---
language:
  - ar
license: apache-2.0
library_name: gguf
base_model: NightPrince/Qwen3-4B-Islamic-Arabic
datasets:
  - NightPrince/islamic-arabic-qa
tags:
  - arabic
  - islamic
  - fiqh
  - fatwa
  - qwen3
  - gguf
  - llama-cpp
  - ollama
  - quantized
  - instruction-tuning
pipeline_tag: text-generation
---

# Qwen3-4B-Islamic-Arabic-GGUF

**GGUF quantized versions of Qwen3-4B-Islamic-Arabic for llama.cpp, Ollama, and LM Studio.**

This repository contains three GGUF files at different quantization levels, converted from [NightPrince/Qwen3-4B-Islamic-Arabic](https://huggingface.co/NightPrince/Qwen3-4B-Islamic-Arabic) (the merged FP16 model). All standard GGUF-compatible runtimes are supported: llama.cpp, Ollama, LM Studio, Jan, and others.

Trained and converted by **[Yahya Alnwsany (NightPrince)](https://huggingface.co/NightPrince)** — 2026-05-05.

---

## Files

| File | Size | Recommended for |
|---|---|---|
| `qwen3-4b-islamic-q4_k_m.gguf` | 2.3 GB | **Most users** — best quality/size balance |
| `qwen3-4b-islamic-q8_0.gguf` | 4.0 GB | High quality, more RAM available |
| `qwen3-4b-islamic-f16.gguf` | 7.5 GB | Reference / re-quantization source |

**Recommendation**: Start with `q4_k_m`. If you have 6+ GB of RAM headroom and want noticeably sharper Arabic output, use `q8_0`. The `f16` file is the lossless reference and is best used as a source for producing custom quantizations with llama.cpp's `llama-quantize`.

---

## Model Variants

| Variant | Repo | Description |
|---|---|---|
| **Merged FP16** | [NightPrince/Qwen3-4B-Islamic-Arabic](https://huggingface.co/NightPrince/Qwen3-4B-Islamic-Arabic) | Canonical merged model, FP16, ~7.6 GB — drop-in for transformers or vLLM |
| **LoRA Adapter** | [NightPrince/Qwen3-4B-Islamic-Arabic-LoRA](https://huggingface.co/NightPrince/Qwen3-4B-Islamic-Arabic-LoRA) | PEFT adapter only, 264 MB — apply on top of `Qwen/Qwen3-4B` |
| **INT4 Quantized** | [NightPrince/Qwen3-4B-Islamic-Arabic-INT4](https://huggingface.co/NightPrince/Qwen3-4B-Islamic-Arabic-INT4) | W4A16 compressed-tensors for fast vLLM serving, 2.5 GB |
| **MLX 4-bit** | [NightPrince/Qwen3-4B-Islamic-Arabic-mlx-4Bit](https://huggingface.co/NightPrince/Qwen3-4B-Islamic-Arabic-mlx-4Bit) | Apple Silicon / MLX — native Mac inference, 4-bit quantized |
| **GGUF** (this model) | [NightPrince/Qwen3-4B-Islamic-Arabic-GGUF](https://huggingface.co/NightPrince/Qwen3-4B-Islamic-Arabic-GGUF) | llama.cpp / Ollama / LM Studio — Q4_K_M (2.3 GB), Q8_0 (4.0 GB), F16 (7.5 GB) |
| **Dataset** | [NightPrince/islamic-arabic-qa](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NightPrince/islamic-arabic-qa) | 17,944 train / 2,101 val / 1,042 test — Islamic Arabic Q&A pairs |

---

## Usage

### Ollama

**Step 1: Create a Modelfile**

Save the following as `Modelfile` (no extension) in any directory:

```
FROM ./qwen3-4b-islamic-q4_k_m.gguf

SYSTEM """أنت مساعد عالم إسلامي متخصص. أجب على الأسئلة بدقة استناداً إلى القرآن الكريم والسنة النبوية والفقه الإسلامي الكلاسيكي. استشهد بالمصادر حيثما أمكن. كن موجزاً لكن شاملاً."""

PARAMETER temperature 0.7
PARAMETER top_p 0.9
PARAMETER num_ctx 4096
```

> Important: The `SYSTEM` field above contains the exact system prompt the model was fine-tuned with. Using it will produce the best results.

