Al Qararah
Al Qararah is a village in Makkah Province, in western Saudi Arabia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in Saudi Arabia
- Also known as: “Al Qarārah”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kaaba and Maqam Ibrahim.
Kaaba
Mosque
Photo: Aiman titi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kaaba, also spelled Kaʽba, Kaʽbah or Kabah, sometimes referred to as al-Kaʽba al-Musharrafa, is a stone building at the center of Islam's most important mosque and holiest site, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Maqam Ibrahim
Memorial
The Maqām Ibrāhīm is a small square stone associated with Ibrahim, Ismail and their building of the Kaaba in what is now the Great Mosque of Mecca in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Haram and Mecca.
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.
Ajyad
Neighborhood
Ajyad is a historic neighborhood of Mecca in Makkah Province, in western Saudi Arabia. Ajya is directly south of Al Haram District.
Al Qararah
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Mecca Region, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Al Qararah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “القرارة”
- Dutch: “Al Qararah”
- Egyptian Arabic: “القراره”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al Qararah”
- Persian: “ال قراراه”
- Persian: “القراراه”
- Urdu: “قرارہ”
- Uzbek: “Al-Qarara”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sūq Najd at Tijārī and Aswāq aş Şīrfī lidh Dhahab.
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