Cave of Hira

Jabal al-Nour is a mountain near in the region of . The mountain houses the 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.
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  • Type: Cave
  • Description: cave
  • Also known as: “Hira” and “Hira cave”
  • Address: Mekke

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jabal al-Nour.

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is a mountain near in the region of . The mountain houses the 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wadi Jalil and Haram.

Neighborhood
is a village in the Makkah Province, in western . is situated 3½ km north of Cave of Hira.

Neighborhood
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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 . is situated 5 km southwest of Cave of Hira.

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, officially known as Makkah al-Mukarramah, is a 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.

Cave of Hira

Latitude
21.45737° or 21° 27′ 27″ north
Longitude
39.8592° or 39° 51′ 33″ east
Open location code
7GHXFV45+WM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3732559985
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Wiki­data ID
Q850602
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Cave of Hira” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Hira”
  • Arabic: “غار حراء”
  • Avaric: “ХӀираъ нохъо”
  • Azerbaijani: “Hira”
  • Bashkir: “Хира (мәмерйә)”
  • Bashkir: “Хира”
  • Bengali: “হেরা গুহা”
  • Bosnian: “Hira”
  • Catalan: “Cova de Hira”
  • Catalan: “cova de Hirà”
  • Catalan: “Cova de Hirà”
  • Catalan: “Hara”
  • Catalan: “Mont Hirà”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەشکەوتی حیڕا”
  • Chinese: “希拉山洞”
  • Czech: “Hirá”
  • Danish: “Hira”
  • Dutch: “Grot van Hira”
  • Esperanto: “Hira”
  • French: “grotte de Hira”
  • French: “Grotte de Hira”
  • German: “Hirā‘”
  • German: “Hirā’”
  • German: “Hira”
  • Greek: “Χιρά”
  • Hindi: “hire ke bare me ??”
  • Hungarian: “Hira”
  • Indonesian: “Gua Hira‘”
  • Indonesian: “Gua Hira”
  • Indonesian: “Hira”
  • Japanese: “ヒラー山”
  • Javanese: “Guwa Hira”
  • Kurdish: “Şikefta Hirayê”
  • Lithuanian: “Hira”
  • Lithuanian: “Hiros uola”
  • Luxembourgish: “Hirā‘”
  • Luxembourgish: “Hirā’”
  • Macedonian: “Хира”
  • Malay: “Gua Hira”
  • Malayalam: “Cave of Hira”
  • Malayalam: “Hira”
  • Malayalam: “ഹിറ ഗുഹ”
  • Malayalam: “ഹിറാ ഗുഹ”
  • Malayalam: “ഹിറാഗുഹ”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hira”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Tuta de Hira”
  • Persian: “حرا غار”
  • Persian: “غار حرا”
  • Pushto: “د حراء غار”
  • Russian: “пещера Хира”
  • Russian: “Хира”
  • Serbian: “Хира”
  • Slovenian: “Hira”
  • Somali: “Buurta Xira”
  • Spanish: “Cueva de Hira”
  • Swahili: “Hira”
  • Tajik: “Ғори Ҳиро”
  • Telugu: “హిరా గుహ”
  • Turkish: “Hira Mağarası”
  • Turkish: “Hira”
  • Ukrainian: “Хіра (печера)”
  • Ukrainian: “Хіра”
  • Urdu: “حرا غار”
  • Urdu: “غار حرا”
  • Western Panjabi: “غار حرا”

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