Mecca

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city holy city

Mecca is the holiest city in Islam, located in present-day Saudi Arabia and home to the Kaaba, toward which Muslims around the world face in prayer and to which they undertake the Hajj pilgrimage.

Aliases (14)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → holy city →
accessRestrictedFor	non-Muslims →
alternativeName	Makkah → Makkah al-Mukarramah →
ArabicName	مكة →
climateClassification	BWh →
contains	Kaaba → Masjid al-Haram →
continent	Asia →
country	Saudi Arabia →
directionOfPrayerFor	Muslims →
governingCountry	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia →
governingCountryCapital	Riyadh →
governorate	Makkah Region →
hasAirport	King Abdulaziz International Airport →
hasAnnualEvent	Hajj → Ramadan Umrah peak →
hasClimate	hot desert climate →
hasPopulationCharacteristic	population increases during Hajj →
hasReligiousBuilding	Abraj Al Bait complex → Masjid al-Haram →
hasReligiousSignificanceFor	Ibadi Muslims → Shia Muslims → Sunni Muslims →
hasRole	holiest city in Islam →
hasStatus	closed to non-Muslims →
hasStructure	Abraj Al Bait Clock Tower →
historicalRegion	Tihamah →
isBirthplaceOf	Islamic prophet Muhammad → Prophet Muhammad →
isSiteOf	Sa'i between Safa and Marwa → Tawaf around the Kaaba → key Hajj rituals →
locatedIn	Hejaz → western Saudi Arabia →
near	Mina → Mount Arafat → Muzdalifah →
nearbyCity	Jeddah →
officialLanguage	Arabic →
pilgrimageDestinationFor	Hajj → Umrah →
qiblaFor	Muslims →
religion	Islam →
sacredTo	Muslims →
servedBy	Haramain high-speed railway →
timeZone	Arabia Standard Time →
UTCOffset	+3 →

