Claim: Medina became the capital of a rapidly increasing Muslim Empire.
Evidence: Medina -LRB- -LSB- məˈdiːnə -RSB- المدينة المنورة , , `` the radiant city '' ; or المدينة , -LRB- -LSB- almaˈdiːna -RSB- -RRB- , `` the city '' -RRB- , also transliterated as Madīnah , is a city in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia that is also the capital of the Al Madinah Region.