Ankhoon Main Madeena - The Beautiful Naath Describing the Feelings of Pilgrim's or Haji's.

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Al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah (“The Luminous City”) or Madīnat Rasūl Allāh (“City of the Messenger of God [i.e., Muhammad]”), ancient Yathrib, city located in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, about 100 miles (160 km) inland from the Red Sea and 275 miles from Mecca by road. It is the second holiest city in Islam, after Mecca.

Medina is celebrated as the place from which Muhammad established the Muslim community (ummah) after his flight from Mecca (622 CE) and is where his body is entombed.

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