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Medina, also transliterated as Madīnah, is a city in the Hejaz region of Jazirat-ul Arab, located in present-day Saudi Arabia and is also the capital of its Al Madinah Region. At the city's heart is al-Masjid an-Nabawi, which is the burial place of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and is the second-holiest city in Islam after Mecca.Medina was Muhammad's destination of his Hijrah from Mecca, and became the capital of a rapidly increasing Muslim Empire, under Muhammad's leadership. It served as the power base of Islam in its first century where the early Muslim community developed. Medina is home to the three oldest mosques, namely the Quba Mosque, al-Masjid an-Nabawi, and Masjid al-Qiblatayn . Muslims believe that the chronologically final surahs of the Quran were revealed to Muhammad in Medina, and are called Medinan surahs in contrast to the earlier Meccan surahs.Just like Mecca, the city is closed to anyone who is considered a non-Muslim, including members of the Ahmadiyya movement by the national government.