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'''Ṭūr Sīnāi''' (Mount Sinai) is a mountain or a group of mountains in the Sinai desert of [[Egypt]], which is mentioned in the [[Qur'an]] and the [[Torah]]. Various events happened in Sinai, such as God talking to [[Prophet Moses (a)]], the forty-day period, (the forty-night) period with seventy people from [[Bani Israel]], and the demise of Prophet Moses (a). The [[Prophet of Islam (s)]] considered the reason for the sacredness of Mount Sinai to be issues such as talking of God with Prophet Moses (a) there. | '''Ṭūr Sīnāi''' (Mount Sinai) is a mountain or a group of mountains in the Sinai desert of [[Egypt]], which is mentioned in the [[Qur'an]] and the [[Torah]]. Various events happened in Sinai, such as God talking to [[Prophet Moses (a)]], the forty-day period, (the forty-night) period with seventy people from [[Bani Israel]], and the demise of Prophet Moses (a). The [[Prophet of Islam (s)]] considered the reason for the sacredness of Mount Sinai to be issues such as talking of God with Prophet Moses (a) there. | ||
==Geographical location== | ==Geographical location== | ||
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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> | 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> | ||
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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> | 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> | ||
[[File:Saint Catherine's Monastery.jpg|thumb|Saint Catherine's Monastery]] | |||
==Naming== | ==Naming== | ||
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> | 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> | ||
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According to the verses and traditions, some events happened to [[Prophet Moses (a)]] and [[Bani Israel]] in Sinai: | According to the verses and traditions, some events happened to [[Prophet Moses (a)]] and [[Bani Israel]] in Sinai: | ||
* '''The departure to Egypt and the initial revelation:''' after his commitment to [[Prophet Shu' | * '''The departure to Egypt and the initial revelation:''' after his commitment to [[Prophet Shu'ayb (a)]] in [[Madyan]] ended and he (a) left for Egypt with his wife, children, and belongings, Prophet Moses (a) lost his route<ref>Makārim Shīrāzī, ''Tafsīr-i nimūna'', vol. 13, p. 167.</ref> and saw a fire on a mountain and went there.<ref>Qur'an 20:10-11.</ref> There, he (a) received a [[revelation]], which was the beginning of Prophet Moses' (a) mission.<ref>Qur'an 20:12-13.</ref> The Qur'an mentions where this event occurred with the names "al-Tur"<ref>Qur'an 28:29.</ref> and "Tuwa".<ref>Qur'an 20:12.</ref> Some commentators have considered the meaning of "al-Tur" to be Sinai and "Tuwa" to be the valley at the foot of this mountain.<ref>Mughnīya, ''Tafsīr al-Kāshif'', vol. 7, p. 509.</ref> | ||
* '''Forty-day period:''' After Bani Israel left Egypt, Prophet Moses (a) went to the top of the mountain and stayed there for forty days. The [[Tablets of Moses (a)|tablets of the Torah]] were revealed to him there.<ref>Qur'an 7:142-145.</ref> Some commentators have considered these forty days to happen at Mount Sinai.<ref>Mullā Ḥuwaysh, ''Bayān al-maʿānī'', vol. 1, p. 416.</ref> It is stated in the Torah that: | * '''Forty-day period:''' After Bani Israel left Egypt, Prophet Moses (a) went to the top of the mountain and stayed there for forty days. The [[Tablets of Moses (a)|tablets of the Torah]] were revealed to him there.<ref>Qur'an 7:142-145.</ref> Some commentators have considered these forty days to happen at Mount Sinai.<ref>Mullā Ḥuwaysh, ''Bayān al-maʿānī'', vol. 1, p. 416.</ref> It is stated in the Torah that: | ||
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