Marwa

E148503

Marwa is one of the two small hills in Mecca that Muslims traverse between during the ritual of Sa'i in the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Marwa canonical 6
al-Marwah 2
الصفا 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic holy site
hill
accessRestrictedTo Muslims
ArabicName المروة
associatedWithPilgrimage Hajj
Umrah
associatedWithRitual Sa'i
connectedBy Sa'i gallery
coveredBy roofed structure within Masjid al-Haram
culturalSignificance important site in Islamic tradition and pilgrimage
directionOfFinalLapInSa'i Marwa self-link
governedBy Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah
hasLanguageName Arabic
hasPilgrimFacilities air-conditioned Sa'i area
escalators and ramps access
multiple levels for Sa'i
hasRitualStatus one of the two ends of Sa'i
historicalAssociation Hagar
Ishmael
integralTo validity of Hajj
validity of Umrah
locatedIn Mecca
Saudi Arabia
mentionedIn Quran
minimumTraversalsRequiredInSa'i 7
near Zamzam Well
numberOfTraversalsInHajjSa'i 7
pairedWith Safa
partOf Hejaz
surface form: Hejaz region

Masjid al-Haram
Safa–Marwa corridor
QuranicReference Surah Al-Baqarah
surface form: Surah Al-Baqarah 2:158
religion Islam
ritualMovementPattern pilgrims walk or run between Safa and Marwa
symbolizes Hagar's search for water
terrain rocky hill (now largely enclosed and leveled for pilgrims)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Umrah associatedWith Marwa
al-Safa hasCounterpart Marwa
this entity surface form: al-Marwah
al-Safa connectedTo Marwa
this entity surface form: al-Marwah
al-Safa nameInArabicScript Marwa
this entity surface form: الصفا
Marwa directionOfFinalLapInSa'i Marwa self-link
Hajar associatedPlace Marwa