Medina

Medina (; , , “the radiant ceety” (offeecially), or  ; transliteratit as Madinah an aa) 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), 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.Sandra Mackey's accoont o her attempt tae enter Mecca in  Muslims believe that the latter verses o the Quran wur revealed in Medina an its surroondin ootskirts, cried the medinan suras.Historical value of the Qur'ân and the Ḥadith A.M. KhanWhat Everyone Should Know About the Qur'an  Ahmed Al-Laithy

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Category:Populatit places in Al Madinah Province
Category:Haly ceeties
Category:Islamic haly places

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