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==Geographical location== | ==Geographical location== | ||
Mount Sinai is located in the south of the Sinai desert, which is in the northeast of Egypt and borders [[Palestine]], [[Jordan]], and [[Saudi Arabia]]. There are many mountains in that area, and Mount Sinai is among them. Ibn Manzur considered Tur Sinai a mountain in Syria. | Mount Sinai is located in the south of the Sinai desert, which is in the northeast of Egypt and borders [[Palestine]], [[Jordan]], and [[Saudi Arabia]]. There are many mountains in that area, and Mount Sinai is among them.<ref>Muṣṭafawī, ''al-Tahqīq fī kalimāt al-Qur'ān al-karīm'', vol. 5, p. 293.</ref> Ibn Manzur considered Tur Sinai a mountain in Syria.<ref>Ibn Manẓūr, ''Lisān al-ʿArab'', vol. 4, p. 508.</ref> | ||
Some people have suggested that Tur Sinai is a set of mountains and various events have occurred in these mountains; it does not refer to one specific mountain. It has also been said that the Qur'an's use of the terms "Sinai" and "Sinin" refers to the mentioned point, and Tur Sinin is a part of Tur Sinai. | Some people have suggested that Tur Sinai is a set of mountains and various events have occurred in these mountains; it does not refer to one specific mountain.<ref>Muṣṭafawī, ''al-Tahqīq fī kalimāt al-Qur'ān al-karīm'', vol. 5, p. 293.</ref> It has also been said that the Qur'an's use of the terms "Sinai" and "Sinin" refers to the mentioned point, and Tur Sinin is a part of Tur Sinai.<ref>Muṣṭafawī, ''al-Tahqīq fī kalimāt al-Qur'ān al-karīm'', vol. 5, p. 295.</ref> | ||
Mount Sinai is a mountain south of the Sinai desert near Saint Catherine's Monastery. | Mount Sinai is a mountain south of the Sinai desert near Saint Catherine's Monastery.<ref>Group of authors, ''Mujiz dāʾirat al-maʿārif al-Islāmīyya'', vol. 22, p. 699.</ref> | ||
==Naming== | ==Naming== | ||
The Qur'an once used the title "Tur Sinai" to refer to a tree that grows there and gives oil. It also swore to Tur Sinin, which some commentators believed to refer to Tur Sinai. In other verses, there is "al-Tur," which commentators have considered referring to Tur Sinai. | The Qur'an once used the title "Tur Sinai" to refer to a tree that grows there and gives oil.<ref>Qur'an 23:20.</ref> It also swore to Tur Sinin,<ref>Qur'an 95:2.</ref> which some commentators believed to refer to Tur Sinai.<ref>Makārim Shīrāzī, ''Tafsīr-i nimūna'', vol. 27, p. 140.</ref> In other verses, there is "al-Tur," which commentators have considered referring to Tur Sinai.<ref>Ṭayyib, ''Aṭyab al-bayān fi tafsīr al-Qurʾān'', vol. 12, p. 292.</ref> | ||
[[Al-Shaykh al-Saduq]] narrates a hadith from [[Ibn Abbas]], according to which the naming of Tur as "Sinai" is due to the existence of a tree there. | [[Al-Shaykh al-Saduq]] narrates a hadith from [[Ibn Abbas]], according to which the naming of Tur as "Sinai" is due to the existence of a tree there.<ref>Ṣadūq, ''ʿIlal al-sharāʾiʿ'', vol. 1, p. 68.</ref> | ||
==Sanctity== | ==Sanctity== | ||
Mount Sinai is where God spoke to Prophet Moses (a). According to [[Qur'an 20]]:12, there God ordered Prophet Moses (a) to take off his shoes because he (a) was in a sacred land, "You are indeed in the sacred valley of Tuwa." Some scholars have cited this verse regarding the sacredness of Sinai. Also, [[God]] has sworn to this mountain in [[Qur'an 52]]. | Mount Sinai is where God spoke to Prophet Moses (a). According to [[Qur'an 20]]:12, there God ordered Prophet Moses (a) to take off his shoes because he (a) was in a sacred land, "You are indeed in the sacred valley of Tuwa."<ref>Qur'an 20:12.</ref> Some scholars have cited this verse regarding the sacredness of Sinai.<ref>Qurashī, ''Qāmūs-i Qurān'', vol. 5, p. 256.</ref> Also, [[God]] has sworn to this mountain in [[Qur'an 52]].<ref>Qur'an 52:1.</ref> | ||
In answer to a question about the reason for the sacredness of Sinai, the [[Prophet of Islam (s)]] said: | In answer to a question about the reason for the sacredness of Sinai, the [[Prophet of Islam (s)]] said: | ||