Hira Cave pilgrims, from real to imagination

Dharma Cave, the Prophet Muhammad SAW received the first revelation of thousands of Muslims to pilgrimage during the hajj season.

Auction at 03.00 the arab time of pilgrimage audit began to climb Jabal Nur or mountain light towards the location of Hira Cave located at the peak.

Hira Cave is located at the summit of Jabal Nur is about four kilometers from Masjidil Haram, Mecca. Jabal Nur has a height of 640 meters with a slope of the climbing path between 45 to 70 degrees.

Visitor observes Mecca’s landscape from Hira Cave (left) and visitors observe three-dimensional diorama when visiting Wahyu Museum in Hira Cultural Distric.

The visitor presents the Hiro Cave in Jabal Nur (left) and visitors witness the peak of Jabal Nur through the video screen when visiting Wahyu Museum in Hira Cultural Distric.

Throughout the journey, pilgrims will ride thousands of children from the bottom to the mountain peak. When performing the left direction, it seems that the city of Mecca and the Zam-Zam Tower as the Ka'bah location marker in Masjidil Haram is.

While visiting Hiro’s Cave is not obliged or even Hajj pilgrims, but for some of these pilgrims are ‘fursotul’ or the opportunity for a part of the pilgrims that come once in a lifetime.

In other hand, the Saudi Arabian government developed Wahyu Museum in Hira Cultural District, precisely at Jabal Nur feet. Visitors were spoiled by the video and digital charts of the messenger of SAW obtained wahyu and the degree of prophet.

The visitor crosses the coretan in the stone when passing the stairs in Jabal Nur (left) and visitors cross the writing on the video screen when visiting the Wahyu Museum in Hira Cultural Distric.

The city of Mecca and zamzam tower marker the direction of Kadungbah (left) and diorama of three dimensions of Kadungbah in Wahyu Museum, Hira Cultural Distric area.

If to the Hiro Cave must take thousands of stairs and witness the rocks on the left right, then at the Wahyu Museum will witness the view of the green trees and the curma tree in the platearan.

There is a hall that can accommodate about 50 people equipped with a large screen telling the story of Prophet Muhammad SAW when receiving the first wahyu, the letter of Al alaq verse 1 to 5 is equipped with the diorama of the Hira Cave underneath.

At the end of the journey, visitors can take pictures in the miniatures of the Hira Goa without having to ward the surroundings that must queue with other pilgrims praying in the cave.

The flying ride from a stone filled with coretan in Jabbal Nur and Visitor watched the game on the video screen when visiting Wahyu Museum in Hira Cultural Distric.

The visitor walks the child to the summit of Jabbal Nur and visitors listen to the explanation of the officer when watching the video screen in Wahyu Museum in Hira Cultural Distric.

So, there is a choice for pilgrims who will enjoy Goa Hira, if they want to pilgrimage then they should walk around one hour to peak, but if you want to watch through the museum then tourists can get around with a single hour duration through a video screen and three-dimensional diorama.

Photo and text : Wahyu Putro

The queue visit enters the Hira Cave (left) and a visitor photographed in the replica of Hira Cave in Wahyu Museum, Hira Cultural Distric.

The visitor prepares Jabbal Nur (left) and visitors witness Jabbal Nur through video screen in Wahyu Museum in Hira Cultural Distric.

Editor : Prasetyo Utomo

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