**Step 2: Download the GGUF file**

```bash
# Using huggingface-cli
pip install huggingface_hub
huggingface-cli download NightPrince/Qwen3-4B-Islamic-Arabic-GGUF \
    qwen3-4b-islamic-q4_k_m.gguf \
    --local-dir .
```

**Step 3: Build and run**

```bash
# Create the Ollama model
ollama create qwen3-islamic -f Modelfile

# Run interactively
ollama run qwen3-islamic

# Or query via API
curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
  "model": "qwen3-islamic",
  "prompt": "ما حكم الاحتفال بالمولد النبوي الشريف؟",
  "stream": false
}'
```

---

### llama.cpp

**Build llama.cpp** (if not already installed):

```bash
git clone https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp
cd llama.cpp
make -j$(nproc)            # CPU
# For CUDA: make GGML_CUDA=1 -j$(nproc)
```

**Download a GGUF file:**

```bash
huggingface-cli download NightPrince/Qwen3-4B-Islamic-Arabic-GGUF \
    qwen3-4b-islamic-q4_k_m.gguf \
    --local-dir ./models
```

**Run the llama.cpp HTTP server:**

```bash
./llama-server \
    --model ./models/qwen3-4b-islamic-q4_k_m.gguf \
    --ctx-size 4096 \
    --n-gpu-layers 99 \
    --host 0.0.0.0 \
    --port 8080 \
    --system-prompt "أنت مساعد عالم إسلامي متخصص. أجب على الأسئلة بدقة استناداً إلى القرآن الكريم والسنة النبوية والفقه الإسلامي الكلاسيكي. استشهد بالمصادر حيثما أمكن. كن موجزاً لكن شاملاً."
```

**CLI inference:**

```bash
./llama-cli \
    --model ./models/qwen3-4b-islamic-q4_k_m.gguf \
    --ctx-size 4096 \
    --n-gpu-layers 99 \
    --chat-template qwen3 \
    --system-prompt "أنت مساعد عالم إسلامي متخصص. أجب على الأسئلة بدقة استناداً إلى القرآن الكريم والسنة النبوية والفقه الإسلامي الكلاسيكي. استشهد بالمصادر حيثما أمكن. كن موجزاً لكن شاملاً." \
    --prompt "ما هي أركان الإسلام الخمسة؟" \
    --n-predict 512
```

---

### LM Studio

1. Open **LM Studio** and go to the **Search** tab.
2. Search for `NightPrince/Qwen3-4B-Islamic-Arabic-GGUF`.
3. Download `qwen3-4b-islamic-q4_k_m.gguf` (recommended) from the file list.
4. Load the model and open the **Chat** tab.
5. In **System Prompt**, paste:
   ```
   أنت مساعد عالم إسلامي متخصص. أجب على الأسئلة بدقة استناداً إلى القرآن الكريم والسنة النبوية والفقه الإسلامي الكلاسيكي. استشهد بالمصادر حيثما أمكن. كن موجزاً لكن شاملاً.
   ```
6. Set **Temperature** to `0.7` and **Context Length** to `4096` for best results.

---

## Hardware Requirements

| File | Min RAM (CPU) | Min VRAM (GPU offload) |
|---|---|---|
| `q4_k_m` (2.3 GB) | 4 GB | 3–4 GB |
| `q8_0` (4.0 GB) | 6 GB | 5–6 GB |
| `f16` (7.5 GB) | 10 GB | 8–10 GB |

Use `--n-gpu-layers 99` in llama.cpp to offload all layers to GPU. Reduce the value if you run out of VRAM.

---

## Citation

```bibtex
@misc{alnwsany2026qwen3islamicarbic,
  author       = {Yahya Alnwsany},
  title        = {Qwen3-4B-Islamic-Arabic: QLoRA Fine-Tuning of Qwen3-4B on Islamic Arabic Q\&A},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/NightPrince/Qwen3-4B-Islamic-Arabic}},
  note         = {Base model: Qwen/Qwen3-4B. Dataset: NightPrince/islamic-arabic-qa.}
}
```

---

## License

Apache 2.0 — consistent with the base model [Qwen/Qwen3-4B](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-4B).