Direction 03 — Noor · The full world

Light,
by name.

Everything a person would touch in the first year of the brand: the deck in their hand, the app at Fajr, the post they save, the page they land on, the box on the shelf. One system — 99 rays, the colour of the hour, a serif that's kind, Arabic that flows.

Scroll the world
The dot breathes at the pace of slow dhikr — 4s in, 4s out.
ٱلنُّورُ
The Light · An-Nur
01 — Card explorations

Six ways to hold a name.

Same system, six temperatures. The deck could ship as any one of these — or the Hour card as the base with the others as limited editions. Each one is 70 × 110mm, 10mm corners, soft-touch.

99namesNo. 93
ٱلنُّورُ
The Light
An-Nur
Fajr٩٣
A · The Hour cardThe baseline. Gradient of the hour, 99 rays behind the name. This is the deck.
99namesNo. 47
ٱلْوَدُودُ
The Most Loving
Al-Wadud
Blind emboss · no ink٤٧
B · The Paper cardNo colour at all. Arabic blind-embossed, meaning letterpressed. For the person who finds gradients loud. Premium edition.
99namesNo. 99
ٱلصَّبُورُ
The Infinitely Patient
As-Sabur
Isha٩٩
C · The Night cardThe same card after dark. Navy, never black. Names 67–99 ship on night grounds so the deck fans from dawn to night.
99namesNo. 01
بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ
The Most Gracious
Ar-Rahman
Maghrib٠١
D · The Verse cardName plus the āyah it appears in, set in Nastaʿlīq above. Maghrib gradient — sun into night. The Ramadan 30-card edition uses this.
99namesNo. 93
ٱلنُّورُ
An-Nur · The Light٩٣
E · The Ray cardThe logo becomes the composition. The name sits inside the 99 rays. Flat Fajr gold. Works as a poster at A2.
99namesSend a name
لمن يحتاجه هذا الأسبوع
ٱلْجَبَّارُ
The Restorer
Al-Jabbar
ToNayla
٦٤
F · The Send-a-Name cardSingle card + envelope, $6. A space to write who it's for. "For whoever needs it this week." This is the product that gets the brand into homes.
Card back

Every back is identical: sand ground, the 99-ray mark blind-embossed centre, "99names" at the foot. A fanned deck reads as one soft sun.

The fan

Cards 1–33 dawn, 34–66 day, 67–99 night. Spread the deck in order and it's a single gradient across a table — the Instagram unboxing shot designs itself.

Recommendation

A is the deck. F is the growth product. B is the $79 edition. D is the Ramadan release. E is a poster; C is already inside A.

02 — App

An app that knows what time it is.

Eight screens across a day. The background is never chosen — it's the hour. Nothing pings. You're greeted, you're shown a name, you're asked gently if you remember.

Welcome1 / 3
Ninety-nine names.
One at a time.

We'll show you one name a week, at the hour you choose. No streaks. No guilt.

Begin with Ar-Rahman
I already know some
OnboardingThree screens. The third asks only: "When's your quiet hour?"
Fajr · 05:14Week 12
Good morning,
Amaar.
ٱلصَّبُورُ
The Infinitely Patient
As-Sabur · No. 99
Listen
Reflect
TodayNamesRememberYou
Home · FajrBlush. One name, one breath. Everything else is a tap away, not in your face.
← TodayNo. 99
ٱلصَّبُورُ
As-Sabur · The Infinitely Patient
فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا
Root ص-ب-ر · to bear, to endure, to hold steady.

This week He has never once rushed you. Notice who you rush.

