translated
His speech is recognised and translated as he speaks, into English, Arabic and your community's other languages, with care for Islamic terms and honorifics.
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Everyone follows along
Large, calm text on the mosque TVs, and on worshippers' own phones through a QR code on the screen.
Features
Made for the khutbah, not for meetings
General translation tools don't know a hadith from small talk. Minbar Translate is built around how a khutbah is actually given.
Prepared and reviewed
Upload the khutbah before Jumu'ah as Word, PDF or Google Doc. Check every translated sentence; during the khutbah the screens follow your text.
Qur'an shown exactly
When the imam recites, the verse appears as written, with its reference and a gold mark, never re-translated by a machine.
Screens and phones
One screen per language, readable from the back of the hall, plus a QR code so anyone can follow on their own phone.
No equipment
No mixer, no cables, no interpreter booth. The imam's own phone is the microphone.
An archive of khutbahs
Every prepared khutbah is kept with its translations, ready to reuse, share or print later.
Who it's for
One khutbah, the whole jama'ah
For the imam
- Speak naturally in your own language
- Prepare the khutbah once, review it calmly
- Start, pause and stop from your phone
For worshippers
- Converts, guests and the next generation finally follow every word
- Read on the big screen or on your own phone
- English, Arabic and other languages your community speaks
For the mosque
- Welcome every community, whatever their language
- Set up in minutes with the TVs you already have
- No interpreters to schedule every Friday
Built by an imam
“For ten years I've given khutbahs to a community where not everyone understands the language on the minbar. I built Minbar Translate so that no one in the masjid is left out of the khutbah.”
Adem Garic
Imam in Erie, Pennsylvania · AI quality engineer · Read our story
Questions
What mosques ask us
How accurate is the translation?
Live speech recognition is very good but not perfect, so we recommend preparing the khutbah in advance. Prepared khutbahs are translated carefully beforehand and reviewed by you, and during the khutbah the screens follow your text. Anything you add on the day is still translated live.
What does the mosque need?
The imam's phone, one TV (or laptop on a projector) per language with a web browser, and an internet connection. No mixer, microphones or software to install.
What happens when the imam recites the Qur'an?
In a prepared khutbah, each verse appears exactly as written in the Arabic, with its surah and verse number and its English meaning. Recitation is never re-translated by a machine.
What if the imam goes off-script?
The app follows the prepared text and notices when he says something that isn't in it. Those words are translated live, and it rejoins the text when he returns to it.
Is the khutbah recorded?
No. The imam's audio is translated as it streams and isn't recorded or stored. Prepared khutbahs and their translations are saved for your mosque's archive.
How much does it cost?
We're in early access with a small number of mosques. Pricing will be shared with you before anything is ever charged. See pricing.
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا بِلِسَانِ قَوْمِهِۦ لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمْ
“We have not sent any messenger except in the language of his people, so that he might make the message clear to them.”
Surah Ibrahim 14:4