Localize citation names and entity/hadith info cards to app language

Category: Feature request Priority: P2 Area: Localization / AI answers Reports: 3 threads (2 distinct users) Status: Open

Summary

Two users report that even when the app language and content are fully Arabic, several UI elements still render in English: the inline names of cited sources, the big book-title header shown when a citation is tapped, and the info cards that pop up when tapping underlined entities (scholars, hadith narrators, books) or underlined hadiths (matn, sanad, takhrij). They ask that these follow the app language, or that a display-language option be added, so the experience is fully Arabic for researchers and readers. Progress is partially confirmed: in mohamed said chakir's follow-up, entity cards for scholars, narrators, and biographies now work in Arabic, but hadith cards still render in English — Abdellatif acknowledged it as a known issue with a fix targeted "within two weeks" (as of 2026-08-16). Youssef El Geddawy attached screenshots of the English citation names in an Arabic app.

What users say

Youssef El Geddawy — youssefgedd@gmail.com

• Date: 2026-08-19 · Language: English · Thread: 1a0199633aa27cca · Replied: yes
• Calls it a small quality-of-life request: cited source names — both the inline citation name and the big header (book name) shown on click — should follow the app language; his app is in Arabic but citations show in English. Screenshots attached ("see photos"). Abdellatif: "I agree. Will work on fixing it insha'Allah."

Just a small feature request (QoL): the name of the sources cited should be in the same language as the app language itself. I'm talking about the inline source name and the big header (name of the book) when you click on it (see photos). For example (see photos), my app language is Arabic, and the citation names should be in Arabic as well!

mohamed said chakir — ms.chakir@hotmail.fr

• Date: 2026-08-15 · Language: Arabic · Thread: 1a007672a032ff43 · Replied: yes
• Original suggestion: when clicking underlined entities (names of scholars, hadith narrators, books), the info cards and short bios appear in English while the main content and search are Arabic. Asks for Arabic cards or a display-language option so the content is fully Arabic for researchers and readers.

عند النقر على الكلمات المسطرة (الكيانات: مثل أسماء الأعلام، ورواة الحديث، والكتب)، تظهر البطاقات التعريفية والنبذات المختصرة باللغة الإنجليزية، بينما المحتوى الأساسي والبحث باللغة العربية. نرجو منكم النظر في إتاحة هذه البطاقات والنبذات التعريفية باللغة العربية، أو توفير خيار لاختيار لغة العرض

When clicking the underlined words (entities such as names of scholars, hadith narrators, and books), the info cards and short bios appear in English, while the main content and search are in Arabic. Please consider making these cards and bios available in Arabic, or provide an option to choose the display language.

mohamed said chakir — ms.chakir@hotmail.fr (follow-up)

• Date: 2026-08-16 · Language: Arabic · Thread: 1a00b2e972d46dc2 · Replied: yes
• Confirms the entity cards were fixed ("the operation succeeded for scholars, hadith narrators, and biographies"), but tapping underlined hadiths still shows the hadith card — text (matn), chain (sanad), and sourcing (takhrij) — in English while the main content is Arabic. Abdellatif: this is among the problems being worked on now, fix expected within two weeks.

لقد تمت العملية بنجاح بالنسبة للاعلام ورواة الحديث والتراجم لكن عند النقر على الاحاديث المسطرة تظهر البطاقات التعريفية بالنسبة للاحاديث متنا وسندا وتخريجا باللغة الإنجليزية، بينما المحتوى الأساسي والبحث باللغة العربية.

The operation succeeded for the scholars, hadith narrators, and biographies, but when clicking the underlined hadiths, the hadith info cards — text, chain, and sourcing — appear in English while the main content and search are in Arabic.

Details / repro

• Repro: set app language to Arabic, ask a question in Arabic, then (a) look at inline citation names under/inside the answer — English; (b) tap a citation — the large book-title header is English; (c) tap an underlined hadith — the card with matn/sanad/takhrij is English. (Underlined entity cards for scholars/narrators/books were reportedly fixed around 2026-08-16.)
• Youssef El Geddawy's email had screenshots attached showing the English citation names in the Arabic app.
• Abdellatif's stated ETA for the remaining hadith-card localization: ~two weeks from 2026-08-16 (i.e. end of August 2026) — worth verifying and closing the loop with both users.
• Suggested alternative if full localization is hard: an explicit display-language option (ms.chakir).

Threads

• 1a0199633aa27cca — inline citation names + book-title header should follow app language (screenshots)
• 1a007672a032ff43 — entity info cards (scholars/narrators/books) in English; asks Arabic or display-language option
• 1a00b2e972d46dc2 — follow-up: entity cards fixed, hadith cards (matn/sanad/takhrij) still English