Medina (Inglis pronunciation: /mɛˈdiːnə/; Arabic: المدينة المنورة, al-Madīnah l-Munawwarah, “the radiant ceety” (offeecially), or المدينة al-Madīnah; an aa transliteratit as Madinah) 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.
Medina المدينة المنورة | |
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Ceety | |
Al Madinah Al Munawwarah al-Madinat al-Nabi | |
Muhammad's tomb is locatit unner the Green Dome o Al-Masjid al-Nabawi. | |
Location in the Kinrick o Saudi Arabie | |
Coordinates: 24°28′N 39°36′E / 24.467°N 39.600°E | |
Kintra | Saudi Arabie |
Province | Al Madinah Province |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Abdulaziz Bin Majid (عبدالعزيز بن ماجد) |
Area | |
• Total | 589 km2 (227 sq mi) |
Elevation | 608 m (1995 ft) |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 1,300,000 |
Time zone | UTC+3 (Arabie Staundart Time) |
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. Muslims believe that the latter verses o the Quran wur revealed in Medina an its surroondin ootskirts, cried the medinan suras.
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