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Mountain in the Sinai Peninsula

"Jabal Musa" redirects here. For other uses, see [Jebel Musa (disambiguation)](/source/Jebel_Musa_(disambiguation)).

For the biblical Mount Sinai, and a discussion of its possible locations, see [Mount Sinai (Bible)](/source/Mount_Sinai_(Bible)). For other uses, see [Mount Sinai (disambiguation)](/source/Mount_Sinai_(disambiguation)).

Mount Sinai Arabic: جَبَل مُوْسَى, romanized: Gabal Mūsā[a] Mount Sinai as seen from the southwest Highest point Elevation 2,285 m (7,497 ft) Prominence 334 m (1,096 ft) Coordinates 28°32′21.9″N 33°58′31.5″E / 28.539417°N 33.975417°E / 28.539417; 33.975417 Naming Native name طُوْر سِيْنَاء (Arabic) Ṭūr Sīnāʾ (Arabic) Geography Mount Sinai Sinai, Asian part of Egypt

**Mount Sinai**,[b] also known as **Jabal Musa** ([Arabic](/source/Arabic_language): جَبَل مُوسَى, [lit.](/source/Literal_translation) 'Mountain of [Moses](/source/Moses)'), is a [mountain](/source/Mountain) on the [Sinai Peninsula](/source/Sinai_Peninsula) of [Egypt](/source/Egypt). It is one of several locations claimed to be the [biblical Mount Sinai](/source/Mount_Sinai_(Bible)), the place where, according to the sacred scriptures of the three major [Abrahamic religions](/source/Abrahamic_religions) ([Torah](/source/Torah), [Bible](/source/Bible), and [Quran](/source/Quran)), the [Hebrew prophet](/source/Prophets_in_Judaism) [Moses](/source/Moses) received the [Ten Commandments](/source/Ten_Commandments) from [God](/source/God_in_Abrahamic_religions).[1][2][3]

It is a 2,285-meter (7,497 ft) [mountain](/source/Mountain) near the city of [Saint Catherine](/source/Saint_Catherine%2C_Egypt) in the region known today as the [Sinai Peninsula](/source/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](/source/Mount_Catherine) which, at 2,629 m or 8,625 ft, is the highest peak in [Egypt](/source/Egypt).[4]

## Geology

Jebel Musa in the 1869 Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai, shown north of [Mount Catherine](/source/Mount_Catherine) (Jebel Katarina) and south of [Willow Peak](/source/Willow_Peak) (Ras es-Safsafeh)

Mount Sinai's rocks were formed during the late stage of the evolution of the [Arabian-Nubian Shield](/source/Arabian-Nubian_Shield). Mount Sinai displays a [ring complex](/source/Ring_dike)[5] that consists of alkaline [granites](/source/Granite) intruded into diverse rock types, including [volcanics](/source/Volcanic_rock). The granites range in composition from [syenogranite](/source/Syenogranite) to alkali [feldspar](/source/Feldspar) granite. The volcanic rocks are [alkaline](/source/Alkaline) to [peralkaline](/source/Peralkaline), and they are represented by subaerial flows and eruptions and [subvolcanic](/source/Subvolcanic_rock) [porphyry](/source/Porphyry_(geology)).

## Religious significance

### Judaism and Christianity

Main article: [Mount Sinai (Bible)](/source/Mount_Sinai_(Bible))

Immediately north of the mountain is the 6th-century [Saint Catherine's Monastery](/source/Saint_Catherine's_Monastery). The summit has a [mosque](/source/Mosque) that is still used by [Muslims](/source/Islam_in_Egypt), and a [Greek Orthodox](/source/Greek_Orthodox_Church_of_Alexandria) 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](/source/Tablets_of_Stone).[6] At the summit also is "Moses' cave", where the [Hebrew prophet](/source/Prophets_in_Judaism) [Moses](/source/Moses) is believed to have waited to receive the [Ten Commandments](/source/Ten_Commandments) from [God](/source/God_in_Abrahamic_religions).[1][2][3]

