Madinah

The oasis city that took the Prophet in, where he governed, died and is buried.

Also written · Medina · Madina · Medinah · Yathrib · Madinah al-Munawwarah · Madinat an-Nabi · Medine · Madeenah · Al-Madinah · Taybah · City of the Prophet · Madina Munawwara

The meaning

What Madinah means in Islam

It was called Yathrib before he came; Madinat an-Nabi, the city of the Prophet, shortened to al-Madinah, the City. Its two Arab tribes, Aws and Khazraj, had been at war for generations and were reconciled by Islam. He declared it a sanctuary as Ibrahim had declared Makkah one, prayed for its measures to be blessed, and said that its hardship sifts people the way a furnace clears iron of impurity.

Evidence · Qur’an · Stated directly in the Qur’an

Read beside it

Rooms that name it

Pilgrims funded a railway to Madinah by subscriptionA Light · Damascus to Madinah · opened 1 September 1908
Madinah Entry: City of LightThe Path · chapter 37
Surah Al-FatihaSurah 1 · The Opening

Words that sit beside it

Masjid an-NabawiThe Prophet's Mosque in Madinah, which he built himself and where he is buried.المَسْجِدُ النَّبَوِيّ
AnsarThe Muslims of Madinah who took in the emigrants from Makkah and shared everything with them.الأَنْصَار
HijrahThe Prophet's migration from Makkah to Madinah in 622, the start of the Muslim calendar.الهِجْرَة
Jannat al-BaqiThe main cemetery of Madinah, where much of the Prophet's family and many Companions are buried.جَنَّةُ البَقِيع
Sahifat al-MadinahThe written charter the Prophet drew up on reaching Madinah, binding its tribes into one body.صَحِيفَةُ المَدِينَة