Jabal al-Nour

Jabal al-Nour is a mountain near in the region of . The mountain houses the of Hira. It is here where the Islamic prophet Muhammad is said to have received his first revelation of the Quran from the angel Jibra'il, which consists of the first five ayat of Surah Al-Alaq.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 513 metres
  • Description: Holy mountain in Saudia Arabia
  • Also known as: “Gabal Alnoor”, “Jabal an Nur”, and “Jabal Nur”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cave of Hira and Al Adil Cemetery.

Cave
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Jabal al-Nour is a mountain near in the region of . The mountain houses the of Hira. It is here where the Islamic prophet Muhammad is said to have received his first revelation of the Quran from the angel Jibra'il, which consists of the first five ayat of Surah Al-Alaq.

Cemetery
The Al-Adl cemetery is one of the earliest and largest of the six cemeteries in , Saudi Arabia. It is the second substantial cemetery in the city.

Mosque
Photo: Imam Khairul Annas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Bay'ah Mosque, also known as the Mosque of 'Aqaba Hill and the Aqabah Mosque, is a Sunni Muslim , located outside in , below the Wadi .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wadi Jalil and Haram.

Neighborhood
is a village in the Makkah Province, in western .

Neighborhood
Photo: HolyArtThou, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 and .

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, officially known as Makkah al-Mukarramah, is a major city in and the holiest city in Islam. 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

Latitude
21.45778° or 21° 27′ 28″ north
Longitude
39.85973° or 39° 51′ 35″ east
Elevation
513 metres (1,683 feet)
Open location code
7GHXFV55+4V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1236462393
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
103459
Wiki­data ID
Q1033157
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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”
  • Portuguese: “Jabal al-Nour”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Anur”
  • 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”
  • Ukrainian: “Джабаль аль-Нур”
  • Urdu: “جبل نور”
  • Uzbek: “Jabal al-Nur”
  • Venetian: “Jabal al-Nur”

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