Referenced by (225)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Surah Abasa → Surah Ad-Duha → Surah Ad-Dukhan → Surah Adh-Dhariyat → Surah Al-A'la → Surah Al-Adiyat → Surah Al-Ahqaf → Surah Al-An'am → Surah Al-Asr → Surah Al-Balad → Surah Al-Buruj → Surah Al-Fajr → Surah Al-Falaq → Surah Al-Fil → Surah Al-Furqan → Surah Al-Ghashiyah → Surah Al-Haqqah → Surah Al-Hijr → Surah Al-Humazah → Surah Al-Ikhlas → Surah Al-Infitar → Surah Al-Inshiqaq → Surah Al-Jathiyah → Surah Al-Jinn → Surah Al-Kafirun → Surah Al-Kahf → Surah Al-Layl → Surah Al-Ma'arij → Surah Al-Ma'un ("Makkah") → Surah Al-Masad → Surah Al-Muddaththir → Surah Al-Mursalat → Surah Al-Mutaffifin → Surah Al-Qamar → Surah Al-Qari'ah → Surah Al-Qasas → Surah Al-Qiyamah → Surah An-Naba → Surah An-Najm → Surah An-Naml → Surah An-Nas → Surah An-Nasr → Surah An-Nazi'at → Surah Ar-Rum → Surah As-Saffat → Surah As-Sajdah → Surah Ash-Shams → Surah Ash-Sharh → Surah Ash-Shura → Surah At-Takathur → Surah At-Takwir → Surah At-Tariq → Surah Az-Zalzalah → Surah Az-Zukhruf → Surah Az-Zumar → Surah Fussilat → Surah Hud → Surah Luqman → Surah Maryam → Surah Qaf → Surah Quraysh → Surah Sad → Surah Yusuf →	placeOfRevelation
Abu Bakr → Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib → Aisha bint Abi Bakr → Ali ibn Abi Talib → Faisal I of Iraq → Fatimah bint Muhammad → Hafsa bint Umar → Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib → Muawiya I → Muhammad → Talal of Jordan → Umar ibn al-Khattab → Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad → Uthman ibn Affan → Zaynab bint Muhammad → al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib →	birthPlace
Abraj Al Bait complex → Bab al-Kaaba → Black Stone → Black Stone corner → Hijr Ismail → King Abdulaziz Gate → King Abdullah Expansion → King Fahd Gate → Masaa gallery for Sa'i → Masjid al-Haram → Mina → Mizab al-Rahmah → Multazam → Quraysh → Yemeni corner → al-Safa →	locatedIn
Quran 17:1 → Surah Al-A'raf → Surah Al-Mu'minun → Surah Al-Mulk → Surah Al-Muzzammil → Surah Al-Qalam → Surah Al-Waqi'ah ("Makkah") → Surah An-Nahl → Surah At-Tin → Surah Ghafir → Surah Ibrahim → Surah Ta-Ha → Surah Ya-Sin →	revealedIn
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib → Aminah bint Wahb → Khadijah bint Khuwaylid → Maulana Abul Kalam Azad → Qasim ibn Muhammad → Ruqayyah bint Muhammad → Umm Habiba → Zaynab bint Jahsh →	placeOfBirth
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib → Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib → Aisha bint Abi Bakr → Aminah bint Wahb → Khadijah bint Khuwaylid → Sawda bint Zamʿa →	residence
Aminah bint Wahb → Ibrahim → Ishmael ("Mecca (in Islamic tradition)") → Maymunah bint al-Harith → Zaynab bint Muhammad →	associatedWith
Conquest of Mecca → Kaaba → Second Fitna → Shadharwan →	location
Cave of Hira → Mina → Mount Arafat →	locatedNear
Cave of Hira → Jeddah Islamic Port → Mount Arafat →	nearbyCity
Abd al-Muttalib → Khadijah bint Khuwaylid → Qasim ibn Muhammad →	placeOfDeath
Surah Al-Anbiya → Surah Al-Kawthar → Surah At-Tur →	revelationPlace
Mecca ("Makkah") → Mecca ("Makkah al-Mukarramah") →	alternativeName
Buraq → Surah Al-Fil →	associatedPlace
Muhammad → Prophet Ismail →	associatedWithCity
Abdullah ibn Muhammad ("Mecca (traditional Islamic reports)") → Qasim ibn Muhammad ("Mecca (traditional attribution)") →	burialPlace
Makkah Province ("Makkah") → Makkah Province →	capital
Hejaz → Makkah Province →	contains
Muslims → Sunni Islam →	holyCity
King Fahd Gate ("centralAreasOfMecca") → Taif →	near
Mina ("Greater Mecca metropolitan area") → Muzdalifah ("Greater Mecca area") →	partOf
Hajj Terminal, King Abdulaziz International Airport → Jeddah Islamic Port →	serves
Hijra → Hijrah of Prophet Muhammad →	tookPlaceFrom
Bega Begum → Ibn Jubayr →	traveledTo
Surah Al-Qasas ("People of Mecca") →	addressesAudience
Mecca ("مكة") →	ArabicName
Kiswah →	associatedWithPlace
Selim I →	broughtUnderControl
Hashemite dynasty →	capitalDuringHejazRule
Hejaz →	capitalHistorically
Hijazi Arabic →	center
Muhammad →	citizenship
Zamzam Well →	city
Haramain high-speed railway →	connects
Muhammad →	conqueredCity
Western Saudi Arabia →	containsCity
Hejaz →	containsHolyCity
Surah At-Tin ("secure city of Mecca") →	containsOathBy
House of Saud →	controlsHolyCities
Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib →	deathPlace
Hajj →	destination
Abdullah ibn Muhammad →	diedIn
Moti Masjid (Red Fort) →	faces
Malcolm X (1992 film) →	filmingLocation
Muhammad →	firstRevelationNear
Islamic world →	hasCulturalCenter
Umrah →	hasEconomicImpactOn
Saudi Arabia →	hasHolyCity
Meccan surahs →	hasLocationOfRevelation
Dhu al-Hijjah →	hasPilgrimageLocation
Surah Al-Isra →	hasPlaceOfRevelation
Masjid al-Qiblatayn →	hasPrayerDirection
Western Saudi Arabia →	hasReligiousCenter
Haramain high-speed railway ("Mecca station") →	hasStation
General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques →	headquartersLocation
House of Hashim →	historicalCapital
Mamluk Sultanate →	importantCity
Mataf area →	locatedInCity
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques →	locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Surah Ash-Shu'ara →	locationOfRevelation
Saudi Arabia →	majorCity
Arabian Peninsula →	majorCityOn
Day of Arafah →	nearCity
Arabs →	notableHistoricalCenter
Surah Al-Balad ("this city (Mecca)") →	openingOathBy
Islam →	originatedInCity
Cave of Hira →	overlooks
Hajj →	performedAt
Umrah →	performedIn
al-Hallaj →	performedPilgrimageTo
Umm Salama →	placeOfOrigin
Abd al-Muttalib →	placeOfResidence
Masjid al-Qiblatayn →	qiblaChangedTo
Taif ("Makkah") →	regionCapital
Ibn Arabi →	regionOfActivity
Prophet Ismail ("Mecca (Islamic tradition)") →	settledIn
Hijazi Arabic →	spokenIn
Isra →	startLocation
Night Journey of Muhammad →	startsFrom
Haramain high-speed railway →	terminus
Ibn Arabi →	travelledTo
Ibn Battuta →	visitedCity