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The Makkah Al Mukarramah Library (Arabic: مَكْتَبَة مَكَّة ٱلْمُكَرَّمَة , romanized: Maktabah Makkah Al-Mukarramah) [3] [4] is a library near the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Hejaz is the region in the Arabian Peninsula where Mecca and Medina are located. It is where the Islamic prophet Muhammad was born and raised. [13]The two holy cities of Islam, Mecca and Medina, are traditionally known as the Ḥaramayn, which is the dual form of ḥaram, thus meaning "The Two Sanctuaries". [14]
Although the term al-ʿashara al-mubashsharūn (sometimes also al-mubashshara, [1] both meaning 'the ten to whom glad tidings were given') itself dates from a period after the 9th century, [10] the list of ten as such already appears on an inscription made upon a plaster table which is thought to have belonged to the palace of Khalid al-Qasri, an Umayyad official who served as the governor of ...
Mecca (/ ˈ m ɛ k ə /; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, [a] commonly shortened to Makkah [b]) is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia; it is the holiest city according to Islam. [4] It is 70 km (43 mi) inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow valley 277 m (909 ft) above sea level.
The Kaaba in Mecca or Makkah.. Bakkah (Arabic: بَكَّةُ [ˈbɛk.kɛh]), is a place mentioned in surah 3 ('Āl 'Imrān), ayah 96 of the Qur'an, a verse sometimes translated as: "Indeed, the first House [of worship] established for mankind was that at Bakkah [i.e., Makkah] - blessed and a guidance for the worlds."
A Meccan surah is, according to the timing and contextual background of their revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl) within Islamic tradition, a chronologically earlier chapter (suwar, singular sūrah) of the Qur'an.
Saleh Al-Talib, appointed Imam and Khatib in 2002 and served until July 2018, got imprisoned by Saudi authorities for criticizing their actions in August of 2018 and is serving 10 years in jail since then; Khalid al Ghamdi, retired as Imam and Khatib of Masjid Al Haram in September 2018, 10 years after appointment.
[10] Abu Numayy Muhammad ibn Abi Sa'd: Muh 653 – 656 Mar 1255 –1258 Co-reigned with his uncle for most of his reign. Idris ibn Qatadah: 654–656 1256–1258 Restored as co-ruler. Sons of Hasan ibn Qatadah 656 1258 Took over Mecca while Abu Numayy was absent. Imprisoned Idris and held the city for six days, then withdrew when Abu Numayy ...