Traditional Mosques and
Sacred Shrines

Al Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia 1889




Al Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia 1907




Al Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia 1910




Al Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia




Al Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia




Al Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia







Nabawi Mosque in Medina,
Saudi Arabia 1850




Nabawi Mosque in Medina,
Saudi Arabia




Nabawi Mosque in Medina,
Saudi Arabia




Quba Mosque in Medina
Saudi Arabia




Dome of Rock in Jerusalem
Israel




Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
Israel

Mosques around the world

The Sea Mosque - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia



Sheikh Zayed White Mosque - Abu Dhabi



Mosque Hasan II - Casablanca



Putra Mosque - Putrajaya, Malaysia



Jumeirah Mosque - Dubhai



Mosque in Mawlamyine - Myanmar (Burma)


Koutoubia Mosque - Marrakech, Morocco



Jama Masjid - Delhi, India






Takiyya as Suleimaniyya Mosque - Damascus, Syria



Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque) - Istanbul, Turkey



Xi'an Mosque - China



Mosque in Kazakhstan



Kul Sharif Mosque - Kazan, Russia



Alabaster Mosque - Cairo, Egypt



Mosque in Emirate of Fujairah, Unite Arabs Emirate



Islamabad Mosque - Pakistan



Sultan Hasan Mosque - Cairo, Egypt



Id Kah Mosque - China

Timeline

Circa

2000BCE
Birth of Prophet Ibrahim

1905BCE
Birth of Prophet Ismail

Prophet Ismail was
the son of Prophet
Ibrahim and his
second wife Hagera.

Ibrahim sent away
Hagera and Ismail
to the desert where
they struggled for
water.

Allah speaks to
Hagera and
produces water
from the Zam Zam
spring.
Genesis: 16:17

1888BCE
Kaaba the holy
shrine was built
by Ibrahim & Ismail
at the location of
the Zam Zam
spring

Surah 2:127
Surah 3:90
Surah 3:96
Surah 22:26

570CE
Birth of Prophet Mohammed

600CE
Prophet Mohammed
and his cousin Ali,
rebuilt the Kaaba
in Mecca after
being damaged by
the flood

622CE
Al-Isra - Prophet
Mohammed with
the angel Jibreel
made a miraculous
night journey from
the sacred mosque
in Mecca to Al-Aqsa
Mosque (silver
domed mosque) in
Jerusalem where
the Prophet
Mohammed offered
prayers in congregation.
Mi'raj - He then
ascended to Heaven
where he met the
Prophets: Ibrahim,
Musa and Isa
Surah 17 Al Isra


Al-Aqsa was first
built by Prophet
Ibrahim and his
son Isaac forty
years after
building the
Ka'ba in Mecca.

In 622CE following
the migration to
Medina (Al Hijr), the
Al Nabawi mosque
(green domed
mosque) was built.
In the same period
the Quba mosque
was built too.


691CE
Dome of the Rock
(gold domed
mosque) was built.
It is a shrine
located on the
Temple Mount in
the old city of
Jerusalem.


705CE
Al Aqsa Mosque was
Re-established in
the old city of
Jerusalem.



Ancient walls and Al Aqsa

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