Islamic Places
Cave of Hira
Ghār Ḥirāʾ
غار حراء
A cave on Jabal al-Nur near Mecca where the Prophet Muhammad received the first revelation of the Quran from the angel Jibril.
References
- Quran:
- 96:1
Islamic Places
Ghār Ḥirāʾ
A cave on Jabal al-Nur near Mecca where the Prophet Muhammad received the first revelation of the Quran from the angel Jibril.