Commands

This list is irregularly updated and does not list all commands, only core ones. Please consult the repository for up-to-date information.

• Cite verses from the Holy Quran with the /verse command. Provides English, Arabic, and Urdu translations automatically.
  • Analyze the individual Arabic words of each verse by passing the optional analyse parameter.
  • Verses provided from OpenQuran, an easy-to-use Quran search engine.
• Cite hadiths from trusted Muslim scholars with the /hadith command.
  • Give it a single book name and verse reference (e.g. bukhari:6594) and the bot will post the relevant paragraph into chat.
• Retrieve interesting commentary of the Holy Quran with the /5v command. Sources commentary from the Five Volume Commentary collection (thus 5v).
  • Give it a single verse (e.g. 1:1) and the bot will post the relevant page of the verse into chat.
• On-demand retrieval of Salat timings with the /salat command, as well as an opt-in notifier/reminder for prayers with configurable location(s).
  • Uses Nominatim for geolocalization. If you are hosting Kaab'ot yourself, you will also have to host your own Nominatim instance.
  • Experimental feature. Must be manually enabled by administrators of self-hosted bots.
• Fetch Friday Sermons from Muslim Television Ahmadiyya International.
  • Provides both a permalink on MTA and a direct download link to a 1920x1080 (full HD) MP4 of the sermon.
  • Pass list parameter to retrieve the last 10 Friday sermons.
• Retrieval of the Bai'at (initiation into Islam) form, as well as the Conditions of Bai'at, with the /baiat command.
  • Give it a single index from 1 until 10 and the bot will post the relevant Condition of Bai'at. If no index is provided, it will provide an explanation of Bai'at and a link to the form.
• Access hundreds of selected writings and books from scholars, caliphs and Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (a.s.).
  • Local library can be built from alislam.org with the npm run books command. Automatically downloads all PDF files too.
  • Search results can be curated with skip and limit parameters to prevent listing of 100+ books all at once in a single message.
  • /library search to search through the library with a keyword (e.g., 'jesus').
  • /library get retrieves a book from its unique identifier. Displays a description, author information, and a download link to an English PDF.
  • /library download uploads a PDF of the book directly into the Discord channel.
  • /library author searches for, and displays information about, an author.
  • /library list-books lists the books from an author.
  • /library list-authors lists all currently indexed authors.
• Convert between Gregorian and Hijri dates using /calendar, understands both precise (e.g., "March 10, 2024") and imprecise/relative (e.g., "next friday", "2 weeks from now", etc.) inputs.