Islamic Architecture | MCQs

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• Masjid-e-Quba is the first mosque in the history of Islam, built after Prophet Muhammad (SAW) arrived in Madina.
• Masjid-ul-Haram is the first mosque on the surface of the earth.
• Masjid-ul-Aqsa, built by Prophet Solomon (AS), was the first mosque constructed on the surface of the earth.

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Masjid Mahabat Khan is located in:Peshawar

Mahabat Khan masjid is a 17th-century Mughal-era mosque

Mosque Mahabat Khan was built in 1630 and completed in 1670.

Mahabat Khan Mosque build by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan

Mosque name is related to Mughal Governor Peshawar “Nawab Mahabat Khan bin Ali Mardan Khan”.

Mahabat Khan Mosque destroyed by great fire in June 1895.

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• Sulaiman (A.S) founded the famous Mosque Al-Aqsa
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• Masjid E Aqsa is considered as Second Mosque of Islam after Masjid E Al-Haram.
  
  
• The Mausoleum of Prophet Sulaiman (PBUH) can be found within the compound of Masjid-Al-Aqsa and is said to be the place where he passed away while leaning on his staff.

Hazrat Sulaiman (AS)

• Prophet Sulaiman (PBUH) was the youngest son of Prophet Dawood (PBUH) and was born in Jerusalem.
• Allah (SWT) bestowed him with many gifts, including the ability to speak to animals and control Jinns
  
  

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The Shah Jahan Mosque is also known as the Jamia Masjid of Thatta.

It was built by Shah Jahan.

It's construction started in 1647 and completed in 1659.

Shah Jahan also constructed the Shalimar Bagh.

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Masjid e Qiblatain is a place where Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H)  change his direction (Qibla) from Masjid e Aqsa to Masjid ul Haraam during the Zohar namaz.

Masjid al-Qiblatain is one of the three oldest mosques in Islamic history

Masjid al-Qiblatain has 2 Dome's

Masjid al-Qiblatain has 2 Minare's

it was built by Abraham and Ishmael

Masjid al-Qiblatain first Opened: 1987

Now the Founder of Masjid al-Qiblatain is : Sawad ibn Ghanam ibn Ka'ab

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The Great Mosque of Damascus is also known as the Umayyad Mosque.

It was built by the Umayyad Caliph al-Walīd I between 705 and 715 CE.

It is located in the old city of Damascus.

It is the capital of Syria.

It is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world.

The mosque opened in 715 AD.

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masjid e khief is located in Minna

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Al-Khayf Mosque is the most important mosque in the land of Mina in Mecca

where the Prophet  performed prayer and delivered one of the speeches of Hajjat al-Wada' 

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In masjid e chief almost 70 prophets are buried

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Kiswah is the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

It is draped annually on the 9th day of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah, the day pilgrims leave for the plains of Mount Arafat during the Hajj.

The term kiswah is Arabic for 'pall', the cloth draped over a casket.