madina city
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INTRODUCTION
NAME: Tahir MEHMOOD KayaniROLL NO.: 03F-EE-10INSTITUE: UET TAXILAEmail Address: [email protected]
[email protected]@hotmail.com
Presented to:Mr. Shahbaz Pervez
Presented by:Tahir MEHMOOD Kayani
03F-EE-10DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERINGANDTECHNOLOGY
TAXILA, PAKISTAN.OCT. 24, 2005.
MADINAThe City Of The HOLY PROPHET (s.a.w.)
…historical insight
LOCATION AND AREA
HOW MADINA CAME INTO BEING
DIFFERENT NAMES
HIJRAT TO MADINA
Madinah is located in the north-western part of the Kingdom, to the east of the Red Sea, which lies only 250 km (155 miles) away from it. It is surrounded by a number of mountains: Al-Hujai, or Pilgrims' Mountain to the West, Sala' to the north-west, Al-E'er, or Caravan Mountain to the south and Ohud to the north.
Madinah is situated on a flat mountain plateau at the junction of the three valleys of Al-Agl, Al-Aqiq, and Al-Himdh. For this reason, there are large green areas amidst a dry mountainous region.
The city is 620 meters (2,046 ft.) above sea level. Its western and southwestern parts have many volcanic rocks.
Madinah lies at the meeting -point of longitude 39 and 36 degree east and latitude 24 to 28 north. It covers and area of about 50 square kilometers (19 square miles).
LOCATION AND AREA
HOW MADINA CAME INTO BEING
Saam Bin Nouah was among those 81 who survived after the disastrous storm. His family laid the foundation of Medina.
Jews came with MOSES to offer Hajj, they found the properties of Medina similar to “Zaat un NAKHAL”, a city described in BIBAL.
9 centuries before Islam, heavy Flood in Yemen. Oase and Khizraj came from there and settled in Medina.
DIFFERENT NAMES:
Some of the commonly used names are:-
“Kaba, Taiba, Taeba,Iman, Haram-i-Rasool (s.a.w.), khaira, Darul Hijra, Darul Khair, Darul Aman, Dar uSalam, Asima, Masouma, Ard Ullah, Syed ul Baldan, Al Momina, Dar ul Abrar, Al Mubaraka, Shafia, Al Miskina.”Some of the above names are also mentioned in BIBAL. These are MADINA, TAEBA, AL MISKINA & TAIBA. MADINA is the most famous of all.Yasrab was also one of the ancient names. But it was not liked by the PROPHET OF ALLAH (s.a.w.) as it means “woe and grief”.
HIJRAT TO MADINAHazrat MUHAMMAD (s.a.w.),
in 622 AD, left Mecca just as his enemies were preparing to martyr him, and he arrived in Medina eight days later.His imigration became known
as the Hegira (Arabic hijrah) and marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar.Selected the home of Hazrat
Abu Ayyub Ansari (A.B.P.H.).
This was a historical move. This decision was related to the an ancient King of YEMEN “ SHAH TABA ASAD BIN KARB”, who recognized Hazrat MUHAMMAD (s.a.w.) as the last PROPHET of ALLAH 7 centuries before Islam. He handed over a letter to show his faith to a Jew scholar of his court and build a double storey building for the PROPHET (s.a.w.) to live. Hazrat Abu Ayyub Ansari (A.B.P.H) was in the family of that Jew Scholar.
HIJRAT TO MADINA (contd.)