### Islam

The Jabal Musa is associated with the Islamic prophet [Mūsā ibn ʿImrān](/source/Moses_in_Islam) (i.e., Moses).[2] In particular, numerous references to Jabal Musa exist in the [Quran](/source/Quran),[7][8] where it is called *Ṭūr Saināʾ*,[9] *Ṭūr Sīnīn*,[10] and *aṭ-Ṭūr*[11][12] and *al-Jabal* (both meaning "the Mount").[13] As for the adjacent *[Wād](/source/Wadi) [Ṭuwā](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E1%B9%ACuw%C4%81&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([Valley of Tuwa](/source/Valley_of_Tuwa)), it is considered as being *muqaddas*[14][15] ([sacred](/source/Sacred)),[16][17] and a part of it is called *Al-Buqʿah Al-Mubārakah* ("The blessed Place").[12]

		- [Saint Catherine's Monastery](/source/Saint_Catherine's_Monastery), looking down from Mount Sinai

		- The mosque at the summit

		- The chapel at the summit

## 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](/source/Camel) 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.[18] It is mandatory to hike with a guide. A guide can be hired at the start of the trails before the monastery.[19] Many tour companies offer tours ascending after midnight in the dark, in order to reach the summit for sunrise.[19][20] Cafe stalls along the trail sell warm drinks and snacks.[20] The mountain can also be hiked in the afternoon for sunset, when it is quieter.[19] A small camp below the summit offers mattresses and blankets for rent, allowing visitors to sleep on the mountain overnight.[19][21]

		- North-northeast view from the summit

		- Northwest view from the summit

		- The last few meters of the climb up the mountain

		- Sunrise

A panoramic view from the summit of Mount Sinai

## See also

- [Hashem El Tarif](/source/Hashem_El_Tarif)

- [Sacred mountains](/source/Sacred_mountains)

- [Jebel Musa, Morocco](/source/Jebel_Musa_(Morocco)), a similarly named mountain in Morocco

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Coptic](/source/Coptic_language): Ⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ Ⲥⲓⲛⲁ, romanized: *Ptoou Sina* [Classical Syriac](/source/Classical_Syriac_language): ܛܘܪܐ ܕܣܝܢܝ *Ṭūrāʾ d-Sīnayy* [Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek_language): Ὄρος Σινά, [romanized](/source/Romanization_of_Ancient_Greek): *Oros Sina* [Latin](/source/Latin_language): *Mons Sinai* [Hebrew](/source/Hebrew_language): הַר סִינַי‬, [romanized](/source/Romanization_of_Hebrew): *Har Sinay*

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Hebrew](/source/Hebrew_language): הַר סִינַי‎ *Har Sinay*; [Aramaic](/source/Aramaic): ܛܘܪܐ ܕܣܝܢܝ *Ṭūrāʾ dəSīnăy*; [Coptic](/source/Coptic_Language): Ⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ Ⲥⲓⲛⲁ

## External links

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- [Mount Sinai](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Mount_Sinai#Q377485) travel guide from Wikivoyage

- [Caucasian Albanian Alphabet Discovered and Deciphered](http://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/ai113_folder/113_articles/113_zaza_script_ashes.html), Azerbaijan International, Vol. 11:3 (Autumn 2003). Six articles.

- [View *OF* Mount Sinai (as opposed to the view *FROM* Mount Sinai)](https://sites.google.com/site/stcatherinesmonastery/420Mt.20Sinai20from20the20Distance1.jpg) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20201010043315/https://sites.google.com/site/stcatherinesmonastery/420Mt.20Sinai20from20the20Distance1.jpg) 2020-10-10 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

- [Information about the town of St. Katherine and the Sinai mountains](http://www.st-katherine.net)

- [A Report on Mount Sinai](http://www.sacredland.org/mount-sinai/)

- [Old maps of Mount Sinai.](https://merhav.nli.org.il/primo-explore/search?query=any,contains,sinai%20maps&tab=default_tab&search_scope=Local&sortby=lso01&vid=NLI&mfacet=tlevel,include,online_resources,1&mfacet=rtype,include,Maps,1&mfacet=topic,include,Sinai,%20Mount%20(Egypt),1&lang=iw_IL&came_from=sort) Eran Laor Cartographic Collection, The [National Library of Israel](/source/National_Library_of_Israel).

