A side-by-side look at the AskSakina Islamic Knowledge and Saroday MCP Server MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose AskSakina Islamic Knowledge for spirituality & esoterica work as a local process; choose Saroday MCP Server for spirituality & esoterica as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
surah, ayah, locale.SARODAY_API_BASE.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Spirituality & Esoterica | Spirituality & Esoterica |
| Quality signal | 55/100 · Good | 39/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | SARODAY_API_BASE |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 8 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View AskSakina Islamic Knowledge | View Saroday MCP Server |
surahSurah numberayahAyah within the surahlocale'ur'` \contextFree-form life contextnumberPrimary lookupnameTransliteration, Arabic, or English meaningqueryTopic or keyword, e.g. `patience`, `grief`, `gratitudelimitNumber of versesNo tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
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.
{
"mcpServers": {
"asksakina-islamic-knowledge": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@asksakina/islamic-knowledge-mcp"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"saroday-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@saroday/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"SARODAY_API_BASE": "YOUR_SARODAY_API_BASE_HERE"
}
}
}
}