Worlds Top 20 Largest Mosques

20. Al-Aqsa Masjid, Jerusalem
Al-Aqsa Masjid also known as al-Aqsa, is an Islamic holy place in the Old City of Jerusalem. The site that includes the mosque (along with the Dome of the Rock) is also referred to as al-Haram ash-Sharif or “Sacred Noble Sanctuary, a site also known as the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism, the place where the First and Second Temples are generally accepted to have stood. Widely considered as the third holiest site in Islam, Muslims believe that the prophet Muhammad was transported from the Sacred Mosque in Mecca to al-Aqsa during the Night Journey. Islamic tradition holds that Muhammad led prayers towards this site until the seventeenth month after the emigration, when God ordered him to turn towards the Ka. Al-Aqsa is comes as twentieth largest mosque of the world

A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. Muslims often refer to the mosque by its Arabic name, Masjid. The mosque serves as a place where Muslims can come together for prayer as well as a center for information, education and dispute settlement. This post features top 20 largest mosques of the world, hope you will like our effort.

19. Masjid e Tooba (Gol Masjid), Karachi, Pakistan

Masjid e Tooba or Tooba Mosque is located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Locally, it is also known as the Gol Masjid. Masjid e Tooba was built in 1969 in Defense Housing Society, Karachi is nineteenth largest mosque in the world. It is located just off main Korangi Road. Masjid e Tooba is often claimed to be the largest single dome mosque in the world. It is also major tourist attraction in Karachi. Masjid e Tooba is built with pure white marble. The dome of the Masjid e Tooba is 72 meters (236 feet) in diameter, and is balanced on a low surrounding wall with no central pillars. Masjid e Tooba has a single minaret standing 70 meters high. The central prayer hall has a capacity of 5,000 people. It has been built keeping acoustics in mind. A person speaking inside one end of the dome can be heard at the other end. This mosque was designed by Pakistani architect Dr Babar Hamid Chauhan.

18. Al Fateh Masjid (Bahrain Grand Mosque)

The Al-Fateh Masjid also known as Al-Fateh Islamic Center & Al Fateh Grand Mosque is eighteenth of the largest mosques in the world, capable of accommodating over 7,000 worshippers at a time. he mosque is the largest place of worship in Bahrain. It is located next to the King Faisal Highway in Juffair, which is a town located in the capital city of Manama. The mosque very close to the Royal Bahraini Palace, the residence of the king of Bahrain Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah. The huge dome built on top of the Al-Fatih Mosque is made of pure fiberglass.

17. Sultan Ahmed Masjid, Istanbul

The Sultan Ahmed Masjid is a historical mosque in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey and the capital of the Ottoman Empire (from 1453 to 1923). The mosque is popularly known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior. It was built between 1609 and 1616, during the rule of Ahmed I. Like many other mosques, it also comprises a tomb of the founder, a madrasah and a hospice. While still used as a mosque, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque has also become a popular tourist attraction. Sultan Ahmed Mosque is known as seventeenth largest mosque in the world.

16. Grozny Central Dome Masjid
Akhmad Kadyrov Grozny Central Dome Masjid is located in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, and bears the name of Akhmad Kadyrov. The mosque design is based on the Blue Mosque in Ä°stanbul. On October 16, 2008, the mosque was officially opened in a ceremony in which Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov spoke and was with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. This mosque is one of the biggest in Europe. In this mosque ten thousand Muslims can pray at a time and its minarets reach 60m high and is sixteenth largest mosque in the world.

15. Baitul Futuh Masjid
The Bait’ul Futuh Masjid is the largest mosque in Western Europe and fifteenth largest in the world with an area of 5.2 acres (21,000 m2), the mosque complex can accommodate up to 10,000 worshippers. Built in 2003 at a cost of approximately £5.5 million, entirely from donations of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, it is located in the south-west London suburb of Morden, next to Morden South railway station, 150 yards from the Morden Underground.

14. Masjid-e-Aqsa Rabwah, Pakistan
Masjid-e-Aqsa is the greatest mosque of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The foundation stone was laid in 1966 and the buildings inauguration took place on March 31, 1972. The mosque is the main mosque of the Ahmadiyya in Rabwah for 12,000 worshipers. The design came from the mosque, Abdul Rashid, at the request of Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad should occur in one Central Mosque Rabwah. The blueprint was already established during his tenure, but because of the Caliph was not affected, the foundation will be laid. On 28 October 1966 Mirza Nasir Ahmad laid the foundation for the Masjid-e-Aqsa. The Friday Sermon the third Caliph 31 The mosque was opened in March 1972. Masjid-e-Aqsa is fourteenth largest mosque in the world.

