Rename the app from Qaf to Noon

Category: Feature request Priority: P3 Area: branding Reports: 1 Status: Open

Summary

A Moroccan educator (a professor with the Draa-Tafilalet regional education academy, Zagora) proposes renaming "Qaf AI" (قاف للذكاء الاصطناعي) to "Noon AI" (نون للذكاء الاصطناعي). His two arguments: (1) "Qaf" is already the name of a well-known interactive magazine on social media, which could cause confusion in the digital visual identity; and (2) in the Quran's usage, "Noon" is closer to the platform's function of research, writing, and documentation, because the context of Surat al-Qalam connects it to "the pen and what they inscribe" (ن والقلم وما يسطرون). Abdellatif thanked him and said he would forward the suggestion to the team; the user followed up with warm encouragement.

What users say

EZINI El Arabi (ذ. الزَّيْني العَرَبي / Pr. EZINI El-Arabi) elarabiezini@gmail.com

• Date: 2026-08-13
• Language: Arabic
• Thread: 19ffc6246cff6824
• Replied by Abdellatif: Yes ("شكرا للاقتراح. سأرسله للفريق" — "Thanks for the suggestion. I'll send it to the team")

Sent to contact@qaf.ai with subject: اقتراح تغيير اسم تطبيق "قاف للذكاء الاصطناعي" باسم "نون للذكاء الاصطناعي" (Suggestion to change the app name from "Qaf AI" to "Noon AI").

أقترح إعادة تسمية «قاف للذكاء الاصطناعي» إلى «نون للذكاء الاصطناعي»؛ لأن اسم «قاف» مستخدم أيضًا لمجلة تفاعلية معروفة بوسائل التواصل الاجتماعي، مما قد يسبب التباسا في الهوية البصرية الرقمية. كما أن «نون» في تعبير القرآن الكريم أقرب إلى وظيفة المنصة في البحث والكتابة والتوثيق لاتصال سياق سورة القلم بالقلم وما يسطرون.

I propose renaming "Qaf AI" to "Noon AI", because the name "Qaf" is also used by a well-known interactive magazine on social media, which could cause confusion in the digital visual identity. Moreover, "Noon" in the Quran's expression is closer to the platform's function of research, writing, and documentation, given the connection of Surat al-Qalam's context with the pen and what they inscribe.

His follow-up after Abdellatif's reply (2026-08-14) was pure encouragement: "الأمة بحاجة ماسة لها، واصلوا موفقين بإذن الله فأنتم على ثغر عظيم من الثغور المعاصرة" (the Ummah is in dire need of these [blessed Islamic productions]; keep going — you are manning one of the great frontiers of our time).

Details / repro

• Branding suggestion only; no product defect. The claimed conflict is with a social-media magazine named "Qaf" — worth a quick trademark/brand-search check if a rename is ever seriously considered.

Threads

• 19ffc6246cff6824 — Proposal to rename Qaf AI to Noon AI over brand-confusion and Quranic-symbolism arguments.