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(Redirected from Mount Thawr) Mountain in Saudi Arabia
Jabal Thawr
Jabal Thawr near Mecca
Highest point
Elevation750 m (2,460 ft)
Coordinates21°22′39″N 39°51′03″E / 21.37750°N 39.85083°E / 21.37750; 39.85083
Naming
Native nameجَبَل ثَوْر (Arabic)
Geography
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LocationThe Hejaz, Saudi Arabia
Parent rangeHijaz Mountains

Jabal Thawr (Arabic: جَبَل ثَوْر) is a mountain in Saudi Arabia, located in the lower part of Mecca to the south of the district of Misfalah. The height of the mountain is 750 m (2,460 ft).

Cave

The mountain is notable for housing a cave known as Ghār Thawr (Arabic: غَار ثَوْر), in which the Islamic prophet Muhammad took refuge from the Quraysh, during the migration to Medina. For most Muslims, the cave is of religious significance, and is thus visited by many pilgrims and tourists. Mount Thawr is located 5 miles (8.0 kilometres) away from Mecca. In Sunni Islam, it is believed that Muhammad stayed here as a refugee with his companion Abu Bakr.

References

  1. Celebrating Makkah al-Mukarramah as a capital of Islamic culture for 2005
People and things in the Quran
Characters
Non-humans
Animals
Related
Non-related
Malāʾikah (Angels)
Muqarrabun
Jinn (Genies)
Shayāṭīn (Demons)
Others
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Mentioned
Ulul-ʿAzm
('Those of the
Perseverance
and Strong Will')
Debatable ones
Implied
People of Prophets
Good ones
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Joseph
People of
Aaron and Moses
Evil ones
Implied or
not specified
Groups
Mentioned
Tribes,
ethnicities
or families
Aʿrāb (Arabs
or Bedouins)
Ahl al-Bayt
('People of the
Household')
Implicitly
mentioned
Religious
groups
Locations
Mentioned
In the
Arabian Peninsula
(excluding Madyan)
Sinai Region
or Tīh Desert
In Mesopotamia
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locations
Implied
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military expeditions
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Islamic calendar
Pilgrimages
  • Al-Ḥajj (literally 'The Pilgrimage', the Greater Pilgrimage)
  • Al-ʿUmrah (The Lesser Pilgrimage)
Times for prayer
or remembrance		Times for Duʿāʾ ('Invocation'), Ṣalāh and Dhikr ('Remembrance', including Taḥmīd ('Praising'), Takbīr and Tasbīḥ):
  • Al-ʿAshiyy (The Afternoon or the Night)
  • Al-Ghuduww ('The Mornings')
    • Al-Bukrah ('The Morning')
    • Aṣ-Ṣabāḥ ('The Morning')
  • Al-Layl ('The Night')
  • Aẓ-Ẓuhr ('The Noon')
  • Dulūk ash-Shams ('Decline of the Sun')
    • Al-Masāʾ ('The Evening')
    • Qabl al-Ghurūb ('Before the Setting (of the Sun)')
      • Al-Aṣīl ('The Afternoon')
      • Al-ʿAṣr ('The Afternoon')
  • Qabl ṭulūʿ ash-Shams ('Before the rising of the Sun')
    • Al-Fajr ('The Dawn')
Implied
  • Ghadir Khumm
  • Laylat al-Mabit
  • First Pilgrimage
    • Other
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    of people
    or beings
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    (cult images)
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    bodies    		Maṣābīḥ (literally 'lamps'):
    • Al-Qamar (The Moon)
    • Kawākib (Planets)
      • Al-Arḍ (The Earth)
    • Nujūm (Stars)
      • Ash-Shams (The Sun)
    Plant matter
  • Baṣal (Onion)
  • Fūm (Garlic or wheat)
  • Shaṭʾ (Shoot)
  • Sūq (Plant stem)
  • Zarʿ (Seed)
    • Fruits
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    or plants
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    • Māʾ (Water or fluid)
      • Nahr (River)
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    • Sharāb (Drink)
    Note: Names are sorted alphabetically. Standard form: Islamic name / Biblical name (title or relationship)
    Hills and mountains on the Arabian Peninsula
     Oman
    Hajar range
    Central Hajar
    Eastern Hajar
    • Jabal Aswad
    • Jabal Bani Jabar
    Western Hajar
    Ru'us al-Jibal
    		Jebel Shams of the Western-Central Hajar range, Oman
    Dhofar range
     Saudi ArabiaList of mountains in Saudi Arabia
    Sarat range
    'Asir range
    Al-Bahah
    Jizan
    Najran
    Hijaz range
    Midian range
    		Sarat Mountains in the area of Al-Bahah, Saudi Arabia
    Shammar range
    Aja range
    Tuwayr range
     United Arab Emirates
    Western Hajar
    Ru'us al-Jibal
    Shumayliyyah range
    Outliers, outcrops or anticlines
    		Jebel Jais of the Western Hajar in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
     Yemen
    Hadhramaut range
    • Jabal Ar-Rays?
    • Jabal Husn Ghuraf
    • Jebel Shaqb?
    Sarat range
    Haraz range
    Note: Mountains are sorted in alphabetical order, unless where it concerns ranges. The highest confirmed mountains in each country are indicated with 'HP', and those with the highest peak are indicated with 'HP', bearing in mind that in the UAE, the highest mountain and the mountain with the highest peak are different. Outcrops are indicated with 'OC', and outliers with 'OL', and anticlines with 'AC'. Volcanoes are indicated with 'V', volcanic craters with 'VC', lava fields with 'LF', and volcanic fields with 'VF'.

    Other notes:

    1. Shared with the UAE
    2. Also regarded as being of the Western Hajar
    3. Also regarded as being of the Western Hajar
    4. Shared with the UAE
    5. Shared with the UAE
    6. Sensu lato, shared with Yemen
    7. Shared with Yemen
    8. Sensu lato
    9. Sensu lato
    10. Shared with Oman
    11. Shared with Oman
    12. Highest mountain in the UAE, but the peak is in Oman
    13. Due to the peak of Jebel Jais being in Oman, this mountain has the highest confirmed peak in the UAE
    14. Shared with Oman
    15. Shared with Oman
    16. Shared with Saudi Arabia
    17. Highest confirmed peak in the Arabian Peninsula


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