المعالم

Landmarks

The places of the Seerah rebuilt in 3D as they stood in the Prophet's ﷺ time, from the sources: every measurement is cited, and anything the sources do not record is marked as an estimate.

The Ka'bah

As it stood in the Prophet's ﷺ last years (630–632 CE): the Quraysh building of c. 605 CE

The Quraysh building of stone and timber, with its raised door, the Black Stone, the Hijr, the Maqam and the well of Zamzam.

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Masjid Quba

September 622 CE (Rabi' I, 1 AH): at the Hijrah, while the qibla still faced Jerusalem

The first mosque built in Islam: walls of black stone from the lava field, a shade of palm fronds, and the qibla towards Jerusalem.

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The Prophet's Mosque

c. 624–628 CE (2–7 AH): after the qibla turned to Makkah, before the enlargement after Khaybar

The first mosque in Madinah: mud-brick walls, a roof of palm fronds on palm trunks, the Suffah, and the Prophet's ﷺ first two houses.

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Badr

17 Ramadan 2 AH (March 624 CE): the morning of the battle

The valley of Badr on the morning of the battle: the wells, the basin, the shelter of palm fronds, and the two sides of the valley.

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Mount Uhud

Saturday 7 Shawwal 3 AH (23 March 625 CE), soon after the dawn prayer

The field of the battle on its morning: the archers' hill of 'Aynayn, Mount Uhud at the Muslims' backs, the Quraysh camp on the salt flat, and the grazed barley fields.

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The Trench

Dhu al-Qa'da 5 AH (about late March 627 CE): the morning the trench was finished, before the confederates came

The trench dug across Madinah's open northern side, with Mount Sal' behind the Muslims, the lava fields on either hand, and Uhud on the horizon.

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