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The Holy Kabah, Station of Abraham (golden blond matter on the right), Hicr Esmael (right to Kabah) and the muslims from every counrty circumambulating the Kabah in the Masjed al-Haraam in Mecca city of Saudi Arabia. Because everythings` Creator and Owner Allah (swt) said in the Holy Koran: ``The first House (of worship) appointed for men was that at Bakka; full of blessing and of guidance for all kinds of beings: In it are Signs manifest; (for example), the Station of Abraham; whoever enters it attains security; PILGRIMAGE THERETO IS A DUTY MEN OWE TO ALLAH, those who can afford the journey; but if any deny faith, Allah stands not in need of any of His creatures.`` (3:96,97)

A part of the Holy Kabah`s cover over its door.

One of the entrance doors of the Masjed al-Haraam where is the Holy Kabah located in it in Mecca city of Saudi Arabia.

The minarets rising over the walls of the Masjed al-Haraam where is the Holy Kabah located in it.

Outside court and some entrance doors of the Masjed al-Haraam where is the Holy Kabah located in it.

The Mount Hira in Mecca city of Saudi Arabia (el-Cabal en-Nour). Before the Prophet Muhammad (saaw) was charged with the prophethood by Allah (swt) he would go for spiritual retreats to a cave in this mount. This cave is named as Cave Hira and located in the projecting part of the mount on the left-up side. The Prophet Muhammad had received the first Koran verses from our Lord in the Cave Hira on this mount and seen the Angel Gabriel first time in its true form here. The first Koran verses revealed to Him on this mount were these: ``READ! IN THE NAME OF YOUR LORD WHO CREATES. CREATES MAN FROM A CLOT OF BLOOD. READ! AND YOUR LORD IS MOST GENEROUS. WHO TEACHES BY THE PEN. TEACHES MEN THAT WHICH HE KNEW NOT.`` (The Holy Koran: 96:1-5.)

Prophet Muhammad (saaw) was charged with the prophethood by Allah (swt) he would go for spiritual retreats to the cave in this mount. The Prophet Muhammad had received the first Koran verses from our Lord in the Cave Hira on this mount and seen the Angel Gabriel first time in its true form here. The first Koran verses revealed to Him on this mount were these: ``READ! IN THE NAME OF YOUR LORD WHO CREATES. CREATES MAN FROM A CLOT OF BLOOD. READ! AND YOUR LORD IS MOST GENEROUS. WHO TEACHES BY THE PEN. TEACHES MEN THAT WHICH HE KNEW NOT.`` (The Holy Koran: 96:1-5.)

View of the city Mecca from the Mount Hira and the pilgrims climbing to the mount. Before the Prophet Muhammad (saaw) was charged with the prophethood by Allah (swt) he would go for spiritual retreats to a cave called as Cave Hira in this mount. The Prophet Muhammad had received the first Koran verses from our Lord in the Cave Hira on this mount and seen the Angel Gabriel first time in its true form here. The first Koran verses revealed to Him on this mount were these: ``READ! IN THE NAME OF YOUR LORD WHO CREATES. CREATES MAN FROM A CLOT OF BLOOD. READ! AND YOUR LORD IS MOST GENEROUS. WHO TEACHES BY THE PEN. TEACHES MEN THAT WHICH HE KNEW NOT.`` (The Holy Koran: 96:1-5.)

Entrance of the Cave Hira in the Mount Hira in Mecca city of Saudi Arabia and the pilgrims climbing to the mount for entering the cave. Before the Prophet Muhammad (saaw) was charged with the prophethood by Allah (swt) he would go for spiritual retreats to the cave in this mount. The Prophet Muhammad had received the first Koran verses from our Lord in the Cave Hira on this mount and seen the Angel Gabriel first time in its true form here. The first Koran verses revealed to Him on this mount were these: ``READ! IN THE NAME OF YOUR LORD WHO CREATES. CREATES MAN FROM A CLOT OF BLOOD. READ! AND YOUR LORD IS MOST GENEROUS. WHO TEACHES BY THE PEN. TEACHES MEN THAT WHICH HE KNEW NOT.`` (The Holy Koran: 96:1-5.)

