Medina

Medina (/məˈdiːnə/; Arabic: المدينة المنورة‎, al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, "the radiant city"; or المدينة, al-Madīnah, "the city"), also transliterated as Madīnah, is a city in the Hejaz, and the capital of the Al Madinah Region of Saudi Arabia. The city contains al-Masjid an-Nabawi ("the Prophet's Mosque"), which is the burial place of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and is the second-holiest city in Islam after Mecca.

Medina was Muhammad's destination after his Hijrah from Mecca, and became the capital of a rapidly increasing Muslim Empire, first under Muhammad's leadership, and then under the first four Rashidun caliphs, Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali. It served as the power base of Islam in its first century where the early Muslim community developed. Medina is home to the three oldest mosques, namely the Quba Mosque, al-Masjid an-Nabawi, and Masjid al-Qiblatayn ("the mosque of the two qiblas"). Muslims believe that the chronologically final surahs of the Quran were revealed to Muhammad in Medina, and are called Medinan surahs in contrast to the earlier Meccan surahs.

Madinah (disambiguation)

Madinah means city in Arabic, مدينة. Al Madinah with the definite article Al, (in Arabic المدينة, The City) is related to the Muslim holy city of Medina, or al-Madīnah, longer name, in Arabic المدينة المنوّرة Al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah).

Al Madinah, or Al Madinah Region, or Madinah Province, is a region of Saudi Arabia, located on the country's west side, along the Red Sea coast that includes Al-Madīnah al-Munawarah known as Medina.

Madinah / Al Madinah may also refer to:

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