Mountain in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt
For the Biblical Mount Sinai, and a discussion of its possible locations, see Mount Sinai (Bible) . For other uses, see Mount Sinai (disambiguation) .
"Jabal Musa" redirects here. For other uses, see Jebel Musa (disambiguation) .
Mount Sinai (Hebrew : הר סיני Har Sinai ; Aramaic : ܛܘܪܐ ܕܣܝܢܝ Ṭūrāʾ Dsyny ; Ancient Egyptian ) traditionally known as Jabal Musa (Arabic : جَبَل مُوسَىٰ , translation: Mount Moses) is a mountain on the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt . It may possibly be the same as the biblical Mount Sinai , the place where, according to the Bible, Moses received the Ten Commandments .
It is a 2,285-metre (7,497 ft), moderately high mountain near the city of Saint Catherine in the region known today as the Sinai Peninsula . It is surrounded on all sides by higher peaks in the mountain range of which it is a part. For example, it lies next to Mount Catherine , which, at 2,629 m or 8,625 ft, is the highest peak in Egypt ).[1]
Geology [ ]
Jebel Musa in the 1869 Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai, shown north of
Mount Catherine (Jebel Katarina) and south of
Willow Peak (Ras es-Safsafeh).
Mount Sinai's rocks were formed during the late stage of the evolution of the Arabian-Nubian Shield . Mount Sinai displays a ring complex [2] that consists of alkaline granites intruded into diverse rock types, including volcanics . The granites range in composition from syenogranite to alkali feldspar granite. The volcanic rocks are alkaline to peralkaline, and they are represented by subaerial flows and eruptions and subvolcanic porphyry . Generally, the nature of the exposed rocks in Mount Sinai indicates that they were formed at different depths from one another.[citation needed ]
Religious significance [ ]
Judaism/Christianity [ ]
Main article: Biblical Mount Sinai
Immediately north of the mountain is the 6th century Saint Catherine's Monastery . The summit has a mosque that is still used by Muslims, and a Greek Orthodox chapel, constructed in 1934 on the ruins of a 16th-century church, that is not open to the public. The chapel encloses the rock which is considered to be the source for the biblical Tablets of Stone .[3] At the summit also is "Moses' cave", where Moses was said to have waited to receive the Ten Commandments .
Islam [ ]
The Jabal Musa is associated with the Islamic prophet Musa.[4] In particular, numerous references to Jabal Musa exist in the Quran,[5] [6] where it is called Ṭūr Sīnāʾ ,[7] Ṭūr Sīnīn ,[8] and aṭ-Ṭūr [9] [10] and al-Jabal (both meaning "the Mount").[11] As for the adjacent Wād Ṭuwā (Valley of Tuwa), it is considered as being muqaddas [12] [13] (sacred ),[14] [15] and a part of it is called Al-Buqʿah Al-Mubārakah ("The Blessed Place").[10] It is the place where Musa went to request.[clarification needed ]
Ascent and summit [ ]
There are two principal routes to the summit. The longer and shallower route, Siket El Bashait , takes about 2.5 hours on foot, though camels can be used. The steeper, more direct route (Siket Sayidna Musa ) is up the 3,750 "steps of penitence" in the ravine behind the monastery.[16]
The last few meters of the climb up the mountain
A panoramic view from the summit of Mount Sinai
See also [ ]
Hashem el-Tarif
Sacred mountains
Jebel Musa, Morocco , a similarly named mountain in Morocco
References [ ]
^ "Sinai Geology" . AllSinai.info.
^ Hanaa M. Salem and A. A. ElFouly, "Minerals Reconnaissance at Saint Catherine Area, Southern Central Sinai, Egypt and their Environmental Impacts on Human Health" . ICEHM2000, Cairo University, Egypt, September 2000, pp. 586–98
^ "Mount Sinai, Egypt" . Places of Peace and Power.
^ Jewish Encyclopedia
^ Sharīf, J.; Herklots, G. A. (1832). Qanoon-e-Islam: Or, The Customs of the Moosulmans of India; Comprising a Full and Exact Account of Their Various Rites and Ceremonies, from the Moment of Birth Till the Hour of Death . Parbury, Allen, and Company. koh-e-toor.
^ Abbas, K. A. (1984). The World is My Village: A Novel with an Index . Ajanta Publications.
^ Quran 23:20 (Translated by Yusuf Ali )
^ Quran 95:2 (Translated by Yusuf Ali )
^ Quran 2:63–93
^ Jump up to: a b Quran 28:3–86
^ Quran 7:103–156
^ Quran 20:9–99
^ Quran 79:15–25
^ Ibn Kathir (2013-01-01). Dr Mohammad Hilmi Al-Ahmad (ed.). Stories of the Prophets: [قصص الأنبياء [انكليزي . Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah (Arabic : دَار الْـكُـتُـب الْـعِـلْـمِـيَّـة ). ISBN 978-2745151360 .
^ Elhadary, Osman (2016-02-08). "11, 15". Moses in the Holy Scriptures of Judaism, Christianity and Islam: A Call for Peace . BookBaby. ISBN 978-1483563039 .
^ "Mount Sinai" . AllSinai.info.
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