View of the peak of the Mount Hira and the pilgrims climbed to the mount. Before the Prophet Muhammad (saaw) was charged with the prophethood by Allah (swt) he would go for spiritual retreats to a cave called as Cave Hira in this mount. The Prophet Muhammad had received the first Koran verses from our Lord in the Cave Hira on this mount and seen the Angel Gabriel first time in its true form here. The first Koran verses revealed to Him on this mount were these: ``READ! IN THE NAME OF YOUR LORD WHO CREATES. CREATES MAN FROM A CLOT OF BLOOD. READ! AND YOUR LORD IS MOST GENEROUS. WHO TEACHES BY THE PEN. TEACHES MEN THAT WHICH HE KNEW NOT.`` (The Holy Koran: 96:1-5.)

Mount Savr in Mecca city of Saudi Arabia. The Prophet Muhammed (saaw) and his friend Abu Bakr (ra) had got shut of the Meccan enemies tracking them by hidding three days in a cave in this mount with the great help of Allah (swt). In the Holy Koran our Lord Allah said about the Savr Cave in this mount: ``If ye help not (Muhammad), (it is no matter): for Allah did indeed help him, when the unbelievers drove him out: he had no more than one companion: they two were in the Cave, and he said to his companion, ``Have no fear for Allah is with us``: then Allah sent down His peace upon him, and strengthened him with forces which ye saw not, and humbled to the depths the word of the unbelievers. But the word of Allah is exalted to the heights: for Allah is Exalted in might, Wise.`` (The Holy Koran 9:40).

The Mount Savr in Mecca city of Saudi Arabia. The Prophet Muhammed (saaw) and his friend Abu Bakr (ra) had got shut of the Meccan enemies tracking them by hidding three days in a cave in this mount with the great help of Allah (swt). In the Holy Koran our Lord Allah said about the Savr Cave in this mount: ``If ye help not (Muhammad), (it is no matter): for Allah did indeed help him, when the unbelievers drove him out: he had no more than one companion: they two were in the Cave, and he said to his companion, ``Have no fear for Allah is with us``: then Allah sent down His peace upon him, and strengthened him with forces which ye saw not, and humbled to the depths the word of the unbelievers. But the word of Allah is exalted to the heights: for Allah is Exalted in might, Wise.`` (The Holy Koran 9:40).

View of the climbing path of Savr Mount in Mecca city of Saudi Arabia. The Prophet Muhammed (saaw) and his friend Abu Bakr (ra) had got shut of the Meccan enemies tracking them by hidding three days in a cave in this mount with the great help of Allah (swt).

A picture of surrounding mounts taken while climbing the Mount Savr in Mecca city of Saudi Arabia. The Prophet Muhammed (saaw) and his friend Abu Bakr (ra) had got shut of the Meccan enemies tracking them by hidding three days in a cave in this mount with the great help of Allah (swt)

View of the lower entrance of the Cave Savr on Mount Savr in Mecca city of Saudi Arabia. The Prophet Muhammed (saaw) and his friend Abu Bakr (ra) had got shut of the Meccan enemies tracking them by hidding three days in this cave with the great help of Allah (swt). Once the unbelieving enemies had come to the entrance of the cave but they returned without entering it. When the sound of their retreating steps and voices had died away, the Prophet and Abu Bakr went to the mouth of the cave. There over the entrance a spider had woven its web. They looked through the web, and there in the hollow of a rock, even where a man might step as he entered the cave, a rock dove had made a nesting place and was sitting close as if she had eggs, with her mate perched on a ledge not for above. (Sources: Le Prophéte de l`Islam, Muhammad Hamidullah; The Life Of Prophet, Abubakr Seracudden [Martin Lings], The Hijrah). In the Holy Koran our Lord Allah said about the Savr Cave: ``If ye help not (Muhammad), (it is no matter): for Allah did indeed help him, when the unbelievers drove him out: he had no more than one companion: they two were in the Cave, and he said to his companion, ``Have no fear for Allah is with us``: then Allah sent down His peace upon him, and strengthened him with forces which ye saw not, and humbled to the depths the word of the unbelievers. But the word of Allah is exalted to the heights: for Allah is Exalted in might, Wise.`` (The Holy Koran 9:40). __________________
O you who believe! Be upright for Allah, bearers of witness with justice, and let not hatred of a people incite you not to equitably; act equitably, that is nearer to piety, and he careful of (your duty to) Allah; surely Allah is Aware of what you do.(AL.quran 5:8)