13. Masjid Negara, Malaysia
The Masjid Negara is the national mosque of Malaysia, located in Kuala Lumpur. It has a capacity of 15,000 people and is situated among 13 acres (53,000 m2) of beautiful gardens. The original structure was designed by a three-person team from the Public Works Department UK architect Howard Ashley, and Malaysians Hisham Albakri and Baharuddin Kassim. Originally built in 1965, it is a bold and modern approach in reinforced concrete, symbolic of the aspirations of a then newly-independent Malaysia. Its key features are a 73-metre-high minaret and an 18-pointed star concrete main roof. The umbrella, synonymous with the tropics, is featured conspicuously the main roof is reminiscent of an open umbrella, the minarets cap a folded one. The folded plates of the concrete main roof is a creative solution to achieving the larger spans required in the main gathering hall. Reflecting pools and fountains spread throughout the compound. Masjid Negara known as thirteenth largest mosque in the world.

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12. Id Kah Masjid, China
The Id Kah Masjid is a mosque located in Kashgar, Xinjiang, in the western Peoples Republic of China. It is the largest mosque in China and twelfth largest mosque in the world . Every Friday, it houses nearly 10,000 worshippers and may accommodate up to 20,000. The mosque was built by Saqsiz Mirza in ca. 1442 (although it incorporated older structures dating back to 996) and covers 16,800 square meters.

11. Sultan Qaboos Grand Masjid, Oman
In 1992 Sultan Qaboos directed that his country of Oman should have a Grand Masjid. A competition for its design took place in 1993 and after a site was chosen at Bausher construction commenced in 1995. Building work, which was undertaken by Carillion Alawi LLC took six years and four months. The Mosque is built from 300,000 tonnes of Indian sandstone and eleventh largest mosque in the world. The main musalla (prayer hall) is square (external dimensions 74.4 x 74.4 metres) with a central dome rising to a height of fifty metres above the floor. The dome and the main minaret (90 metres) and four flanking minarets (45.5 metres) are the mosques chief visual features.

10. Baitul Mukarram, Bangladesh
Baitul Mukarram is the national masjid of Bangladesh. Located at the heart of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, the mosque was founded during the 1960s. The mosque has a capacity of 30,000, giving it the respectable position of being the 10th biggest mosque in the world. However the mosque is constantly getting overcrowded. This especially occurs during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which has resulted in the Bangladeshi government having to add extensions to the mosque, thus increasing the capacity to at least 40,000.

9. Jama Masjid, Delhi, India
Jama Masjid, commonly known as the Jama Masjid of Delhi, is the principal mosque of Old Delhi in India. Commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, builder of the Taj Mahal, and completed in the year 1656 AD, it is the largest and best-known mosque in India and ninth largest mosque in the world. It lies at the origin of a very busy central street of Old Delhi, Chandni Chowk. The later name, Jama Masjid, is a reference to the weekly Friday noon congregation prayers of Muslims, Jummah, which are usually done at a mosque, the “congregational mosque. The courtyard of the mosque can hold up to twenty-five thousand worshipers.

8. Sheikh Zayed Masjid
Sheikh Zayed Masjid in Abu Dhabi is the largest mosque in the United Arab Emirates and the eighth largest mosque in the world. It is named after Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder and the first President of the United Arab Emirates, who is also buried there. The mosque was officially opened in the Islamic month of Ramadan in 2007.

7. Badshahi Masjid, Lahore, Pakistan
The Badshahi Masjid or the Emperor„¢s Mosque in Lahore is the second largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the seventh largest mosque in the world. Epitomising the beauty, passion and grandeur of the Mughal era, it is Lahores most famous landmark and a major tourist attraction. Capable of accommodating 10,000 worshippers in its main prayer hall and a further 100,000 in its courtyard and porticoes, it remained the largest mosque in the world from 1673 to 1986 (a period of 313 years), when overtaken in size by the completion of the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad. Today, it remains the second largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the fifth largest mosque in the world.

6. Faisal Masjid, Islamabad, Pakistan
The Faisal Masjid in Islamabad is the largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the sixth largest mosque in the world. It was the largest mosque in the world from 1986 to 1993 when overtaken in size by the completion of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. Subsequent expansions of the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) of Mecca and the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Prophets Mosque) in Medina, Saudi Arabia during the 1990s relegated Faisal Mosque to fourth place in terms of size. Faisal Mosque is conceived as the National Mosque of Pakistan. It has a covered area of 5,000 m2 (54,000 sq ft) and has a capacity to accommodate approximately 300,000 worshippers (100,000 in its main prayer hall, courtyard and porticoes and another 200,000 in its adjoining grounds).

