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Mount Qasioun ((アラビア語:جبل قاسيون), transliterated as Jabal Qāsiyūn) is a mountain overlooking the city of Damascus, Syria. It has a range of restaurants, from which the whole city can be viewed. As the city has expanded over the years, some districts have been established on the foot of the mountain. Its highest point is .〔(1:10,000, Edition 2-AMS, Series K922. U.S. Army Map Service, 1958 )〕 The mountain has been heavily entrenched with Syrian government forces since the start of the Syrian Civil War.〔Sam Dagher, 'Assad Readies for U.S. Strike Despite Delay', ''The Wall Street Journal'', Tuesday, September 3, 2013, p. A6〕 ==Religious significance== On the slopes of Jabal Qasiun is a cave steeped in legend. It is said to have been inhabited at one point by the first human-being, Adam; and there are various stories told about Ibrāhīm (Abraham), and 'Īsā (Jesus) also having prayed in it. It is mentioned however in Medieval Arab history books as having been the place where Qābīl (Cain) killed Hābīl (Abel).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jabal Qasiyun - Site of Wonders )〕 It was known for hundreds of years as a place where prayers were immediately accepted, and especially in times of drought rulers of Damascus would climb to the cave and pray for rain. Because of the murder that took place there, claimed to be the first committed, it is called ''Maghārat al-Dam'' (the Cave of Blood).〔Josef W. Meri (Trans.): A Lonely Wayfarer's Guide to Pilgrimage. 'Ali ibn Abī Bakr al-Harawī's: ''Kitāb al-Ishārāt ilā Ma'rifat al-Ziyārāt''Pg. 24-25. Princeton, 2004.〕 According to Sunni Muslims, Mount Qasioun is the site of the miḥrābs (prayer niches) of the 40 arch-saints, known as the Abdāl, who are said to pray the night vigil prayers every night. A small mosque has been built over the Cave of Blood containing these miḥrābs. Further down the mountain from the 'Cave of Blood', there was another cave known as ''Maghārat al-Jūˁ'' (the Cave of Hunger). Stories about this cave are somewhat confused. Some say that forty saints died there of hunger; al-Harawī, however, who lived in the 13th century, writes that it is said that forty prophets died there of hunger.〔 At present, the cave has been concealed by surrounding houses, but that spot is called al-Juyūˁīyah (Roughly 'the Place of the Hungry'). On another flank of the same mountain is yet another cave, which has come down in local legend as being the cave of the Seven Sleepers, mentioned in early Christian sources, as well as in the Quran,〔Quran 18:7-26〕 where they are known as the ''Aṣḥāb al-Kahf'' (Companions of the Cave). This is rather dubious, however, and it is only one of many caves in this part of the world that share the claim. A madrassah has been built over the cave, but pilgrims are still granted access. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mount Qasioun」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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