View of the inside of the Cave Savr on Mount Savr in Mecca city of Saudi Arabia. The Prophet Muhammed (saaw) and his friend Abu Bakr (ra) had got shut of the Meccan enemies tracking them by hidding three days in this cave with the great help of Allah (swt). Once the unbelieving enemies had come to the entrance of the cave but they returned without entering it. When the sound of their retreating steps and voices had died away, the Prophet and Abu Bakr went to the mouth of the cave. There over the entrance a spider had woven its web. They looked through the web, and there in the hollow of a rock, even where a man might step as he entered the cave, a rock dove had made a nesting place and was sitting close as if she had eggs, with her mate perched on a ledge not for above. (Sources: Le Prophéte de l`Islam, Muhammad Hamidullah; The Life Of Prophet, Abubakr Seracudden [Martin Lings], The Hijrah). In the Holy Koran our Lord Allah said about the Savr Cave: ``If ye help not (Muhammad), (it is no matter): for Allah did indeed help him, when the unbelievers drove him out: he had no more than one companion: they two were in the Cave, and he said to his companion, ``Have no fear for Allah is with us``: then Allah sent down His peace upon him, and strengthened him with forces which ye saw not, and humbled to the depths the word of the unbelievers. But the word of Allah is exalted to the heights: for Allah is Exalted in might, Wise.`` (The Holy Koran 9:40).

View of the inside of the Cave Savr on Mount Savr in Mecca city of Saudi Arabia.The Prophet Muhammed (saaw) and his friend Abu Bakr (ra) had got shut of the Meccan enemies tracking them by hidding three days in this cave with the great help of Allah (swt). Once the unbelieving enemies had come to the entrance of the cave but they returned without entering it. When the sound of their retreating steps and voices had died away, the Prophet and Abu Bakr went to the mouth of the cave. There over the entrance a spider had woven its web. They looked through the web, and there in the hollow of a rock, even where a man might step as he entered the cave, a rock dove had made a nesting place and was sitting close as if she had eggs, with her mate perched on a ledge not for above. (Sources: Le Prophéte de l`Islam, Muhammad Hamidullah; The Life Of Prophet, Abubakr Seracudden [Martin Lings], The Hijrah). In the Holy Koran our Lord Allah said about the Savr Cave: ``If ye help not (Muhammad), (it is no matter): for Allah did indeed help him, when the unbelievers drove him out: he had no more than one companion: they two were in the Cave, and he said to his companion, ``Have no fear for Allah is with us``: then Allah sent down His peace upon him, and strengthened him with forces which ye saw not, and humbled to the depths the word of the unbelievers. But the word of Allah is exalted to the heights: for Allah is Exalted in might, Wise.`` (The Holy Koran 9:40).

Picture of the ceiling of the Cave Savr on Mount Savr in Mecca city of Saudi Arabia. taken by sitting in it. The Prophet Muhammed (saaw) and his friend Abu Bakr (ra) had got shut of the Meccan enemies tracking them by hidding three days in this cave with the great help of Allah (swt). Once the unbelieving enemies had come to the entrance of the cave but they returned without entering it. When the sound of their retreating steps and voices had died away, the Prophet and Abu Bakr went to the mouth of the cave. There over the entrance a spider had woven its web. They looked through the web, and there in the hollow of a rock, even where a man might step as he entered the cave, a rock dove had made a nesting place and was sitting close as if she had eggs, with her mate perched on a ledge not for above. (Sources: Le Prophéte de l`Islam, Muhammad Hamidullah; The Life Of Prophet, Abubakr Seracudden [Martin Lings], The Hijrah). In the Holy Koran our Lord Allah said about the Savr Cave: ``If ye help not (Muhammad), (it is no matter): for Allah did indeed help him, when the unbelievers drove him out: he had no more than one companion: they two were in the Cave, and he said to his companion, ``Have no fear for Allah is with us``: then Allah sent down His peace upon him, and strengthened him with forces which ye saw not, and humbled to the depths the word of the unbelievers. But the word of Allah is exalted to the heights: for Allah is Exalted in might, Wise.`` (The Holy Koran 9:40)

View of the city Mecca from the Mount Savr. The Prophet Muhammed (saaw) and his friend Abu Bakr (ra) had got shut of the Meccan enemies tracking them by hidding three days in a cave in this mount with the great help of Allah (swt).

