<P> Medina was Muhammad's destination of his Hijrah (migration) from Mecca, and became the capital of a rapidly increasing Muslim Empire, under Muhammad's leadership . It served as the power base of Islam in its first century where the early Muslim community developed . Medina is home to the three oldest mosques, namely the Quba Mosque, al - Masjid an - Nabawi, and Masjid al - Qiblatayn ("the mosque of the two qiblas"). Muslims believe that the chronologically final surahs of the Quran were revealed to Muhammad in Medina, and are called Medinan surahs in contrast to the earlier Meccan surahs . </P> <P> Just like Mecca, the city is closed to anyone who is considered a non-Muslim, including members of the Ahmadiyya movement (however, not the entire city is closed) by the national government . </P> <P> The Arabic word al - Madīnah (المدينة) simply means "the city". Before the advent of Islam, the city was known as Yathrib (pronounced (ˈjaθrib); يثرب). The word Yathrib has been recorded in Surat al - Ahzab of the Quran . </P> <P> Also called Taybah ((ˈtʕajba); طيبة). An alternative name is al - Madīnah an - Nabawiyyah (المدينة النبوية) or Madīnat an - Nabī (مدينة النبي, "the city of the prophet"). </P>

What is the old name of madina tul munawarh