Masjid Pics Thread...

[strivingobserver98]

The Badshahi Mosque or 'Emperor's Mosque' in Lahore, Pakistan. Can you believe this was built in 1673 :O?

 

[waji]

Masjid Al Aqsa .

That isn't Masjid Al Aqsa

 

[Insaanah]

Masjid Al Aqsa .

That isn't Masjid Al Aqsa

Masjid ul Aqsa isn't just the building with the yellow dome. (Qubbat al sukhra)

Masjid ul Aqsa isn't just the building with the black/grey dome. (Qibly Masjid)

Masjid ul Aqsa, isn't a building made of bricks and mortar with a dome on top.

Masjid ul Aqsa/the al-Aqsa sanctuary, refers to the whole area, in which those two mosques (and others) are located. There are multiple mosques on the site that we know as Masjid ul Aqsa. We think of Masjid ul Aqsa as the building with the black dome at the southernmost corner of the Mosque. In actual fact, that is the Qibly mosque – so called because it is the closest to the Qibla. The whole mount is Masjid ul Aqsa and is sometimes referred to the Haram Al-Sharif to prevent confusion. But there are other mosques present on the site which are usually connected to historical incidents e.g. the Buraq masjid, the Marwani masjid and more.

Some people refer to the black dome mosque as Masjid al Aqsa, and the whole area as the al-Aqsa sanctuary, in order to distinguish between the two.

The pictures below show what al Aqsa is:

If you go there and ask our Palestinian brothers and sisters, where is Masjid ul Aqsa, they won't point to the mosque with the yellow dome, they won't point to the mosque with the black dome, they will gesture all around and say, "kulluhu al Aqsa" (All of it is al Aqsa). The whole area, including the mosques within it, is al Aqsa.

http://muslimmatters.org/2014/02/14/8-things-didnt-know-masjid-al-aqsa/

http://www.foa.org.uk/uploads/LF_115_COAv2.pdf

 

[strivingobserver98]

Sultan-Salahuddin-Abdul-Aziz-Mosque, Malaysia

Badshahi Mosque, Pakistan

Nur-Astana Mosque, Kazakhstan

Iron Mosque, Malaysia

Sanaa Al Saleh Mosque, Yemen

 

[strivingobserver98]

Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Turkey

Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque, Chechnya

Faisal Mosque, Pakistan

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi

Qolsharif Mosque, Kazan Russia

 

[strivingobserver98]

Makkah

Siddiqua Fatima Zahra Mosque in Kuwait. Love the lights!

 

[strivingobserver98]

Hassan II Mosque in Morocco. Isn't this the worlds tallest Mosque?

The Assyakirin Mosque in Kuala Lumpur. Looks sleek and modern.

 

[strivingobserver98]

No words for this.. Simply amazing!

 

[strivingobserver98]

The city of Madinah, Saudi Arabia in 1917.

Under Ottoman rule in 1917.

City of Madinah 2015 .

 

[lonewolf007]

wow subhan'Allah beautiful mosques around the globe, just truly amazing

 

[strivingobserver98]

Faisal Mosque in Pakistan

 

[strivingobserver98]

A rainy day in makkah, with a little bird watching .

 

[strivingobserver98]

I'm not sure where this is, does anyone know?

 

[strivingobserver98]

The iconic Great Mosque of Tuban, Indonesia

 

[ardianto]

I'm not sure where this is, does anyone know?

Dongguan great mosque at Xining, China.

http://www.china.org.cn/travel/gallery/2009-08/21/content_18378454.htm

 

[sister herb]

The iconic Great Mosque of Tuban, Indonesia

They use a lot of colors.

 

[ardianto]

They use a lot of colors.

Psshh, ... psshh ..... people in Indonesia call Tuban great mosque as "Masjid Disneyland".

 

[strivingobserver98]

Psshh, ... psshh ..... people in Indonesia call Tuban great mosque as "Masjid Disneyland".

So is the inside colourful too? Would be a big distraction while praying salah.

 

[sister herb]

Psshh, ... psshh ..... people in Indonesia call Tuban great mosque as "Masjid Disneyland".

Yes, this idea came to my mind at the first. It looked like some fairytale castle - loved of every little girls.

 

[ardianto]

So is the inside colourful too? Would be a big distraction while praying salah.

Not so colorful. Here, the interior.