Ḥirāʾ (Arabic: حراء) is one of the famous mountains in Mecca where the Prophet (s) has received his first revelation, resulting it's another name Jabal al-Nūr (the Light Mount). The mountain houses a cave known as Hira' where the Prophet (s) used to spent great deal of time every year to engage himself in solitary worshiping before Islam, and it was there that he was honored with prophethood.
This mount was respected in Jahiliyya (days of ignorance) as well and it's been mentioned in literature of that age such as poems of 'Awf b. Ahwas and Abu Talib (the uncle of the Prophet).
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