Cave of Hira
Jabal al-Nour is a mountain near Mecca in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia. The mountain houses the grotto or cave of Hira. It is here where the Islamic prophet Muhammad is said to have received his first revelation of the Quran from the angel Jibra'il, which consists of the first five ayat of Surah Al-Alaq.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Cave
- Address: Mekke
- Also known as“Hira”“Hira cave”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jabal al-Nour and Al Adil Cemetery.
Jabal al-Nour
Jabal al-Nour is a mountain near Mecca in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia.
Al Adil Cemetery
Cemetery
The Al-Adl cemetery is one of the earliest and largest of the six cemeteries in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Al Adil Cemetery is situated 2 km south of Cave of Hira.
Bay’ah Mosque
The Bay'ah Mosque, also known as the Mosque of 'Aqaba… Bay’ah Mosque is situated 3½ km south of Cave of Hira.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wadi Jalil and Haram.
Wadi Jalil
Neighborhood
Wadi Jalil is a village in the Makkah Province, in western Saudi Arabia. Wadi Jalil is situated 3½ km north of Cave of Hira.
Cave of Hira
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Latitude
21.45737° or 21° 27′ 27″ north
Longitude
39.8592° or 39° 51′ 33″ east
Open location code
7GHXFV45+WM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Cave of Hira” goes by many names.
HiraAlbanian
غار حراءArabic
ХӀираъ нохъоAvaric
HiraAzerbaijani
ХираBashkir
Хира (мәмерйә)Bashkir
হেরা গুহাBengali
HiraBosnian
Cova de HiràCatalan
HaraCatalan
Mont HiràCatalan
ئەشکەوتی حیڕاCentral Kurdish
希拉山洞Chinese
HiráCzech
HiraDanish
Grot van HiraDutch
HiraEsperanto
ΧιράGreek
hire ke bare me ??Hindi
HiraHungarian
Gua Hira‘Indonesian
HiraIndonesian
ヒラー山Japanese
Guwa HiraJavanese
Şikefta HirayêKurdish
HiraLithuanian
Hiros uolaLithuanian
Hirā’Luxembourgish
ХираMacedonian
Gua HiraMalay
Cave of HiraMalayalam
HiraMalayalam
ഹിറാ ഗുഹMalayalam
HiraNorwegian Nynorsk
Tuta de HiraOccitan (post 1500)
حرا غارPersian
غار حراPersian
د حراء غارPushto
пещера ХираRussian
ХираRussian
ХираSerbian
HiraSlovenian
Buurta XiraSomali
HiraSwahili
Ғори ҲироTajik
హిరా గుహTelugu
HiraTurkish
Hira MağarasıTurkish
ХіраUkrainian
Хіра (печера)Ukrainian
حرا غارUrdu
غار حراUrdu
غار حراWestern Panjabi
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Masjid Ahmad Masoudi and مسجد الشيخ عوض الله المطرفي.
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