5. The Hassan II Masjid
Located in Casablanca is the largest masjid in Morocco and the fifth largest mosque in the world. Designed by the French architect Michel Pinseau and built by Bouygues.[1] It stands on a promontory looking out to the Atlantic, which can be seen through a gigantic glass floor with room for 25,000 worshippers. A further 80,000 can be accommodated in the mosques adjoining grounds for a total of 105,000 worshippers present at any given time at the Hassan II mosque. Its minaret is the worlds tallest at 210 m (689 ft).

4. Istiqlal Masjid
Istiqlal Masjid, or Masjid Istiqlal, in Jakarta, Indonesia is the largest mosque in Southeast Asia in term of capacity to accommodate people. However in term of building structure and land coverage, Istiqlal is the largest in Southeast Asia and fourth largest in the world. This national mosque of Indonesia was build to commemorate Indonesian independence, as nations gratitude for Gods blessings; the independence of Indonesia. Therefore the national mosque of Indonesia was named “Istiqlal, an Arabic word for “Independence.

3. Imam Reza Shrine
Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, Iran is a complex which contains the mausoleum of Imm Ridha, the eighth Imam of Twelver Shiites and known as third largest masjid of the world. Also contained within the complex include: the Goharshad Mosque, a museum, a library, four seminaries, a cemetery, the Razavi University of Islamic Sciences, a dining hall for pilgrims, vast prayer halls, and other buildings.

2. Al-Masjid al-Nabawi
Al-Masjid al-Nabawi “Masjid of the Prophet), often called the Prophets Mosque, is a mosque situated in the city of Medina. As the final resting place of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, it is considered the second holiest site in Islam by both Shia and Sunni Muslims (the first being the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca) and is the second largest mosque in the world.

1. Masjid al-Haram, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Masjid al-Haram is the largest masjid in the world. Located in the city of Mecca, it surrounds the Kaaba, the place which Muslims worldwide turn towards while offering daily prayers and is Islams holiest place. The mosque is also known as the Grand Mosque. The current structure covers an area of 4,008,020 square metres (990.40 acres) including the outdoor and indoor praying spaces and can accommodate up to four million Muslim worshippers during the Hajj period, one of the largest annual gatherings of people in the world.

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The master is always There

A man went in a search of truth. A first religious man he met was sitting under tree, just out side his own village.
He asked, " i am searching for true master. pl tell me the characteristics,
His description was very simple. He said,
" you find him sitting under such and such tree, sitting in such and such posture, his hand making such and such gestures- that is enough to know he is the true master,
The seeker started searching, It is said that thirty years passed while he wandered the whole earth. He visited many places but never met the master,
He met many master but none were true master. He return to his own village completely exhausted,.
As he was returning he was surprised, he could not believe it, that old man was seated under the same tree, and how he could see that this was the very that the old man had spoken of
"...... he will be sitting under such and such tree ....." and his posture was exactly as he had described. "It was the same posture he was sitting in thirty years ago-
was i blind ?
That exact expression on his face, The exact gestures.
He felt at his feet saying
" why didn't you tell me in that first place ?
why did you misdirect me for these thirty years ?
why didn't you tell me that you are the true master ?"
The old man said,I told you, but you were not ready to listen.
You were not ready to come home without wandering away, you had to knock on the doors of a thousand houses to come
to your own home, only then could you return, i said it every thing- beneath such and such tree.
I was describing this very tree, the posture i was sitting in, but you were too fast, you couldn't hear correctly, you were in hurry.
you were going some where to search. searching
was very important for you. the truth was not so important.
" But you have come! I was feeling tired, sitting continuously in this posture for you.
you were wandering for thirty years, but think of me sitting under this tree , I know some day you would come, but what if i had already passed away ? I waited for you, you have come , you had to wander for thirty years, but that's your own faults, the master was already here.
" It happens many times in our life that we cannot see what is near & inside us, and what attract us, is the distant drum which sound sweeter, we are pulled by distant dreams.
Try to believe in yourself and try to see inside, you will not believe you will find a Master within you.

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8 Most Expensive Romantic Gestures Ever

1. Taj Mahal - Cost: 20 years, 20,000 workers, 1000 elephants.

Some would say that having the Taj Mahal constructed in your name would make you a pretty lucky lady. Others may point out that having given birth to 14 children means you're probably due something special. Yet others may even say that Shah Jahan (the guy who built it) loses brownie points for forgetting to start it until after his devoted wife had passed away.

If you want to build your own romantic gesture, look no further...
Small details aside, he did still get it built, and it was a very romantic gesture. And yes, it was also very expensive. How expensive? Well, it took twenty thousand workers over twenty years to build it. Over a thousand elephants were used to fetch materials. Twenty eight types of precious and semi-precious stone were used, including turquoise from Tibet, jade from China and sapphire from Sri Lanka.
Justin Beiber, eat your heart out. The most romantic gesture in history belongs to Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.

