Where is Jabal Qaf located?

Mount Qaf

It is said that Mount Qaf is a great mountain surrounding the earth, and this mountain consists of green aquamarine, and it was said that this mountain is one of the myths of the children of Israel, as it was said that this mountain has rings of heaven on it, and its height exceeds the distance of five hundred years, while the length of this mountain is the distance of two thousand years, and that The sky of the world was raised over him, and God created a mountain behind this mountain for another sky, and continued until he created seven mountains for seven heavens on seven lands, seven seas and seven mountains.

This is what was stated in Al-Durr Al-Manthur, as it was said that this narration about Jabal Qaf is incorrect, and it is quoted from an Israeli narration. Because this narration has a break, and information has been deleted, including the basis and truth of this mountain.

Sayings about Mount Qaf

Al-Tha’alabi’s book (Brides of Councils) mentioned that Abdullah bin Salam asked the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, about the highest mountain on earth, and the Prophet answered him: “Mount Qaf,” as its height is the distance of five hundred years, its length is the distance of two thousand years, and it is created from green emeralds.

It is worth noting that scholars rejected the book Brides of Councils. Because it is not suitable to be in any way a reference for any interpretation; Because the topics of this book are inspired by myths and legends taken from false and rejected Israeli narrations, and Al-Tha’alabi is famous for not distinguishing between authentic and weak hadiths, and that he narrates hadiths and topics, and does not distinguish between heresy and Sunnah in many places.

Ibn Abi Al-Dunya said that God Almighty created a mountain called Qaf. This mountain surrounds the world, and its veins extend to the rock on which the earth is. If God wanted to cause an earthquake in any spot on the earth, He commanded the mountain to move a vein next to that spot, and an earthquake would occur in it.

Opinions of scholars

Many religious scholars have explained that this mountain does not exist, and that this mountain is one of the myths of the Children of Israel, whose sayings include many places of change, alteration, and lies, which were fabricated for the scholars and imams, and they accepted them in good faith, and were narrated because of their strangeness, not their authenticity, and what proves the invalidity of all These claims and conversations are that astronauts circumnavigated the Earth and photographed it hanging without pillars, mountains or rocks, and that the highest peak on Earth is Mount Everest in the Himalayas.

Qaf in the Qur’an

Many claim that Qaf, which God swore by in the Qur’an in the Almighty’s saying (Q and the glorious Qur’an), is a reference to the legendary Qaf mountain, and that the Qur’an lists myths and legends, but Q, which God Almighty mentioned in the Qur’an, is one of the names of God Almighty, and that it is a letter from The letters of the alphabet. Ibn Kathir rejected the attribution of the myth of Mount Qaf to the Qur’an. He explained that this myth is contrary to reason, and is one of the false narratives of the Children of Israel, such that the Holy Qur’an cannot bear the burden of that narrative.