Islamic Architecture | MCQs

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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.

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The Al-Masjid an-Nabawi is the second mosque built by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in Medina

مسجد نبوی is a mosque in the city of Madina in the Saudi region of the Hejaz

مسجد نبوی the second largest mosque and the holiest site in Islam

The construction of مسجد نبوی started in: 1 Hijir

مسجد نبوی was built by the Holy Prophet (PBUH) himself, next to the house in 622 AD (first Hijri).

On 29th Hijrah was مسجد نبوی expanded

Height: 104 m

Burials: Abu Bakr, Umar

Minaret(s): 10

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مدینہ منورہ کے قریب ایک قصبہ تھا جس کا نام قبا تھا، جہاں مسجد کی تعمیر کی گئ قصبہ کی مناسبت سے مسجد کا نام مسجد قباء رکھا گیا۔

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RY 13-01-2023

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The Grand Jamia Mosque in Bahria Town, Karachi, was started in 2015.

Construction was completed in nearly 2022.

Famous Pakistani architect Nayyar Ali Dada designed the Grand Jamia Masjid Karachi.

Grand Jamia Mosque, Karachi also known as Bahria Town Jamia Masjid Complex is a cultural complex under construction in Bahria Town Karachi, Pakistan.

When completed, the complex will include Pakistan’s largest and world’s third largest mosque according to capacity.

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The Great Mosque in Damascus, also known as the Umayyad Mosque, is the earliest surviving stone mosque built by the Umayyad Caliph Al Waleed I (Waleed bin Abdul Malik) between 705 and 715 AD.

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