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Stoneland') Ahl al-Bayt ('People of the Household') Household of Abraham Brothers of Yūsuf Lot's daughters Progeny of Imran Household of Moses Household of Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abdul-Muttalib ibn Hashim Daughters of Muhammad Muhammad's wives Household of Salih Implicitly mentioned Amalek Ahl as-Suffa (People of the Verandah) Banu Nadir Banu Qaynuqa Banu Qurayza Iranian people Umayyad Dynasty Aus and Khazraj People of Quba Religious groups Ahl al-Dhimmah Kāfirūn disbelievers Majūs Zoroastrians Munāfiqūn (Hypocrites) Muslims Believers Ahl al-Kitāb (People of the Book) Naṣārā (Christian(s) or People of the Injil) Ruhban (Christian monks) Qissis (Christian priest) Yahūd (Jews) Ahbār (Jewish scholars) Rabbani/Rabbi Sabians Polytheists Meccan polytheists at the time of Muhammad Mesopotamian polytheists at the time of Abraham and Lot Locations Mentioned Al-Arḍ Al-Muqaddasah ('The Holy Land') 'Blessed' Land' Al-Jannah (Paradise, literally 'The Garden') Jahannam (Hell) Door of Hittah Madyan (Midian) Majmaʿ al-Baḥrayn Miṣr (Mainland Egypt) Salsabīl (A river in Paradise) In the Arabian Peninsula (excluding Madyan) Al-Aḥqāf ('The Sandy Plains,' or 'the Wind-curved Sand-hills') Iram dhāt al-ʿImād (Iram of the Pillars) Al-Madīnah (formerly Yathrib) ʿArafāt and Al-Mashʿar Al-Ḥarām (Muzdalifah) Al-Ḥijr (Hegra) Badr Ḥunayn Makkah (Mecca) Bakkah Ḥaraman Āminan ('Sanctuary (which is) Secure') Kaʿbah (Kaaba) Maqām Ibrāhīm (Station of Abraham) Safa and Marwa Sabaʾ (Sheba) ʿArim Sabaʾ (Dam of Sheba) Rass Sinai Region or Tīh Desert Al-Wād Al-Muqaddas Ṭuwan (The Holy Valley of Tuwa) Al-Wādil-Ayman (The valley on the 'righthand' side of the Valley of Tuwa and Mount Sinai) Al-Buqʿah Al-Mubārakah ('The Blessed Place') Mount Sinai or Mount Tabor In Mesopotamia Al-Jūdiyy Munzalanm-Mubārakan ('Place-of-Landing Blessed') Bābil (Babylon) Qaryat Yūnus ('Township of Jonah,' that is Nineveh) Religious locations Bayʿa (Church) Miḥrāb Monastery Masjid (Mosque, literally 'Place of Prostration') Al-Mashʿar Al-Ḥarām ('The Sacred Grove') Al-Masjid Al-Aqṣā (Al-Aqsa, literally 'The Farthest Place-of-Prostration') Al-Masjid Al-Ḥarām (The Sacred Mosque of Mecca) Masjid al-Dirar A Mosque in the area of Medina, possibly: Masjid Qubāʾ (Quba Mosque) The Prophet's Mosque Salat (Synagogue) Implied Antioch Antakya Arabia Al-Ḥijāz (literally 'The Barrier') Al-Ḥajar al-Aswad (Black Stone) & Al-Hijr of Isma'il Cave of Hira Ghār ath-Thawr (Cave of the Bull) Hudaybiyyah Ta'if Ayla Barrier of Dhu'l-Qarnayn Bayt al-Muqaddas & 'Ariha Bilād ar-Rāfidayn (Mesopotamia) Canaan Cave of Seven Sleepers Dār an-Nadwa Jordan River Nile River Palestine River Paradise of Shaddad Events, incidents, occasions or times Incident of Ifk Laylat al-Qadr (Night of Decree) Event of Mubahala Sayl al-ʿArim (Flood of the Great Dam of Ma'rib in Sheba) The Farewell Pilgrimage Treaty of Hudaybiyyah Battles or military expeditions Battle of al-Aḥzāb ('the Confederates') Battle of Badr Battle of Hunayn Battle of Khaybar Battle of Uhud Expedition of Tabuk Conquest of Mecca Days Al-Jumuʿah (The Friday) As-Sabt (The Sabbath or Saturday) Days of battles Days of Hajj Doomsday Months of the Islamic calendar 12 months Ash-Shahr Al-Ḥarām (The Sacred or Forbidden Months: Dhu'l-Qa'da Dhu'l-Hijja Muharram Rajab) Ramadan Pilgrimages Al-Ḥajj (literally 