Medina
| Medina المدينة المنورة |
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| — Ceety — | |
| Al Madinah Al Munawwarah al-Madinat al-Nabi |
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  Medina
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| Coordinates: 24°28′N 39°36′E / 24.467°N 39.6°E | |
| Kintra |  Saudi Arabie |
| Province | Al Madinah Province |
| Govrenment | |
| - Mayor | Abdulaziz Bin Majid (عبدالعزيز بن ماجد) |
| Aurie | |
| - Tot | 589 km2 (227.4 sq mi) |
| Hicht | 608 m (1,995 ft) |
| Indwallers (2006) | |
| - Tot | 1,300,000 |
| Time zone | Arabie Staundart Time (UTC+3) |
Medina (Template:IPA-en; Arabic: المدينة المنورة, al-Madīnah l-Munawwarah, “the radiant ceety” (offeecially), or المدينة al-Madīnah; an aa transliteratit as Madinah) is a ceety in the Hejaz region o wastren Saudi Arabie, an serves as the caipital o the Al Madinah Province. It is the seicont holiest ceety in Islam, an the burial place o the Islamic Prophet Muhammad an it is historically significant for being his hame efter the Hijrah.
The significance o Medina stems frae the presence o the historically significant an auldest mosques in Islam, namely; Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (The Prophet's Mosque), Quba Mosque (the first mosque in Islam's history)[1], an Masjid al-Qiblatain (the mosque whaur the qibla wis switched tae Mecca).
The Islamic calendar is based on the emigration o Muhammad an his follaers tae the ceety o Medina, which marks the stairt o the Hijri year in 622 CE, cawed Hijra (هجرة).
Similarly tae Mecca, entrance tae Medina is restrictit tae Muslims anerlie; non-Muslims are neither permittit tae enter nor travel through the ceety.[2][3] Muslims believe that the latter verses o the Quran wur revealed in Medina an its surroondin ootskirts, cried the medinan suras.[4][5]
[edit] References
- ↑ http://www.hajinformation.com/main/h2022.htm
- ↑ Sandra Mackey's accoont o her attempt tae enter Mecca in Mackey, Sandra (1987). The Saudis: Inside the Desert Kingdom. W. W. Norton & Company, 63–64.
- ↑ Cuddihy, Kathy (2001). An A To Z Of Places And Things Saudi. Stacey International, 148.
- ↑ Historical value of the Qur'ân and the Ḥadith A.M. Khan
- ↑ What Everyone Should Know About the Qur'an Ahmed Al-Laithy
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