Mountains

Makkah 108 min read Jabal al-Nur and the Cave of Hira Jabal Noor, the Mountain of Light, rises about 4 km northeast of Makkah's Grand Mosque and holds the Cave of Hira, where the Prophet… Makkah 108 min read Jabal Abu Qubays Jabal Abu Qubays stands directly east of the Kaaba, rising above the Safa side of Makkah's Grand Mosque. Tradition links it to the safekeeping… Makkah 52 min read Jabal Umar Jabal Umar: The History of Makkah's Vanished Mountain and the Story of the Jabal Omar Development Stand today at the King Abdulaziz entrance on… Makkah 74 min read Jabal Khandama Jabal Khandama: The History, the Battle and the Ziyarah Guide to Makkah's Eastern Hill East of the Grand Mosque, behind the nearer bulk of… Makkah 64 min read Wadi Fatimah Wadi Fatimah: The History, the Seerah, and the Truth About Marr al-Zahran Northwest of Makkah Twenty to twenty-five kilometres northwest of Makkah, on the… Medina 62 min read Jabal Ayr Jabal Ayr (Mount Ayr): History, the Boundary Hadith and the Ziyarah Guide to Madinah's Southern Sentinel South of the Prophet's Mosque, past the last… Medina 63 min read Jabal al-Rumat (Archers’ Hill) Jabal al-Rumat: The Hill of the Archers and the Order That Was Not Kept at Uhud RUMAT: Opening establishes scope — this article is… Medina 48 min read The Cave of Uhud The Cave of Uhud (Ghar Uhud): The History, the Wounding of the Prophet ﷺ, and the Ziyarah Question On the southern flank of Mount… Medina 66 min read The Cave of Bani Haram The Cave of Bani Haram (Ghar Bani Haram) on Jabal Sala': History, Hadith and Honest Ziyarah Guide On the western shoulder of Jabal Sala',… Medina 63 min read Jabal Sala’ Jabal Sala' (Mount Sala'): The Rain Cloud, the Voice from the Summit, and Madinah's Nearest Mountain Stand anywhere in the open plazas on the… Medina 59 min read Wadi al-Aqiq Wadi al-Aqiq: The Blessed Valley, the Miqat, and the Lost Gardens of Umayyad Madinah West of Madinah, where the black basalt plateau of the… Makkah 65 min read Jabal al-Rahmah at Arafat (The Mount of Mercy) Jabal al-Rahmah at Arafat: The Complete History, Story and Ziyarah Guide to the Mount of Mercy in Makkah On the plain of Arafat, some…