Original: Yathrib was soon renamed Madinat un-Nabi , literally '' the City of the Prophet '' , but un-Nabi was soon dropped , so its name in English is Medina , meaning '' the city '' .
Simplified: F. A. Shamsi , '' The Date of Hijrah '' , Islamic Studies 23 (/O1984/O) : 189-224 , 289-323 .