Before the Prophet's Hijra the city of Madinah was known as Yathrib. After the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) migrated there in 622 AD it was renam...
Before the Prophet's Hijra the city of Madinah was known as Yathrib. After the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) migrated there in 622 AD it was renamed Madinat-ul-Nabi (City of the Prophet) commonly shortened to Madinah. The name change symbolized the city's new spiritual significance as the center of the emerging Islamic state and civilization.