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2. Richard Burton's Massive Diamond - Cost: $15,200,000

Big enough to actually be her best friend
It didn't take twenty years and umpteen elephants to build, but it still stands as an enormously expensive romantic gesture. Before this diamond was sold, the most expensive diamond in the world had sold for $300,000 - Richard Burton paid $1.1 million (Over $15 million in today's dollars) for the Taylor-Burton diamond, dwarfing that figure.

When not buying enormous diamonds, Burton was fond of staring meaningfully into space
Elizabeth Taylor, a star graduate of the 'bigger is better' school of thought, once quipped that 'big girls need big diamonds'. Apparently, modesty isn't all that easy when you've got a 69 carat diamond weighing you down. In Taylor's defence, she did sell it for $5 million, and built a hospital in Botswana with the funds.
Who says enormously expensive romantic gestures can't be a force for good in the world?
3. Jay-Z Buys an Island, Beyonce Buys a Car - Cost: $20,000,000

Beyonce's thinking face, mid-Sudoku
Some things strike us as so ostentatious as to be plain vulgar. We have no idea where (or whether) Beyonce wrote 'Boyfriend', but we hope it wasn't on the island Jay-Z reportedly bought for her for a stonking $20,000,000. Quite why the singer is in need of an island (being neither an explorer nor a horticulturalist) isn't clear, but it definitely counts as a very expensive romantic gesture.

This isn't the island Jay-Z bought for Beyonce. And boy was she mad about it.
Never one to look a gift horse - or Jay-Z - in the mouth, Beyonce promptly spent $2,000,000 on a brand spanking new Bugatti Veyron for her lover. Maybe he'll drive it around her island.
4. The Oldest Champagne on Earth - Cost: $39,000

The world's oldest bottle of Champagne nestles next a small jar of gherkins.
As a rule, don't give your significant other something that you've just found lying around. Unless, of course, it is a 170 year old - yet still drinkable - bottle of Champagne.

It's sure to pop their cork.
Ravi Viswanathan reportedly heard about the Champagne at the auction, and thought that it would "be a fitting gift for the occasion [as] this year's actually our tenth year wedding anniversary".
The bottle of Veuve Clicquot was found in a shipwreck at the bottom of the Adriatic Sea and sold for a whopping €30,000.
5. A Fragrance Fit for a Footballer - Cost: $50,000

All he needs now is a super-exclusive perfume...
Posh spice, super millionaire, ex-spice girl and fashion 'expert', spent $50,000 on a bottle of Clive Anderson No. 1 fragrance for her well toned, football-kicking hubby. The perfume is completely exclusive, taking a staggering 6 months to prepare.

Fragrances you can afford, so the Beckham's can afford more of their own
What makes this gift extra special is the fact that the bottle is made from crystal and carved in the shape of a football boot.
6. Bling Bling Toilet Seat - Cost: $105,000

Imagine sitting your fine, celebrity bum on that.
What did Ben Affleck get his girlfriend 'Jenny from the block', J-Lo? A jewel encrusted toilet seat. Obviously wanting to grant his loved one's buttocks the very best of treatment, the toilet is encrusted with rubies, sapphires and diamonds. We're sure this gift would make Jenny flush with adoration.

What most of us have to look forward to.
The cost of such finery is a sweet $105,000. Although clearly lacking romance, it is mind-boggling expensive.
7. Melt Your Heart Igloo - Cost: $150,000+

Imagine something like this, but in igloo form.
An igloo does not sound like a very comfy or romantic gift. Yet, topping my list as king of romantic love is Seal for his gift to the lucky, lucky Heidi Klum. We're not too sure of the cost of this grand escapade, but I'm guessing that the helicopter to get there and the igloo itself cost more than the average romantic gesture, never mind the diamond.

I'd like to think that the location was a pun on his name.
Don't be fooled by the tiny, cramped appearance of an average igloo. This one featured a bed with sheets, roses, and candles. We don't think any woman on earth wouldn't brave the cool air for this winter wonderland of romance.
8. Cheeky Arena Getaway - Cost: $250,000+

Taken following a post Pokémon tantrum.
Yes, that's right; Bieber makes the cut. This young pop singer sure knows how to schmooze the ladies. He took long-time girlfriend Selena Gomez to a Demi Levato concert. The little Romeo then took her through a secret underground corridor to a conjoining separate arena. They had the entire place to themselves for a romantic meal together.

I consider this film at least a PG 13, How old is Bieber again?
After their lovely meal, they cuddled up to the epically romantic Titanic. A beautiful film; suitable for any couple.