Prophet’s Mosque

The Prophet's Mosque is the second mosque built by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in , after the Quba Mosque, as well as the second largest mosque and holiest site in Islam, after the in , in the region of the .
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia
  • Also known as: “Al Masdžid an Nabavi”, “Al-Masdschid an-nabawi”, “Al-Masjid Al-Nabawī Al-Sharīf”, “Al-Masjid an-Nabawī”, “Grande mosquée de Médine”, “Masjid al Nabawi Al Shareef”, “Masjid al-Nabawi Meskita”, “Masjid An-Nabawi”, “Mescidi Nebevi”, “mezquita de Medina”, “Mosque of de Prophet”, “Mosque of the Prophet”, “Peyğəmbər məscidi”, “Profeetan moskeija”, “Profetaren meskita”, “Profetens moské”, “Velika medinska mošeja”, “Μασγίντ αλ-Ναμπαουί”, “Әл-Набави мешіті”, “Әл-Нәбави мәчете”, “Ел Месџид ен Набави”, “Масджид ал-Набави”, “Масҷиди Пайғамбар”, “Месџид ал-Небеви”, “Пайғамбар мешіті”, “Пәйгамбәр мәчете”, “Посланикова џамија”, “ალ-მასჯიდ ალ-ნაბავი”, “آرامگاه محمد”, “ارامگاه محمد”, “ارامگاه محمد بن عبدالله”, “الحرم المدني”, “الحرم النبوي”, “الحرم النبوي الشريف”, “المسجد النبوي الشريف”, “حرم پیامبر”, “حرم محمد”, “حرم محمد بن عبدالله”, “حرم نبوي”, “حرم نبوی”, “مسجد النّبی”, “مسجد پیامبر”, “مسجد پیامبر اسلام”, “مسجد محمد”, “مسجدِ نبوی”, “مسجد نبي”, “مسجد و حرم پیغمبر”, “مسجدالنّبی”, “نبی ﷻ سٕنٛز مشیٖد”, “ߊ߬ߟߑߡߊߛߑߖߌߘ ߊ߲ߣ-ߣߓߊ߬ߥߌ”, “ߡߊ߬ߘߌߣߊ߫ ߡߌ߬ߛߙߌ”, “நபியின் பள்ளி”, “மஸ்ஜித் அந்-நபவி”, “మస్జిద్ ఎ నబవి”, “మస్జిద్-ఎ-నబవి”, “先知清真寺”, “穆罕默德陵墓”, and “預言者モスク”
  • Address: قبرالجسد الطاهر محمدبن عبدالله المصطفى ص اله, المدينة المنورة
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Maqbara Al Baqeea and Green Dome.

Cemetery
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Al-Baqi Cemetery, also known as Jannat al-Baqi or Baqi… is situated 570 metres southeast of Prophet’s Mosque.

Building
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The is a green-coloured dome built above… is situated 120 metres south of Prophet’s Mosque.

Mosque
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Mosque of Al-Ghamamah is a , located in , . is situated 530 metres southwest of Prophet’s Mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Medina.

Photo: Medineli, Public domain.
, officially known as Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, is a city in the region of .

