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The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque (Arabic: جَامِع ٱلشَّيْخ زَايِد ٱلْكَبِيْر Jāmiʿ Aš-Šaykh Zāyid Al-Kabīr) is a mosque located in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. [1] It is the country's largest mosque, and is the key place of worship for daily Islamic prayers.
The main feature of the mosque is a huge dome, the largest of its kind in the country, [9] which covers the main prayer-hall. [3] Adorned with verses from the Quran , the dome has an interior height of 31.3 m (103 ft), an interior diameter of 75 m (246 ft), an exterior diameter of 86 m (282 ft), [ 1 ] and a total area of 4,117 m 2 (44,320 sq ft).
Al Ain, Abu Dhabi: 2021 [2] [3] The largest mosque in the city and one of the largest in the UAE. [4] [5] It is near an ancient mosque dated to the Islamic Golden Age, possibly the oldest mosque in the country. [6] [7] Sheikha Salama Mosque: Al Ain 2011 (current structure) Formerly the largest mosque in Al Ain. [8] [9] Grand Mosque of Dubai ...
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi. Superlatives dominate this locale. Not only is it among the biggest mosques in the world, it is home to one the globe's largest chandeliers and the planet's ...
List of largest mosques. ... Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque: 41,000 [27] 22,412 [27] Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates: 2007 Sunni: Jamia Masjid [28]
To compare, the King Faisal Mosque, formerly the largest mosque in the Emirate [3] and country, measures 10,000–12,000 m 2 (110,000–130,000 sq ft). [7] [8] The Sharjah Mosque is open to non-Muslim visitors, with dedicated spaces and pathways defined for them. The mosque is home to a large library that has many original Islamic works.
Named after King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, it had been the largest in the Emirate of Sharjah [2] and country. [1] [3] Currently, the Sharjah Mosque in the area of Tay [7] is the largest mosque in the Emirate, [8] [9] and the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque is the largest in the nation. [2]
Avid traveler Monet Hambrick, who has visited 50 countries, was blown away by Madeira, Portugal, but couldn't say the same about Dubai.