AskSakina Islamic Knowledge vs Corpus
A side-by-side look at the AskSakina Islamic Knowledge and Corpus MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
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CorpusSpirituality & Esoterica · Remote HTTP/SSERead-only semantic search over Vedic scripture verses, commentaries, and recorded lectures.39FairAuth: no auth requiredVerdict: choose AskSakina Islamic Knowledge for spirituality & esoterica work as a local process; choose Corpus for spirituality & esoterica over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose AskSakina Islamic Knowledge when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Spirituality & Esoterica domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- Its auth model fits you: No auth required.
- You want tools like
surah, ayah, locale.
CChoose Corpus when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Spirituality & Esoterica domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
- Its auth model fits you: No auth required.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | C Corpus | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Spirituality & Esoterica | Spirituality & Esoterica |
| Quality signal | 57/100 · Good | 39/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | No auth required | No auth required |
| Pricing | Free | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | — |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 11 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View AskSakina Islamic Knowledge | View Corpus |
Tools & capabilities
AskSakina Islamic Knowledge tools 11
surahSurah numberayahAyah within the surahlocale'ur'` \contextFree-form life contextidA du'a id taken from a `related` reference in an earlier response (WO#390)audience'practising'limitHow many records a context lookup returns (2.2.0). The bereaved set and the abuse allowlist are always returned whole. Ignored with `idoffsetHow many records to skip before the page, for paging with `limit` (2.2.0). Ignored with `id` and on `bereavednumberPrimary lookupnameTransliteration, Arabic, or English meaningqueryTopic or keyword, e.g. `patience`, `grief`, `gratitude
Corpus tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Ready-to-paste client configs
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
AskSakina Islamic Knowledge
{
"mcpServers": {
"asksakina-islamic-knowledge": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@asksakina/islamic-knowledge-mcp"
]
}
}
}
Corpus
{
"mcpServers": {
"corpus": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"corpus"
]
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
AskSakina Islamic Knowledge is categorized under Spirituality & Esoterica and uses a local stdio subprocess. Corpus belongs to Spirituality & Esoterica and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Pick AskSakina Islamic Knowledge for spirituality & esoterica work and Corpus for spirituality & esoterica.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
AskSakina Islamic Knowledge is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. Corpus has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Auth: no auth required. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add asksakina-islamic-knowledge and corpus as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, AskSakina Islamic Knowledge has a quality signal of 57/100 (Good) with 1 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. Corpus has 39/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.