Qaf Mountain: Myth or Reality Evaluating the Statusof Qaf Mount in Tafsir and Hadith Texts

Qaf Mountain is a familiar name which has emerged in myths and literary works of nations a long time ago and has an important status in non-Islamic texts. In the world of Islam, this idea has gone beyond the borders of poetry and mysticism and has found its way into the hadith and tafsir texts. Taking into consideration the history of belief in the existence of Qaf Mountain in myths and other religion texts, it is concluded that probably this has roots in the non-Islamic religions and cultures has come into the Islamic texts. Analysis and criticism of tafsir and hadith text forms the base of this research.