ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE

SAHN

CONGREGATIONAL MOSQUE THAT CAN HOLD THE ENTIRE MALE POPULATION OF A CITY OR TOWN.

CONGREGATIONAL MOSQUE MUST HAVE?

LARGE PRAYER HALL

OPEN COURTYARD CALLED - SAHN

FOUNTAIN WITHIN THE COURTYARD

WELCOME RESPITE IN HOT LANDS

IMPORTANT FOR WUDU / ABULATIONS

MUSALLA

MAIN PRAYER HALL

MAKHPHIL

AREA EXCLUSIVELY FOR WOMEN LOCATED AT A BALCONY LEVEL OF ELEVATED SECTIONED OFF PORTION WITH A PERFORATED SCREEN TO STILL VIEW THE IMAM

MAQSURA

PRIVATE PRAYER AREA ENCLOSED BY WOOD SCREEN

FOR THE RULER AND HIS ENTOURAGE

MIHRAB

NICHE IN THE WALL

INDICATES THE DIRECTION OF MECCA TOWARDS WHERE THE MUSLIMS PRAY

ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THE MOSQUE’S ARCHITECTURE

MIHRAB

DIRECTION OF MECCA

QIBLA

WALL IN WHICH MIHRAB IS SET

QIBLA WALL

MINARET

A TOWER ADJACENT OR ATTACHED TO A MOSQUE

WHERE THE CALL TO PRAYER IS ANOUNCED

MINBAR

A PULPIT IN THE MOSQUE

THIS IS WHERRE THE IMAM (PRAYER LEADER) STANDS TO DELIVER SERMONS ( KHUTBA )

DIKKA

A DAIS RAISED UPON COLUMS FROM WHERE QURAN IS RECITED

DIKKA IS A?

THRONE OR A LECTERN

AYATUL KURSI

IN SURAH AI-BAQARAH THE SECOND SURAH OF QURAN

QUBBA

DOMES A SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION OF THE VAULT OF HEAVEN

HOLIEST SECTION OF THE MOSQUE

A QUBBA SURMOUNTING THE QIBLA WALL