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15 maps of prophetic accounts and Seerah locations.
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Madyan: Musa and Shu‘ayb
A named destination with debated geographic extent
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Madyan connects Musa’s flight and years of service with Shu‘ayb’s call to honest worship and fair dealing. The map shows a broad orientation band between the southern Levant and northwestern Arabia.
Natural Earth · Regional outlines and rivers. Present-day geography; not an ancient political or street map.
What the sources establish
Madyan is named in Qur’an 28:22–28 and 7:85. Ibn Kathir’s discussion places a town near Ma‘an on the Hijaz road; other identifications need their own assessment.
What remains unlocated
The shaded band is not Madyan’s established boundary. It does not identify Musa’s well or make the unnamed father in his account identical with Shu‘ayb.
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Overview
Prophetic Accounts
02Ibrahim: Regions of a Continuing Call
Mesopotamia, the Levant, and Makkah
3 places / areas · Geographic context
03Yusuf: Egypt and the Family’s Reunion
A named country, an unlocated well and palace
1 place or area · Geographic context
04Musa: Egypt, Oppression, and Deliverance
The river country and the limits of reconstruction
2 places / areas · Geographic context
05Madyan: Musa and Shu‘ayb
A named destination with debated geographic extent
2 places / areas · Geographic context
06Salih and Al-Hijr
Scriptural memory and a later archaeological landscape
3 places / areas · Geographic context
07Sulayman and Saba’
Southern Arabia in the account of the queen
1 place or area · Geographic contextSeerah
08Refuge Across the Red Sea
Makkah and the broad Abyssinian setting
2 places / areas · Geographic context
09Makkah and Ta’if
Rejection and a merciful response
2 places / areas · Schematic connections
10The Hijrah: Makkah to Madinah
Preparation, refuge, and a new home
2 places / areas · Schematic connections
11Badr and the Madinan Community
A named encounter southwest of Madinah
2 places / areas · Schematic connections
12Uhud and Madinah
The mountain’s position and the account of the archers
2 places / areas · Geographic context
13Hudaybiyah: An Agreement Near Makkah
Access to the sanctuary and an unexpected opening
2 places / areas · Schematic connections
14Khaybar North of Madinah
The encounter and the invitation to Islam
2 places / areas · Schematic connections
15Tabuk and Northwestern Arabia
The expedition and the three who remained behind
3 places / areas · Schematic connectionsSome stories do not yet have a responsibly plotted map
The well in Yusuf’s account, the sea-crossing point, Nuh’s complete voyage, and many early birthplaces lack a settled coordinate in the cited evidence. Their chapters remain available without assigning a speculative pin.
Explore Every CollectionMap Data & Location Notes
The country outlines (1:50 million) and river lines (1:10 million) are Natural Earth public-domain datasets. GeoNames supplies modern-city and mountain coordinates under CC BY 4.0. UNESCO supplies the modern Hegra property coordinate. Coordinates identify modern features; historical connections have separate references.
Shaded boxes are editorial orientation regions. Their edges have no historical boundary claim. The approximate distance scale uses the map center; this is a regional learning atlas, not a navigation tool.
GeoNames · Data and licenseNatural Earth · Public domain