Masjid al-Qiblatayn
The Masjid al-Qiblatayn, also spelt Masjid al-Qiblatain, is a historic mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, located approximately 5 km north-west of the Prophet's Mosque.Photo: Aiman titi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Mosque
- Denomination: Sunni
- Description: mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia
- Also known as: “Masjid Al Qiblatain msjd alqbltyn”, “Masjid Al Qiblatain مسجد القبلتين”, “Masjid al-Qiblatain”, “Mosque Al-Qiblatayn - Mosque of the Two Qiblas”, “Mosque of the Two Qiblas”, “Qiblatain mosque”, and “Qiblatayn mosque”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Prophet’s Mosque and The Seven Mosques.
Prophet’s Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Bluemangoa2z, Public domain.
The Prophet's Mosque is the second mosque built by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in Medina, after the Quba Mosque, as well as the second largest mosque and holiest site in Islam, after the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, in the Saudi region of the Hejaz. Prophet’s Mosque is situated 3½ km southeast of Masjid al-Qiblatayn.
The Seven Mosques
Photo: Imam Khairul Annas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Seven Mosques is a complex of six small historic and often visited mosques in the city of Medina, Saudi Arabia. Despite only consisting of six mosques, the complex is called seven because some think it originally consisted of seven mosques. The Seven Mosques is situated 2 km southeast of Masjid al-Qiblatayn.
Al-Rayah Mosque
Mosque
The Al-Rayah Mosque, or Dzubab Mosque, is a Sunni Islam mosque located in Medina, Saudi Arabia. The mosque is situated on top of Mount Dzubab, and this area is not far from Mount Sala' on the south, Al-'Uyun street on the left hand side, and Az-Zugaibi gas station between Al-'Uyun street and Sulthanah street on the behind. Al-Rayah Mosque is situated 2½ km east of Masjid al-Qiblatayn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Medina.
Medina
Photo: Medineli, Public domain.
Medina, officially known as Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, is a city in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia. Commonly referred to as the "cradle of Islamic culture and civilisation", it is Islam's second holiest city.
Masjid al-Qiblatayn
- Categories: building, tourism, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Medina Region, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
24.48416° or 24° 29′ 3″ northLongitude
39.57881° or 39° 34′ 44″ eastElevation
604 metres (1,982 feet)Open location code
7GPXFHMH+MGOpenStreetMap ID
way 66510098OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=sunni
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Western Panjabi—“Masjid al-Qiblatayn” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Meuseujid Qiblatain”
- Afrikaans: “Moskee van die Twee Kieblas”
- Albanian: “Xhamia e Dy Kiblave”
- Albanian: “Xhamia El-Kibletejn”
- Arabic: “جامع التضامن الإسلامى”
- Arabic: “مسجد القبلتين”
- Azerbaijani: “İkiqibləli məscid”
- Bashkir: “Ике ҡиблалы мәсет”
- Bengali: “মসজিদ আল কিবলাতাইন”
- Central Kurdish: “مزگەوتی بەنی سەلەمە”
- Central Kurdish: “مزگەوتی قیبلەتەین”
- Chinese: “雙朝向清真寺”
- Dutch: “Masjid al-Qiblatayn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد القبلتين”
- Esperanto: “Dukibla Moskeo”
- Esperanto: “Moskeo de la Du Kibloj”
- French: “mosquée Al Qiblatain”
- French: “Mosquée Al Qiblatain”
- French: “mosquée aux deux qiblas”
- Ga: “Masjid al-Qiblatain”
- German: “Moschee der zwei Gebetsrichtungen - Al Qiblatayn”
- German: “Moschee der zwei Gebetsrichtungen”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Masjid al-Qiblatain”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Masjid al-Qiblatayn”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Mosque of de Two Qiblas”
- Hausa: “Masjid al-Qiblatayn (Masallaci mai Alqibla biyu)”
- Hausa: “Masjid al-Qiblatayn”
- Hindi: “मस्जिद अल-क़िबलातयैन”
- Hindi: “मस्जिद अल-क़िबलातैन”
- Igbo: “Masjid al-Qiblatayn”
- Indonesian: “Masjid Qiblatain”
- Italian: “moschea al-Qiblatain”
- Italian: “Moschea al-Qiblatayn”
- Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Masjid al-Qiblatain”
- Macedonian: “Ал-Киблатин”
- Malay: “Masjid al-Qiblatain”
- Malayalam: “മസ്ജിദുൽ ഖിബ്ലതൈൻ”
- Persian: “مسجد ذوقبلتین”
- Russian: “Мечеть аль-Киблатайн”
- Slovenian: “Mošeja al-Kiblatajn”
- Spanish: “Mezquita de al-Qiblatayn”
- Swedish: “Masjid al-Qiblatayn”
- Turkish: “Mescid-i kıbleteyn”
- Turkish: “Mescid-i Kıbleteyn”
- Turkish: “MESCİDİ KIBLETEYN”
- Twi: “Masjid al-Qiblatain”
- Ukrainian: “Мечеть аль-Кіблатайн”
- Urdu: “مسجد قبلتین”
- Uzbek: “Al-Qiblatayn masjidi”
- Western Mari: “Масджид аль-Киблетейн мечеть”
- Western Panjabi: “قبلتین مسیت”
- “Masjid al-Qiblatain”
- “Masjid al-Qiblatayn”
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