Dua Rabbi afrigh ʿalaynā ṣabran — My Lord, pour patience over us.
▶ Listen · 0:06
Save
Name detailRoot, verse, one reflection, one dua. Short enough to read at a red light, deep enough to return to.
Asr · Remember4 / 10
ٱلْوَدُودُ
Which name is this?
The Light
The Most Loving ✓
The Patient
The Provider
Al-Wadud. You've met 41 names.
Remember (quiz) · AsrSage hour. Called "Remember", never "Test". Wrong answers just show the name again, warmly.
YouWeek 12
41 names
close.
58 to meet. At one a week you'll know all 99 by Ramadan 1449.
TodayNamesRememberYou
ProgressThe 99-dot grid borrowed from Direction 02 — the one device worth keeping. Dots fill in the hour's colour.
Maghrib · 18:52Week 12
ٱلصَّبُورُ
Say it once, slowly.
Dhikr · tap to count · 33
TodayNamesRememberYou
Home · MaghribSame screen, different hour. Gold into night. A tap-to-count dhikr mode with the breathing dot as the counter.
Lock screen22:41
22:41
99namesAs-Sabur. The night is long; so is His patience.
Widget · This week
ٱلصَّبُورُ
The Patient
Notification + widget · IshaOne line, once a day, at the hour you chose. The widget is just the name. Reminders are gradients, not alarms.
Names99
All ninety-nine
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ
ٱلرَّحِيمُ
ٱلْمَلِكُ
ٱلْقُدُّوسُ
ٱلسَّلَامُ
ٱلْمُؤْمِنُ
ٱلْمُهَيْمِنُ
ٱلْعَزِيزُ
ٱلْجَبَّارُ
TodayNamesRememberYou
All namesThe deck, on screen. Met names are full colour; unmet are faded. Scrolling down moves from dawn to night.
03 — Instagram

The calmest thing in the feed.

Six post types that rotate through the week, plus stories. The rule: a single name on a full screen is a complete post. The feed, viewed as a grid, should read as one slow gradient across the week.

99names
Light, by name.

One name a week. Ninety-nine ways He's near.
Cards · App · Send a name to someone ↓
99names.net

99namesMon · Fajr
ٱلصَّبُورُ
The Infinitely Patient
As-Sabur · No. 99This week's name
1 · The NameMonday. The week's name introduced. Arabic huge, English small. Caption is the root letters and one sentence.
99namesTue
His patience is why you're still here.
As-Sabur99names.net
2 · The LineTuesday. One sentence, Fraunces on sand. The most-saved format — your current posts already prove it.
99namesWed · Isha
فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا
"So be patient with beautiful patience."
Al-Ma'arij 70:5As-Sabur
3 · The VerseWednesday night. The āyah the name lives in, Nastaʿlīq on navy. Posted after Isha.
ٱلصَّبُورُ
99namesThu
The deck · $34Link in bio
4 · The ObjectThursday. Product, photographed in real window light on linen or a sill. The only "sell" post of the week.
99namesFri · Remember
ٱلْوَدُودُ
Do you remember
this one?
Answer in the commentsNo. 47
5 · The RememberFriday. A past name, Arabic only. Comments do the teaching. Highest engagement format.
99namesSun · Maghrib
Send As-Sabur to someone who's waiting on something.
Send a name · $699names.net/send
6 · The SendSunday. Closes the week by pointing the name outward. Drives the gifting product and the shares.
Stories · 9:16
ٱلصَّبُورُ
Say it once.
Poll
Which name do you need today?
As-Sabur · Patience
Al-Wadud · Love
Al-Jabbar · Restore
Isha.
Put the phone down after this one.
ٱلنُّورُ
Ramadan edition.
30 nights, 30 names.
Notify me
04 — Website

99names.net, rebuilt.

Five screens. The site reads local prayer times and tints itself. The explanation you currently lead with moves to the bottom, set like a book's introduction. The name comes first. Always.

99names.net · Lagos · Fajr
99names
This week · No. 99 of 99

The Infinitely Patient

ٱلصَّبُورُ

As-Sabur. He has never once rushed you. Take your time today — He does.

