Cosmology An illustration in Zakariya al-Qazwini's "The Wonders of Creation" showing "a disk-like earth with the surrounding range of Qaf Mountains resting on the back of a giant bull (al-Rayyan), which in turn stands on a vast fish (Bahamut) held up by an Angel. This type of visualisation of the structure of the universe was not unusual in the thirteenth century."[1]
Mount Qaf, or Qaf-Kuh, also spelled Cafcuh and Kafkuh (Persian: قافکوه), or Jabal Qaf, also spelled Djebel Qaf (Arabic: جبل قاف), or Koh-i-Qaf, also spelled Koh-Qaf and Kuh-i-Qaf or Kuh-e Qaf (Persian: کوہ قاف) is a legendary mountain in the popular mythology of the Middle East. In some early Arab traditions, Mount Qaf is said to be the homeland of the jinn and was made out of shining emerald by God.[1]
^ abLebling, Robert. Legends of the Fire Spirits: Jinn and Genies from Arabia to Zanzibar. I.B.Tauris. pp. 24–28. ISBN 9780857730633.
MountQaf, or Qaf-Kuh, also spelled Cafcuh and Kafkuh (Persian: قافکوه), or Jabal Qaf, also spelled Djebel Qaf (Arabic: جبل قاف), or Koh-i-Qaf, also...
Look up qaf in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Qaf or QAF may refer to: Qāf (ق), a letter in the Arabic alphabet Qaf (sura) the fiftieth sura of the...
fairyland/elfame of European folklore. The alternative name Koh-i-Qaf or Qafkuh "MountQaf" was used by Persians both as the name of a legendary mountain...
Masnavi, e.g. in Book VI, Story IX: "The nest of the sī murğ is beyond MountQaf" (as translated by E.H. Whinfield). Through cultural assimilation the...
the Greater Caucasus range practically impregnable. The mythological MountQaf, the world's highest mountain that ancient Iranian lore shrouded in mystery...
beliefs in medieval Arab associate the earthquake with the bull, or with MountQaf. Jorge Luis Borges has drawn parallels between Bahamut and the mythical...
mentioned in the Quran. (Angel) Malik Gatshan, king of all jinn living on MountQaf. (Genie) Marid, a powerful rebellious demon, who assaults heaven in order...
Creation" comments about the anqa as "the kin of birds that lived alone on MountQaf" and "a wise bird with experience gained throughout many ages and gives...
Iranian tradition called MountQaf (Jabal Qaf), the "farthest point of the earth". According to certain authors, the Jabal Qaf of Muslim cosmology is a...
Ifrit Iram of the Pillars Jinn Karkadann Kujata Luqman Magic carpet Marid MountQaf Nasnas One Thousand and One Nights Qareen Qutrub Roc Shaddad Shadhavar...
design, with a disc-shaped "inhabited quarter" of the world separated from MountQaf by an impassable Encircling Ocean. Pinto observed that Piri Reis had reconciled...
Ifrit Iram of the Pillars Jinn Karkadann Kujata Luqman Magic carpet Marid MountQaf Nasnas One Thousand and One Nights Qareen Qutrub Roc Shaddad Shadhavar...
her husband to come find her on MountQaf and flies away with her children. The prince asks the Div-family about MountQaf, and they say their uncle, the...
traditions. It also shares many ideas and concepts, such as those about Mount Meru. The Buddhist thought holds that the six cosmological realms are interconnected...
Ifrit Iram of the Pillars Jinn Karkadann Kujata Luqman Magic carpet Marid MountQaf Nasnas One Thousand and One Nights Qareen Qutrub Roc Shaddad Shadhavar...
Ifrit Iram of the Pillars Jinn Karkadann Kujata Luqman Magic carpet Marid MountQaf Nasnas One Thousand and One Nights Qareen Qutrub Roc Shaddad Shadhavar...
Ifrit Iram of the Pillars Jinn Karkadann Kujata Luqman Magic carpet Marid MountQaf Nasnas One Thousand and One Nights Qareen Qutrub Roc Shaddad Shadhavar...
Ifrit Iram of the Pillars Jinn Karkadann Kujata Luqman Magic carpet Marid MountQaf Nasnas One Thousand and One Nights Qareen Qutrub Roc Shaddad Shadhavar...
are described as situated in darkness and contiguous to the primeval MountQaf. Jabulqa is located in the eastern-most corner of the world and Jabulsa...
Ifrit Iram of the Pillars Jinn Karkadann Kujata Luqman Magic carpet Marid MountQaf Nasnas One Thousand and One Nights Qareen Qutrub Roc Shaddad Shadhavar...
Ifrit Iram of the Pillars Jinn Karkadann Kujata Luqman Magic carpet Marid MountQaf Nasnas One Thousand and One Nights Qareen Qutrub Roc Shaddad Shadhavar...
her husband to come find her on MountQaf and flies away with her children. The prince asks the Div-family about MountQaf, and they say their uncle, the...
Ifrit Iram of the Pillars Jinn Karkadann Kujata Luqman Magic carpet Marid MountQaf Nasnas One Thousand and One Nights Qareen Qutrub Roc Shaddad Shadhavar...
The cosmic bull bears the earth-disk (rimmed by MountQaf) and stands on the fish (Bahamut). Islamic cosmography. —Zekeriya Kazvinî, Acaib-ül Mahlûkat...
Allegorical interpretation of the Bible Esotericism Hurufiyyah Isma'ilism MountQaf Muhkam and Mutashabih Muqaṭṭaʿāt Sufi philosophy Tafsir Alavi Bohras Gordon...
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