Mount Sinai (Jabal Tur)

Historical: Tur Sina'Modern: Mount Sinai / Jabal MusaRegion: Sinai Peninsula (Egypt)

جبل الطور (طور سيناء)

28.5395° N, 33.9753° E

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Cartographic & Scholarly Confidence Methodology

Sinai Peninsula is undisputed, and Jabal Musa is the long-established classical and scholarly consensus site, though exact ancient boundary lines remain approximate.

Historical Description

The Sacred Mountain (At-Tur) in the Sinai Peninsula where Allah spoke directly to Musa ﷺ (Kalimullah) and granted him the Tablets of the Torah.

Associated Prophets (1)

Musa ﷺموسى

Biography

Direct Divine Discourse & Revelation

Received divine speech, the appointment of 40 nights, and the Tablets containing commands and guidance.

Historical & Revelation Events (1)

Divine Discourse & Appointment of Forty Nights

مناجاة موسى على الطور

c. 13th century BCE

Musa ﷺ fasts and speaks directly with Allah, witnessing the divine light crumble the adjacent mountain.

Authentic Sources & Citations

“By the Mount (Tur). And [by] a Book inscribed. In parchment unrolled.”
Surah at-Tur (52:1-3)
QURAN

“And We called him from the right side of the mount and brought him near, confiding [in him].”
Surah Maryam (19:52)
QURAN

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