Safa and Marwa | |
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Left: A sign guides pilgrims toward Safa Right: Path of movement between Safa and Marwa, illustrated alongside the Tawaf or circumambulation of the Ka'bah | |
Highest point | |
Parent peak | Safa: Abu Qubais Marwa: Qaiqan |
Coordinates | 21°25′25″N 39°49′38″E / 21.42361°N 39.82722°E |
Naming | |
Native name | |
Geography | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Hejaz |
Province | Mecca |
City | Mecca |
Parent range | Hijaz Mountains |
Safa and Marwa (Arabic: ٱلصَّفَا وَٱلْمَرْوَة, romanized: Aṣ-Ṣafā wal-Marwah) are two small hills, connected to the larger Abu Qubais and Qaiqan mountains, respectively,[1] in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, now made part of Al-Masjid al-Haram. Muslims travel back and forth between them seven times in what is known as saʿī (Arabic: سَعِي, lit. 'seeking/searching or walking')[2] ritual pilgrimages of Ḥajj and Umrah.
Muslims run between the two mountains, which they believe was made a ritual as a tribute to Hajar's search of water for her child dying of thirst until she found a water source in the Zamzam Well. The space between the two mountains in which the pilgrims run is called al-Mas'aa.[1][3]
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