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Medina, [a] officially Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah (Arabic: المدينة المنورة, romanized: al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, lit. 'The Luminous City', Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [al.maˈdiːna al.mʊˈnawːara]) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (المدينة, al-Madina), is the capital of Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia.
The Prophet's Mosque (Arabic: ٱلْمَسْجِد ٱلنَّبَوِي, romanized: al-Masjid al-Nabawī, lit. 'Mosque of the Prophet') is the second mosque built by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in Medina, after that of Quba, as well as the second largest mosque and holiest site in Islam, after the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, in the Saudi ...
The Quba Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد قُبَاء, romanized: Masjid Qubāʾ) is a mosque located in Medina, in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia, built in the lifetime of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the 7th century C.E. [1] [2] [3] It is thought to be the first mosque in the world, built on the first day of Muhammad's emigration to Medina.
The Masjid al-Qiblatayn (Arabic: مسجد القبلتين, lit. 'Mosque of the Two Qiblas', Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [mas.dʒɪd al.ɡɪb.la.teːn]), also spelt Masjid al-Qiblatain, [1] is a mosque in Medina believed by Muslims to be the place where the final Islamic prophet, Muhammad, received the command to change the Qibla (direction of prayer) from Jerusalem to Mecca.
The first Islamic State, also known as State of Medina[2] was the first Islamic state established by Islamic prophet Muhammad in Medina in 622 CE under the Constitution of Medina. It represented the political unity of the Muslim Ummah (nation). After Muhammad's death, his companions known as the Rightly Guided Caliphs (Rashidun) founded the ...
The Medina Province (Arabic: مِنْطَقَة ٱلْمَدِيْنَة ٱلْمُنَوَّرَة, romanized: Minṭaqat Al-Madīnah Al-Munawarah) is a province (minṭaqah) of Saudi Arabia on the country's western side along the Red Sea coast. It has an area of 151,990 km (94,440 mi) and a population of 2,132,679 (2017 Census) [1] subdivided ...
Related. Islam portal. Biography portal. v. t. e. The Constitution of Medina (دستور المدينة, Dustūr al-Madīna), also known as the Umma Document, [1] is a document dealing with tribal affairs during the Islamic prophet Muhammad 's time in Medina [2] and formed the basis of a multi-religious state under his leadership. [3][4][5][6 ...
Al-Ula (Arabic: ٱلْعُلَا, romanized: al-ʿUlā) is an ancient Arabian oasis city located in Medina Province, Saudi Arabia.Situated in the Hejaz, a region that features prominently in the history of Islam as well as several pre-Islamic Semitic civilizations, al-Ula was a market city on the historic incense route that linked India and the Persian Gulf to the Levant and Europe.