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Overview

Wadi Nakhla: the valley between Mecca and Ta'if holding the samura-tree of al-'Uzza, Quraysh's greatest idol, and the place of the Prophet's meeting with Nakhla's jinn.

The place

Al-'Uzza was a samura — a tree — in Wadi Nakhla venerated by Quraysh; Khalid ibn al-Walid destroyed it after Mecca's conquest by the Prophet's order ¹.

In this valley the jinn heard the Qur'an from the Prophet on the night of Nakhla, and the passage of Surat al-Jinn descended concerning it ¹.

For young visitors

Wadi Nakhla lies between Mecca and Ta'if; there stood the al-'Uzza tree, and there the jinn heard the Qur'an from the Prophet by night.