May be we can bring back the swipe function now..
swipe sideways (horizontal) to display the floating dock.

or as in the recent post, if dedicated 'star' & 'R' button will be provided for each ayah, we can invoke it by a horizontal swipe.

I don't know if its feasible.. Swipe on a particular ayah to show the star(favourite) & recitation icon for that ayah alone.

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another suggestion: remove the arrow images from 'page navigation' bar on sides & make it visible always (with the current level of opacity)