Rawda- (Green Carpets)

Rawda- (Green Carpets) is a square in , . Rawda- (Green Carpets) is situated nearby to the square , as well as near the building .
  • Type: Square
  • Description: the area between Prophet Muhammad’s grave and his pulpit
  • Also known as: “Al-Rawdah Al-Sharifah”, “Garden of Paradise”, “Holy Raudah”, “Holy Rawdah”, “Rawdah Shareef”, “Rawdah Sharifah”, “Sacred Garden”, and “روضة مسجد النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Prophet’s Mosque and Green Dome.

Mosque
Photo: Bluemangoa2z, Public domain.
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 . is situated 120 metres north of Rawda- (Green Carpets).

Building
Photo: Abdul Hafeez Bakhsh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a green-coloured dome built above the tombs of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the first two Rashidun caliphs, Abu Bakr and Umar. The dome was built above Aisha's house, where Muhammad is believed to have died and been buried.

Cemetery
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.
Jannat al-Baqī is the oldest and first Islamic cemetery of located in the region of present-day . It is also known as Baqi al-Gharqad. is situated 530 metres east of Rawda- (Green Carpets).

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 . Commonly referred to as the "cradle of Islamic culture and civilisation", it is Islam's second holiest city.

Rawda- (Green Carpets)

Latitude
24.46756° or 24° 28′ 3″ north
Longitude
39.6112° or 39° 36′ 40″ east
Open location code
7GPXFJ96+2F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 626051161
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­square
Wiki­data ID
Q12187922
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Rawda- (Green Carpets)” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الروضة الشريفة”
  • Arabic: “الروضة المباركة”
  • Arabic: “الروضة”
  • Arabic: “روضة من رياض الجنة”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕەوزەی شەریف”
  • Turkish: “Ravza-i mutahhara”
  • Turkish: “tertemiz bahçe”
  • Urdu: “روضہ (مسجد نبوی)”
  • Urdu: “روضہ”

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