It is the place where Musa went to request. As for the adjacent Wād Ṭuwā ( Valley of Tuwa), it is considered as being muqaddas ( sacred), and a part of it is called Al-Buqʿah Al-Mubārakah ("The Blessed Place"). In particular, numerous references to Jabal Musa exist in the Quran, where it is called Ṭūr Sīnāʾ, Ṭūr Sīnīn, and aṭ-Ṭūr and al-Jabal (both meaning "the Mount"). The Jabal Musa is associated with the Islamic prophet Musa. At the summit also is "Moses' cave", where Moses was said to have waited to receive the Ten Commandments. The chapel encloses the rock which is considered to be the source for the biblical Tablets of Stone. ![]() ![]() The summit has a mosque that is still used by Muslims, and a Greek Orthodox chapel, constructed in 1934 on the ruins of a 16th-century church, that is not open to the public. Immediately north of the mountain is the 6th century Saint Catherine's Monastery.
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