'The Pilgrimage', the Greater Pilgrimage) Al-ʿUmrah (The Lesser Pilgrimage) Times for prayer or remembrance Times for Duʿāʾ ('Invocation'), Ṣalāh and Dhikr ('Remembrance', including Taḥmīd ('Praising'), Takbīr and Tasbīḥ): Al-ʿAshiyy (The Afternoon or the Night) Al-Ghuduww ('The Mornings') Al-Bukrah ('The Morning') Aṣ-Ṣabāḥ ('The Morning') Al-Layl ('The Night') Al-ʿIshāʾ ('The Late-Night') Aẓ-Ẓuhr ('The Noon') Dulūk ash-Shams ('Decline of the Sun') Al-Masāʾ ('The Evening') Qabl al-Ghurūb ('Before the Setting (of the Sun)') Al-Aṣīl ('The Afternoon') Al-ʿAṣr ('The Afternoon') Qabl ṭulūʿ ash-Shams ('Before the rising of the Sun') Al-Fajr ('The Dawn') Implied Ghadir Khumm Laylat al-Mabit First Pilgrimage Other Holy books Al-Injīl (The Gospel of Jesus) Al-Qurʾān (The Book of Muhammad) Ṣuḥuf-i Ibrāhīm (Scroll(s) of Abraham) At-Tawrāt (The Torah) Ṣuḥuf-i-Mūsā (Scroll(s) of Moses) Tablets of Stone Az-Zabūr (The Psalms of David) Umm al-Kitāb ('Mother of the Book(s)') Objects of people or beings Heavenly food of Jesus' apostles Noah's Ark Staff of Musa Tābūt as-Sakīnah (Casket of Shekhinah) Throne of Bilqis Trumpet of Israfil Mentioned idols (cult images) 'Ansāb Jibt and Ṭāghūt (False god) Of Israelites Baʿal The ʿijl (golden calf statue) of Israelites Of Noah's people Nasr Suwāʿ Wadd Yaghūth Yaʿūq Of Quraysh Al-Lāt Al-ʿUzzā Manāt Celestial bodies Maṣābīḥ (literally 'lamps'): Al-Qamar (The Moon) Kawākib (Planets) Al-Arḍ (The Earth) Nujūm (Stars) Ash-Shams (The Sun) Plant matter Baṣal (Onion) Fūm (Garlic or wheat) Shaṭʾ (Shoot) Sūq (Plant stem) Zarʿ (Seed) Fruits ʿAdas (Lentil) Baql (Herb) Qith-thāʾ (Cucumber) Rummān (Pomegranate) Tīn (Fig) Zaytūn (Olive) In Paradise Forbidden fruit of Adam Bushes, trees or plants Plants of Sheba Athl (Tamarisk) Sidr (Lote-tree) Līnah (Tender Palm tree) Nakhl (Date palm) Sidrat al-Muntahā Zaqqūm Liquids Māʾ (Water or fluid) Nahr (River) Yamm (River or sea) Sharāb (Drink) Note: Names are sorted alphabetically. Standard form: Islamic name / Biblical name (title or relationship)

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v t e Ten Commandments Tablets of Stone · Finger of God · Ritual Decalogue Commandments I am the Lord thy God Thou shalt have no other gods before me Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy Honour thy father and thy mother Thou shalt not kill Thou shalt not commit adultery Thou shalt not steal Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour Thou shalt not covet Topics Moses Biblical Mount Sinai Mount Sinai Mount Horeb Ark of the Covenant lid Book of Exodus The Exodus In art Descent from Mount Sinai (Sistine Chapel, 1481-1482 painting) Moses (c. 1513–1515 sculpture) Moses and his Ethiopian wife Zipporah (c. 1645-1650 painting) Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law (1659 painting) Catholic Total Abstinence Union Fountain (1876) Moses (1962 sculpture) Moses (1968 sculptures, 3/3) Media The Ten Commandments (1923 film) The Ten Commandments (1956 film) Les Dix Commandements (2000 musical) The Ten Commandments (2004 musical) The Ten Commandments (2006 miniseries) The Ten (2007 film) The Ten Commandments (2007 film) I Am (2010 film) The Ten Commandments (2016 film) Related Joshua In Catholic theology Tabot Alternatives 613 commandments Seven Laws of Noah Great Commandment Golden Rule Ethics in the Bible

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