Prophet’s Mosque

Latitude
24.46865° or 24° 28′ 7″ north
Longitude
39.61117° or 39° 36′ 40″ east
Height
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
7GPXFJ96+FF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 461699097
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q486080
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Prophet’s Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Meuseujid Nabawi”
  • Afrikaans: “Al-Masdjid an-Nabawi”
  • Albanian: “Xhamia e Profetit”
  • Arabic: “المسجد النبوي”
  • Armenian: “Ալ-Մասջիդ ալ-Նաբավի”
  • Armenian: “Մասջիդ ան-Նաբավի”
  • Assamese: “মছজিদে নববী”
  • Avaric: “Масжиду ан-Набави”
  • Azerbaijani: “Məscid ən-Nəbəvi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Məscidül-Nəbi”
  • Bashkir: “Ән-Нәбәүи мәсете”
  • Bashkir: “Мәсжид ән-Нәбәүи мәсете”
  • Basque: “Masjid al-Nabawi”
  • Bengali: “মসজিদে নববি”
  • Bengali: “মসজিদে নববী”
  • Bosnian: “Poslanikova džamija”
  • Breton: “Al-Masjid an-Nabawi”
  • Bulgarian: “Масджид ал-Набауи”
  • Catalan: “mesquita del Profeta”
  • Catalan: “Mesquita del Profeta”
  • Central Kurdish: “مزگەوتی پێغەمبەر”
  • Chechen: “Ан-Набави маьждиг”
  • Chechen: “Масджиду-н-Набави”
  • Chinese: “先知寺”
  • Chuvash: “Ан-Набави миçечĕ”
  • Croatian: “Poslanikova džamija u Medini”
  • Czech: “Masdžid an-Nabawi”
  • Czech: “Prorokova mešita”
  • Danish: “Al-Masjid al-Nabawi”
  • Dutch: “Moskee van de Profeet”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المسجد النبوى الشريف”
  • Esperanto: “Moskeo de la Profeto”
  • Finnish: “Masjid al-Nabawi”
  • French: “Masjid al-Nabawi”
  • French: “Mosquée du Prophète”
  • Georgian: “მასჯიდ ალ-ნაბავი”
  • German: “Prophetenmoschee”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Prophet’s Mosque”
  • Greek: “Τέμενος του Προφήτη”
  • Hausa: “Masallacin Annabi”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד הנביא”
  • Hindi: “मस्जिद ए नबवी”
  • Hindi: “मस्जिद-ए-नबवी”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Nabawi”
  • Ingush: “Масжид ан-Набавий”
  • Italian: “moschea del Profeta”
  • Italian: “Moschea del Profeta”
  • Japanese: “預言者のモスク”
  • Javanese: “Masjid Nabawi”
  • Kashmiri: “مَسجدِ نبوی”
  • Kazakh: “Mäsjïd-ün-Näbï”
  • Kazakh: “Мәсжид ән-Нәбәуи”
  • Kazakh: “Мәсжид-үн-Нәби”
  • Kazakh: “ٴماسجىيد-ٴۇن-ٴنابىي”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Masjid al-Nabawi”
  • Korean: “예언자의 모스크”
  • Kurdish: “Mescîda Nebewî”
  • Latvian: “Nabavi mošeja”
  • Lithuanian: “Pranašo mečetė”
  • Macedonian: “Џамија на Пророкот”
  • Malay: “Masjid Nabawi”
  • Malayalam: “മസ്ജിദുന്നബവി”
  • Minangkabau: “Musajik Nabawi”
  • N'Ko: “ߟߊ߬ߝߐ߬ߓߊ߮ ߟߊ߫ ߡߌ߬ߛߙߌ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al-Masjid an-Nabawi”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Masjid al-Nabawi”
  • Norwegian: “Al-Masjid an-Nabawi”
  • Persian: “مسجدالنبی”
  • Polish: “Meczet Proroka”
  • Portuguese: “Al-Masjid an-Nabawi”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita do Profeta”
  • Pushto: “نبوي جومات”
  • Pushto: “نبوي مسجد”
  • Romanian: “Moscheea Profetului din Medina”
  • Romanian: “Moscheea Profetului”
  • Russian: “Масджид ан-Набави”
  • Russian: “Мечеть Пророка”
  • Scots: “Al-Masjid al-Nabawi”
  • Serbian: “Пророкова џамија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Poslanikova džamija”
  • Sindhi: “مسجد نبوي”
  • Slovenian: “Prerokova mošeja”
  • Somali: “Masjidka Nabiga”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita del Profeta”
  • Sundanese: “Masjid Nabawi”
  • Swedish: “Masjid an-Nabawi”
  • Tajik: “Масҷиди Набавӣ”
  • Tamil: “அல்-மஸ்ஜித் அந்-நபவி”
  • Tatar: “Мәсҗиден-Нәбәви”
  • Telugu: “మస్జిదె నబవి”
  • Thai: “มัสยิดอันนะบะวี”
  • Turkish: “Mescid-i Nebevi”
  • Turkish: “Mescid-i Nebevî”
  • Uighur: “مەسجىدى نەبەۋىي”
  • Ukrainian: “Аль-Масджід Аль-Набауї”
  • Urdu: “مسجد نبوی”
  • Uzbek: “al-Masjid an-Nabaviy”
  • Uzbek: “Al-Masjid an-Nabaviy”
  • Vietnamese: “Al-Masjid an-Nabawi”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Al-Masjid al-Nabawi”
  • West Coast Bajau: “Masjid Nabawi”
  • Western Mari: “Масджид ан-Набави мечеть”
  • Western Panjabi: “مسجد نبوی”
  • Wu Chinese: “先知寺”
  • Yue Chinese: “先知寺”

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