Informed Comment

MAQAM MAHMUD مقام محمود
“A glorious station,” or place in heaven, and to he reserved for Muhammad. Is is mentioned in the xviith chapter of the Qur’an, verse 81: “It may be that thy Lord will raise thee to a glorious station.
Religious Muslims always pray that God will grant the Maqam Mahmud to their Prophet, when they hear the Azan recited. [AZAN.]

Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam