Al-???if, metropolis, western Saudi Arabia. Lying at an elevation of 6,165 toes (one,879 metres) on the tableland southeast of Mecca, it is the state’s principal summertime resort. When the seat of the pagan goddess Allat, it can be revered now as the positioning with the tomb of ?Abd All?h ibn ?Abb?s, a cousin with the Prophet Mu?ammad, and with