Jabal al-Nour
Jabal al-Nour is a mountain near Mecca in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia. The mountain houses the grotto or cave of Hira, which holds tremendous significance for Muslims throughout the world, as it is here where the Islamic prophet Muhammad received his first revelation of the Quran, which consisted of the first five ayat of Surah Al-Alaq from the angel Jibra'il.Photo: Adiput, Public domain.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 513 metres
- Description: Holy mountain in Saudia Arabia
- Also known as: “Gabal Alnoor” and “Jabal an Nur”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cave of Hira.
Cave of Hira
Cave
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Jabal al-Nour is a mountain near Mecca in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia. The mountain houses the grotto or cave of Hira, which holds tremendous significance for Muslims throughout the world, as it is here where the Islamic prophet Muhammad received his first revelation of the Quran, which consisted of the first five ayat of Surah Al-Alaq from the angel Jibra'il.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wadi Jalil and Haram.
Haram
Neighborhood
Haram is one of several similar words originating from the triliteral Semitic root Ḥ-R-M. The word literally means "sanctuary", commonly used by Muslims to refer to Al-Masjid Al-Haram and Prophet Mohammad's Mosque.
Mecca
Photo: Al Jazeera English, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mecca, officially known as Makkah al-Mukarramah, is a city in Saudi Arabia and the holiest city in Islam. Mecca is the birthplace of Prophet Muhammed, the founder of Islam, and Muslims believe the Qur'an was first revealed to Muhammad here.
Jabal al-Nour
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Mecca Region, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
21.45778° or 21° 27′ 28″ northLongitude
39.85973° or 39° 51′ 35″ eastElevation
513 metres (1,683 feet)Open location code
7GHXFV55+4VOpenStreetMap ID
node 1236462393OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Jabal al-Nour” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبل النور”
- Arabic: “جبل حراء”
- Armenian: “Ջաբալ ալ-Նուր”
- Bengali: “জাবালে নূর”
- Cebuano: “Jabal an Nūr”
- Central Bikol: “Jabal al-Nour”
- Central Kurdish: “کێوی نوور”
- Chinese: “光明山”
- Dutch: “Gebergte van Noer”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل النور”
- Esperanto: “Ĝabal an-Nur”
- French: “Djébel el-Nour”
- French: “Jabal al-Nour”
- German: “Jabal an Nur”
- Hebrew: “ג’בל א-נור”
- Hindi: “जबल अल-नूर”
- Hindi: “जबल नूर”
- Hindi: “नूर पहाड़”
- Indonesian: “Jabal an-Nur”
- Italian: “Jabal al-Nur”
- Japanese: “ジャバル・アル・ヌール山”
- Kannada: “ಜಬಲುನ್ನೂರ್, ಜಬಲೆ ನೂರ್”
- Kannada: “ಜಬಲ್ ನೂರ್”
- Kashmiri: “جبل النوٗر”
- Kashmiri: “گاشُک پہاڑ”
- Ladin: “Jabal al-Nour”
- Latvian: “Džebel en Nūrs”
- Malay: “Jabal al-Nour”
- Malay: “Jabal an-Nur”
- Malayalam: “ജബൽ അൽ നൂർ (പർവ്വതം)”
- Malayalam: “ജബൽ അൽ നൂർ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jabal al-Nour”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jabal al-Nour”
- Norwegian: “Jabal al-Nour”
- Persian: “جبل النور”
- Russian: “Джабаль аль-Нур”
- Slovenian: “Džabal al-Nur”
- Slovenian: “Jabal al-Nur”
- Spanish: “Jabal al-Nour”
- Spanish: “Montaña de la Luz”
- Spanish: “Yabal al-Nur”
- Swedish: “Jabal al-Nour”
- Thai: “ญะบะลุนนูร”
- Turkish: “Nur Dağı”
- Urdu: “جبل نور”
- Uzbek: “Jabal al-Nur”
- Venetian: “Jabal al-Nur”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Jabal An Noor and Al Khansa.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Masjid Ahmad Masoudi and مسجد الشيخ عوض الله المطرفي.
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