Places
The places of the Quran and the prophets’ stories, with where each is today and how sure the identification is: known, approximate (the region is known, the exact spot is not) or disputed (scholars differ). Each cites its verse and, where scholars discuss it, their views.
28 entries
- MakkahمكةThe valley of the Sacred House, the first house set up for people.Quran
- Al-MadinahالمدينةThe city of the Prophet ﷺ after the hijrah.Quran
- Al-Masjid al-Aqsaالمسجد الأقصىThe farthest mosque, whose surroundings Allah has blessed.Quran
- Al-Ahqaf, land of 'Adالأحقاف، ديار عادThe sand country where Hud warned his people 'Ad.Quran
- Al-Hijr, land of Thamudالحِجر، ديار ثمودThe rock-cut homes of Thamud, the people of Salih.Quran
- MadyanمدينThe people of Shu'ayb, where Musa took refuge.Quran
- The towns of Lut's peopleقرى قوم لوطThe towns that were overturned, said to be where the Dead Sea is.Quran
- EgyptمصرWhere Yusuf rose to rule the storehouses, and where Musa confronted Pharaoh.Quran
- Mount Turجبل الطورThe mountain at whose side Allah called Musa.Quran
- BabylonبابلWhere Harut and Marut were sent as a trial.Quran
- NinevehنينوىThe town of Yunus, whose people believed.Quran
- HiraحراءThe mountain whose cave the Prophet ﷺ worshipped in, where the first revelation came.Sahih
- ThawrثورThe mountain south of Makkah whose cave sheltered the Prophet ﷺ and Abu Bakr at the start of the Hijra.Sahih
- QubaقباءThe village on the southern edge of Madinah where the Prophet ﷺ first stopped on the Hijra, and its mosque.Sahih
- BadrبدرThe wells where the first great battle was fought, in the second year after the Hijra.Quran
- UhudأحدThe mountain north of Madinah, beside which the battle of Uhud was fought.Sahih
- Al-HudaybiyahالحديبيةWhere the Prophet ﷺ made the truce with Quraysh in the sixth year after the Hijra.Sahih
- KhaybarخيبرThe oasis of forts north of Madinah, conquered in the seventh year after the Hijra.Sahih
- At-Ta'ifالطائفThe highland town east of Makkah, home of Thaqif, which the Prophet ﷺ visited before the Hijra and besieged after Hunayn.Sahih
- HunaynحنينThe valley east of Makkah where the battle of Hunayn was fought, after the conquest of Makkah.Quran
- TabukتبوكThe place far north of Madinah that gave its name to the last expedition the Prophet ﷺ led.Sahih
- 'ArafatعرفاتThe plain east of Makkah where pilgrims stand on the day of 'Arafah.Quran
- Al-Mash'ar al-Haram (Muzdalifah)المشعر الحرام (مزدلفة)Where pilgrims spend the night after 'Arafat and remember Allah.Quran
- MinaمنىThe Hajj site nearest Makkah, with the three Jamarat and the mosque of al-Khayf.Sahih
- As-Safa and al-Marwahالصفا والمروةThe two hills between which pilgrims walk seven times, among the rites of Allah.Quran
- Al-Habashah (Abyssinia)الحبشةThe land of the just king an-Najashi, where the first Muslims emigrated twice.Sahih
- Al-JudiالجوديThe mountain on which the ark of Nuh came to rest.Quran
- Mu'tahمؤتةThe village in Jordan where the battle of Mu'tah was fought in the eighth year after the Hijra.Sahih