Safa and Marwa

Safa and Marwa
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 / 21.42361; 39.82722
Naming
Native name	Aṣ-Ṣafā wal-Marwah (Arabic) ٱلصَّفَا وَٱلْمَرْوَة (Arabic)
Geography
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Country	Saudi Arabia
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]