Nabi Habeel Mosque

The Nabi Habeel Mosque, or "Mosque of the Prophet Abel", is a shrine and Shi'ia dedicated to Habeel, located on the west mountains of , near the Zabadani Valley, overlooking the villages of the Barada river, in , the .
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Qura al-Sham and Buqein.

Village
Photo: Exmak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the Qudsaya District of the . According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, had a population of 1,067 in the 2004 census. Until 2024, the village was known as Qura al-Assad. is situated 8 km south of Nabi Habeel Mosque.

Village
Baqin or Buqayn is a village in the of the . According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Baqin had a population of 1,866 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims. is situated 9 km north of Nabi Habeel Mosque.

Nabi Habeel Mosque

Latitude
33.62126° or 33° 37′ 17″ north
Longitude
36.1061° or 36° 6′ 22″ east
Open location code
8G5RJ4C4+GC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1830080283
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q2622376
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Nabi Habeel Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “التكية السليمانية”
  • Arabic: “مسجد النبي هابيل”
  • Bengali: “নবী হাবিল মসজিদ”
  • Chinese: “納比哈比爾清真寺”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد النبى هابيل”
  • French: “mosquée Nabi Habeel”
  • French: “Mosquée Nabi Habeel”
  • French: “Mosquée Nabi Hâbîl”
  • Fulah: “Nabi Habeel Mosque”
  • Hausa: “Masallacin Nabi Habeel”
  • Hindi: “नबी हाबील मस्जिद”
  • Hindi: “हबील पैगंबर मस्जिद”
  • Japanese: “ナビー・ハービール・モスク”
  • Kannada: “ನಬಿ ಹಬೀಲ್ ಮಸೀದಿ..”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Nabi Habeel”
  • Macedonian: “Џамија Наби Хабел”
  • Malay: “Masjid Nabi Habeel”
  • Polish: “Meczet Nabi Habeel”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita de Nabi Habil”
  • Russian: “Мечеть Наби Хабиль”
  • Turkish: “Nabi Habeel Camii”
  • Turkish: “Nebi Habil Camii”
  • Ukrainian: “Мечеть Набі Хабіль”
  • Urdu: “مسجد نبی ہابیل”
  • Uzbek: “Nabi Hobil masjidi”

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