Makkah
Holiest Islamic site
Makkah is the Arabic spelling of Mecca, the holiest city in Islam, located in western Saudi Arabia.
It is the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad and home to the Kaaba, toward which Muslims pray.
Non-Muslims are forbidden from entering the city.
The spelling Makkah appears in official Saudi contexts and increasingly in English texts seeking closer alignment with Arabic: the Makkah Royal Clock Tower. (Mecca is the traditional English spelling.)
Islamic pilgrimage obligation
- KaabaSacred cube in Mecca
- ArafatPalestinian nationalist leader
- MinaFemale given name
- Eid al-AdhaIslamic festival honoring obedience
sacrifice · stoning · shaving · pilgrim · caravan · visa · tent city
Sacred mosque in Mecca
- KaabaSacred cube in Mecca
- minaretsMosque tower structures
- expansionIncrease in scope
- clock towerElevated public timepiece
courtyard · prayer · Salah · congregation
Islam's founding messenger
- birthplaceLocation of one's birth
- HijraFaith's founding journey
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- IbrahimArabic form of Abraham
Ismail · trade route · caravan · pre-Islamic · idols · revelation · Madinah · Banu Hashim
Worthy of reverence
- blessedReceiving divine favor
- holiestMaximally divine or blessed
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
worship · forgiveness · supplication · spiritual rebirth · unity · submission · Tawhid · sanctuary
Hajj
Islamic pilgrimage obligation
Eid al-Adha · sacrifice · stoning · shaving · pilgrim · caravan · visa · tent city
Masjid al-Haram
Sacred mosque in Mecca
clock tower · courtyard · prayer · Salah · congregation
Prophet Muhammad
Islam's founding messenger
- birthplaceLocation of one's birth
- HijraFaith's founding journey
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
Ibrahim · Ismail · trade route · caravan · pre-Islamic · idols · revelation · Madinah · Banu Hashim · Khadijah
sacred
Worthy of reverence
- blessedReceiving divine favor
- holiestMaximally divine or blessed
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
devotion · worship · forgiveness · supplication · spiritual rebirth · unity · submission · Tawhid · sanctuary
MakkahMedina
Sacred Arabian burial site
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