Ghar Hira (Cave of Hira)
غار حراء
A small cave on Jabal al-Nur about two miles from Mecca — four cubits long and a cubit and three-quarters wide — where the Prophet used to retreat for worship during Ramadan before prophethood.
Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Connections
- Site of
- The first revelation
- Part of
- Mecca
People and things also explored
The pause of revelation (Fatra)Khadija bint KhuwaylidMuhammadWaraqa ibn NawfalDar al-NadwaThe KaabaAl-Masjid Al-HaramAbu Talib gathers Banu Hashim and Banu al-Muttalib
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
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islam.museum contributors. “Ghar Hira (Cave of Hira)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/ghar-hira/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.