Mountain of Light

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Mountain of Light is the English meaning of the Arabic name "Jabal al-Nour," a mountain near Mecca revered in Islam as the site of the Prophet Muhammad’s first revelation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic holy site ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
religious site ⓘ
associatedWithAngel Angel Jibril ⓘ
linked to: Jibril
associatedWithCentury 7th century ⓘ
associatedWithCity Mecca ⓘ
associatedWithEvent first revelation of the Quran ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
linked to: Muhammad
associatedWithText Quran ⓘ
climbedBy local visitors ⓘ
pilgrims ⓘ
contains Cave of Hira ⓘ
country Saudi Arabia ⓘ
distanceFrom about 4 km from the Kaaba ⓘ
elevationApprox 2106 feet ⓘ
642 meters ⓘ
governorate Makkah Region ⓘ
linked to: Makkah Province
hasAccess footpath with many steps ⓘ
hasAlternativeSpelling Jabal an-Nur ⓘ
linked to: Jabal al-Nour
hasArabicName Jabal al-Nour ⓘ
hasArabicTransliteration Jabal al-Nur ⓘ
linked to: Jabal al-Nour
hasCulturalSignificanceFor global Muslim community ⓘ
hasEnglishMeaning Mountain of Light ⓘ
hasFeature steep rocky paths ⓘ
stone steps leading to Cave of Hira ⓘ
hasReligiousEvent revelation of first verses of Surah Al-Alaq ⓘ
hasReligiousPractice supplication and reflection by visitors ⓘ
hasTypeOfReverence venerated as site of first revelation ⓘ
hasViewOf city of Mecca ⓘ
linked to: Mecca
isSymbolOf beginning of Quranic revelation ⓘ
knownAs Jabal al-Nour ⓘ
knownFor Cave where first Quranic verses were revealed ⓘ
languageOfName Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn Saudi Arabia ⓘ
locatedInRegion Hejaz ⓘ
locatedNear Mecca ⓘ
near Cave of Hira entrance ⓘ
linked to: Cave of Hira
overlooks Mecca ⓘ
partOf mountainous area around Mecca ⓘ
pilgrimageSiteFor Muslims ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
reveredIn Islam ⓘ
significanceInIslam site of the Prophet Muhammad’s first revelation ⓘ
touristAttractionFor religious tourists ⓘ
visitedDuring Hajj season ⓘ
Umrah trips ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jabal al-Nour → nameMeaningInArabic → Mountain of Light ⓘ
Ghar Hira → locatedOn → Mountain of Light ⓘ
Koh-i-Noor diamond → meaningOfName → Mountain of Light ⓘ
Debre Birhan → namedAfter → "Mountain of Light" (Ge'ez/Amharic: Debre Birhan) ⓘ
linked to: Mountain of Light
Mountain of Light → hasEnglishMeaning → Mountain of Light ⓘ
Hill of Illumination → translatedName → Mountain of Light ⓘ