View of the upper entrance of the Cave Savr on Mount Savr in Mecca city of Saudi Arabia. The Prophet Muhammed (saaw) and his friend Abu Bakr (ra) had got shut of the Meccan enemies tracking them by hidding three days in this cave with the great help of Allah (swt). Once the unbelieving enemies had come to the entrance of the cave but they returned without entering it. When the sound of their retreating steps and voices had died away, the Prophet and Abu Bakr went to the mouth of the cave. There over the entrance a spider had woven its web. They looked through the web, and there in the hollow of a rock, even where a man might step as he entered the cave, a rock dove had made a nesting place and was sitting close as if she had eggs, with her mate perched on a ledge not for above. (Sources: Le Prophéte de l`Islam, Muhammad Hamidullah; The Life Of Prophet, Abubakr Seracudden [Martin Lings], The Hijrah). In the Holy Koran our Lord Allah said about the Savr Cave: ``If ye help not (Muhammad), (it is no matter): for Allah did indeed help him, when the unbelievers drove him out: he had no more than one companion: they two were in the Cave, and he said to his companion, ``Have no fear for Allah is with us``: then Allah sent down His peace upon him, and strengthened him with forces which ye saw not, and humbled to the depths the word of the unbelievers. But the word of Allah is exalted to the heights: for Allah is Exalted in might, Wise.`` (The Holy Koran 9:40)

View of the lower entrance of the Cave Savr on Mount Savr in Mecca city of Saudi Arabia. The Prophet Muhammed (saaw) and his friend Abu Bakr (ra) had got shut of the Meccan enemies tracking them by hidding three days in this cave with the great help of Allah (swt). Once the unbelieving enemies had come to the entrance of the cave but they returned without entering it. When the sound of their retreating steps and voices had died away, the Prophet and Abu Bakr went to the mouth of the cave. There over the entrance a spider had woven its web. They looked through the web, and there in the hollow of a rock, even where a man might step as he entered the cave, a rock dove had made a nesting place and was sitting close as if she had eggs, with her mate perched on a ledge not for above. (Sources: Le Prophéte de l`Islam, Muhammad Hamidullah; The Life Of Prophet, Abubakr Seracudden [Martin Lings], The Hijrah). In the Holy Koran our Lord Allah said about the Savr Cave: ``If ye help not (Muhammad), (it is no matter): for Allah did indeed help him, when the unbelievers drove him out: he had no more than one companion: they two were in the Cave, and he said to his companion, ``Have no fear for Allah is with us``: then Allah sent down His peace upon him, and strengthened him with forces which ye saw not, and humbled to the depths the word of the unbelievers. But the word of Allah is exalted to the heights: for Allah is Exalted in might, Wise.`` (The Holy Koran 9:40).

An interesting rock seen while climbing the Mount Savr in Mecca city of Saudi Arabia. The Prophet Muhammed (saaw) and his friend Abu Bakr (ra) had got shut of the Meccan enemies tracking them by hidding three days in a cave in this mount with the great help of Allah (swt)

A picture of surrounding mounts and the city taken while climbing the Mount Savr in Mecca city of Saudi Arabia. The Prophet Muhammed (saaw) and his friend Abu Bakr (ra) had got shut of the Meccan enemies tracking them by hidding three days in a cave in this mount with the great help of Allah (swt). We would like to call your attention to the interesting shapes of the rocks on the bottom-right. __________________
O you who believe! Be upright for Allah, bearers of witness with justice, and let not hatred of a people incite you not to equitably; act equitably, that is nearer to piety, and he careful of (your duty to) Allah; surely Allah is Aware of what you do.(AL.quran 5:8)

A picture of a part of the Field of Arafah taken from the Hill of Arafah and the Mosque Namira in Mecca city of Saudi Arabia. To be a pilgrim a muslim should stay inside the Field of Arafah in the previous day of the day of Eid Al-Adhaa

A picture of a part of the Field of Arafah taken from the Hill of Arafah in Mecca city of Saudi Arabia. To be a pilgrim a muslim should stay inside the Field of Arafah in the previous day of the day of Eid Al-Adhaa.

The Hill of Arafah (al-Cabal ar-Rahmah) located in the field of Arafah in Mecca city of Saudi Arabia and the pilgrims visiting these holy places. It is reported that Father Adam and Mother Eve had reunited with each other on this hill after coming into the world from Paradise.

View of the region of Mina in Mecca city of Saudi Arabia where the pilgrims stay before and after they go Arafah.

View of the region of Mina in Mecca city of Saudi Arabia where the pilgrims stay before and after they go Arafah. __________________
O you who believe! Be upright for Allah, bearers of witness with justice, and let not hatred of a people incite you not to equitably; act equitably, that is nearer to piety, and he careful of (your duty to) Allah; surely Allah is Aware of what you do.(AL.quran 5:8)

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