Religious
Jabal al-Nour (Mountain of Light)
Northeast outskirts of Makkah
Jabal al-Nour, the 'Mountain of Light,' is a roughly 640 m peak about 4 km northeast of the Grand Mosque, famous for the Cave of Hira near its summit where, according to Islamic tradition, the Prophet Muhammad received the first revelation of the Quran. Its distinctive twin-humped summit makes it instantly recognizable.
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Near Makkah
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