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Ḥirāʾ

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | 258 words | Copyright

Ḥirāʾ. The mountain near Mecca to which, according to ḥadīth, Muḥammad withdrew to meditate, and where, towards his fortieth year, he began to receive heavenly words which he was commissioned to announce to the Meccans.

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