Wadi Jalil
Wadi Jalil is a village in the Makkah Province, in western Saudi Arabia.- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: human settlement in Saudi Arabia
- Also known as: “Ḩayy Wādī al Jalīl”, “HayyWadialJalil”, “Wadi al Jalil”, and “Wādī al Jalīl”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cave of Hira and Jabal al-Nour.
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. Cave of Hira is situated 3½ km south of Wadi Jalil.
Jabal al-Nour
Peak
Photo: Adiput, 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. Jabal al-Nour is situated 3½ km south of Wadi Jalil.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Haram and Mecca.
Haram
Neighborhood
Photo: HolyArtThou, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Haram is situated 8 km southwest of Wadi Jalil.
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. Ajyad is situated 8 km south of Wadi Jalil.
Wadi Jalil
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Mecca Region, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
21.48703° or 21° 29′ 13″ northLongitude
39.85444° or 39° 51′ 16″ eastElevation
311 metres (1,020 feet)Open location code
7GHXFVP3+RQOpenStreetMap ID
node 1236462340OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Wadi Jalil” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حي وادي الجليل”
- Arabic: “وادي الجليل (قرية)”
- Arabic: “وادي جليل”
- Dutch: “Wadi al Jalil”
- Egyptian Arabic: “وادى جليل”
- French: “Wadi al Jalil”
- German: “Wadi al Jalil”
- Greek: “Ουαντί αλ Τζαλίλ”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wadi al Jalil”
- Persian: “وادی جلیل”
- Urdu: “وادی جلیل”
- Uzbek: “Wadi Jalil”
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