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PLACES MENTIONED IN THE QUR'AN

MOUNT SINAI
Remember when We made the covenant with you and lifted up the
Mount above your heads: 'Take hold vigorously of what We have
given you and pay heed to what is in it, so that hopefully you will
guard against evil.' (Surat al-Baqara, 63 )
When Musa had fulfilled the appointed term and had set off with his
family, he noticed a fire from one side of the Mount. He said to his fam-
ily, 'Stay here, I can see a fire. Hopefully I will bring you back some
news from it or a burning branch from the fire so that you will be able
to warm yourselves.' But when he reached it a voice called out to him
from the right hand side of the valley in the part which was full of
blessing, from out of the bush: 'Musa, I am Allah, the Lord of all the
worlds. (Surat al-Qasas, 29-30)
We called out to him from the right hand side of the Mount and We
brought him near in close communication. (Surah Maryam, 52)
Tribe of Israel! We rescued you from your enemy and made an ap-
pointment with you on the right hand side of the Mount and sent
down manna and quails for you. (Surah Ta Ha, 80)
And a tree springing forth from Mount Sinai yielding oil and a sea-
soning to those who eat. (Surat al-Mu'minun, 20)
You were not on the western side when We gave Musa the com-
mand. You were not a witness. Yet We produced further generations
and ages passed. Nor did you live among the people of Madyan and
recite Our Signs to them, yet We have sent you news of them. Nor were
you on the side of the Mount when We called, yet it is a mercy from
your Lord so that you can warn a people to whom no warner came be-
fore, so that hopefully they will pay heed. (Surat al-Qasas, 44-46)
And Mount Sinai. (Surat at-Tin, 2)
By the Mount (Surat at-Tur, 1)

VALLEY OF TUWA
Valley of Tuwa is the holy place where Allah spoke to Prophet Musa