▶ Listen · 0:06Read this name
Ninety-nine names, dawn to night ↓
Scroll
HomeFirst screen is the week's name, the hour's colour, one line. No two-column explainer above the fold.
99names.net/names
99names
All ninety-nine

Ninety-nine, dawn to night.

ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ
ٱلرَّحِيمُ
ٱلْمَلِكُ
ٱلْقُدُّوسُ
ٱلسَّلَامُ
ٱلْمُؤْمِنُ
ٱلْمُهَيْمِنُ
ٱلْعَزِيزُ
ٱلْجَبَّارُ
ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرُ
ٱلْخَالِقُ
ٱلْبَارِئُ
ٱلْمُصَوِّرُ
ٱلْغَفَّارُ
ٱلْقَهَّارُ
ٱلْوَهَّابُ
…continues to As-Sabur. Hover a card to hear it. Click to read it.
All namesA single gradient strip from Ar-Rahman (dawn) to As-Sabur (night). The colour-toggle idea from the current site becomes the structure of the page.
99names.net/names/as-sabur
99names
No. 99 · Isha
ٱلصَّبُورُ

As-Sabur
The Infinitely Patient

Root ص-ب-ر · to bear, endure, hold steady.
Appears in the Sunnah; the attribute throughout the Qur'an.
Dua Rabbi afrigh ʿalaynā ṣabran.
▶ ListenSend this name
فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا
Name pageEach of the 99 gets its own URL, its own hour colour, audio, root, verse, dua and a "send this name" button. This is the SEO engine — 99 beautiful landing pages.
99names.net/shop
99names
Shop · Ships worldwide
The Deck99 cards · $34
ٱلْجَبَّارُ
Send a Name1 card + envelope · $6
Ramadan Edition30 cards · $29 · Pre-order
ShopThree products, not thirty. Gradients as product photography until the real shots exist.
99names.net/remember
99names
Remember · 4 of 10
ٱلْوَدُودُ
Which name is this?
The LightThe Most LovingThe PatientThe Provider
Remember (quiz)Full-screen, one question, hour-coloured. Shareable result card at the end: "I know 41 names." — that's the viral loop.
05 — The brand in the world

Things you'd keep.

99names
The Deck · 99 cards
The boxNavy rigid box, rays blind-embossed, nothing else. Lift the lid and the deck inside is a dawn gradient — the contrast is the unboxing.
ٱلصَّبُورُ
The nightstandA small oak stand that holds one card upright. Change it every week. $69 with the deck. This is the product photo for the homepage.
ٱلنُّورُ
The teeSand cotton, small rays at the chest, one name. Quiet enough to wear anywhere. Merch that doesn't shout is merch people actually wear.
وَلِلَّهِ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ
A2 print · Isha
A2 print · Fajr
99names
Light, by name.
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06 — Why Noor wins

The honest case.

For

The colour-of-the-hour idea is a retention mechanic nobody in the category has — the app literally looks different at Fajr and Isha, which gives people a reason to open it twice. The 99-ray mark is ownable, scales from favicon to A2, and doesn't touch a single cliché. Send-a-Name is a $6 product with a built-in reason to share. And the tone matches where your Instagram is already going.

Against — and the answer

"It looks like a wellness app." It does, until the Arabic appears — which is why the Arabic is always large, always first, always Ruq'ah/Nastaʿlīq rather than a Latin-friendly Naskh. "Gradients are easy to copy." The gradient isn't the brand; the 99 rays, the hour system and the voice are. "Too soft for men / older buyers?" The Paper card (B) and the navy box exist for exactly that audience.

Next steps if this is the one

1 · Commission a Ruq'ah calligrapher for the 99 names (one-time, ~$1.5–3k, becomes your single biggest asset). 2 · Logo file set: rays mark + wordmark + ٩٩, SVG/PNG, icon sizes. 3 · Build the site on this system — home, 99 name pages, remember, shop. 4 · Print proof of card A and F with the paper + gradient spec.