On which mountain is the Cave of Hira located?

The Cave of Hira is located on Jabal al-Nour, the Mountain of Light, near Mecca.

Jabal al-Nour is a mountain in Saudi Arabia’s Hejaz region, a short distance from Mecca. Islamic tradition identifies its Cave of Hira as the place where Muhammad received his first Quranic revelation, traditionally during Ramadan in 610 CE. The mountain’s name reflects the importance later attached to that event, though the cave itself—not the mountain as a whole—is the immediate setting of the revelation.

The mountain rises to about 642 metres. Reaching the cave requires a steep hike, and the site has long attracted visitors interested in Islamic history. Visiting Hira is not itself a required ritual of Hajj or Umrah, a point sometimes overlooked by tourists who assume every famous Meccan site is part of the pilgrimage rites.

Mount Safa is associated with the ritual walk called sa'i, Mount Arafat with the central standing rite of Hajj, and Mount Uhud with the Battle of Uhud near Medina. Those distinctions make Jabal al-Nour the single canonical answer here.