al-Judi (per Islamic tradition)

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Al-Judi is, in Islamic tradition, the mountain identified in the Qur’an as the resting place of Prophet Noah’s Ark after the great flood.

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al-Judi (per Islamic tradition) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic religious site
mountain
appearsIn classical Islamic exegesis (tafsir)
associatedWith Noah’s Ark
linked to: Noah's Ark

Prophet Noah
connectedTo story of salvation of believers with Noah
culturalRole symbol of survival and new beginning after catastrophe
distinguishedFrom Mount Ararat (Biblical tradition)
linked to: Mount Ararat
etymologyProposed possibly from Syriac or other Semitic roots (scholarly view)
hasDebatedLocation yes
hasPilgrimageTradition yes (local and regional, not major Islamic pillar)
interpretedBy Ibn Kathir
al-Qurtubi
al-Tabari
linked to: Al-Tabari
languageOfName Arabic
linkedToEvent Great Flood (Islamic narrative)
locatedIn Jazira region (traditional view)
linked to: Al-Jazira region

northern Iraq (common traditional view)
region of Mesopotamia (traditional identification)
locatedNear Mosul (traditional view)
Tigris River (traditional identification)
linked to: Tigris
mentionedIn Qur’an
linked to: Quran

Qur’an 11:44
nameVariant Cudi Dağı
Judi Dagh
al-Jūdī
referencedIn later Islamic historical and geographical works
religiousSignificance site of divine mercy after the Flood
symbol of God’s fulfillment of promise to Noah
religiousTradition Islam
roleInTradition resting place of Noah’s Ark after the Flood
statusInIslam blessed place associated with a prophet
typeOf Qur’anic toponym
viewedAs historical mountain by many Muslim scholars

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Noah arkLandedOn al-Judi (per Islamic tradition)
subject linked to: Prophet Noah