Jabal al-Nour

E150356

mountain

Jabal al-Nour is a mountain near Mecca in Saudi Arabia renowned as the site where the Prophet Muhammad is believed to have received his first revelation.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Jabal al-Nour canonical	6
Jabal an-Nur	2
جبل النور	2
Jabal al-Nur	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain ⓘ
accessedFrom	Mecca ⓘ surface form: Mecca urban area
associatedWith	Jibril ⓘ surface form: Angel Jibril Muhammad ⓘ surface form: Prophet Muhammad first revelation of the Quran ⓘ
climbedPrimarilyFor	historical interest ⓘ religious devotion ⓘ
contains	Cave Hira ⓘ surface form: Hira Cave
country	Saudi Arabia ⓘ
culturalSignificanceFor	Muslim world ⓘ
eventLocationOf	first Quranic revelation ⓘ
governorate	Makkah Province ⓘ surface form: Mecca Governorate
hasAlternativeNameMeaning	Hill of Illumination ⓘ
hasAlternativeTransliteration	Jabal al-Nour self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jabal an-Nur
hasApproximateHeightInMeters	642 ⓘ
hasArabicName	جبل النور ⓘ
hasCave	Cave Hira ⓘ surface form: Hira Cave
hasClimate	arid ⓘ
hasFootpathToSummit	true ⓘ
hasReligiousStatus	non-ritual but revered site ⓘ
hasRockType	rocky outcrop ⓘ
hasSteepAscent	true ⓘ
hasSummitFeature	Cave Hira ⓘ surface form: Hira Cave entrance
hasViewOf	Masjid al-Haram ⓘ surface form: Masjid al-Haram area city of Mecca ⓘ
isSacredSiteIn	Islamic tradition ⓘ
isTouristAttraction	true ⓘ
languageOfToponym	Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn	Hejaz ⓘ Makkah Province ⓘ Mecca ⓘ
locatedNear	Kaaba ⓘ Masjid al-Haram ⓘ
locatedOnContinent	Asia ⓘ
mentionedIn	Islamic historical literature ⓘ
nameMeaningInArabic	Mountain of Light ⓘ
nearbyCity	Mecca ⓘ
overlooks	Mecca ⓘ
partOf	mountainous terrain around Mecca ⓘ
pilgrimageSiteFor	Muslims ⓘ
region	Western Saudi Arabia ⓘ
religiousSignificanceFor	Islam ⓘ
visitedBy	pilgrims to Mecca ⓘ
visitedDuring	Hajj season ⓘ Umrah trips ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Cave of Hira → locatedIn → Jabal al-Nour ⓘ

Cave of Hira → mountainName → Jabal al-Nour ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jabal an-Nur

Makkah Province → containsReligiousSite → Jabal al-Nour ⓘ

Jabal al-Nour → hasAlternativeTransliteration → Jabal al-Nour self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jabal an-Nur

غار حراء → locatedIn → Jabal al-Nour ⓘ

this entity surface form: جبل النور

غار حراء → mountainName → Jabal al-Nour ⓘ

this entity surface form: جبل النور

Ghar Hira → locatedIn → Jabal al-Nour ⓘ

Ghar Hira → locatedOn → Jabal al-Nour ⓘ

Al-Alaq → firstRevelationMountain → Jabal al-Nour ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jabal al-Nur

Cave Hira → locatedIn → Jabal al-Nour ⓘ