The key elements of a mosque include the minaret, prayer hall, mihrab, and minbar. The minaret is a tall tower usually found at a mosque's corner which serves as a visual focal point and is used to call people to prayer. The large central prayer hall contains no furniture as worshippers pray directly on the floor. It also houses copies of the Quran along the walls. The mihrab is an ornamented niche on the wall that indicates the direction of Mecca. The minbar is a raised pulpit located beside the mihrab where the imam may deliver sermons. An ablution place allows worshippers to wash parts of their body before prayer.

1. ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
ELEMENTS OF A MOSQUE

2. MOSQUE
MINARET
PRAYER
HALL
MIHRAB
MINBAR ABLUTION

3. MINARAT
• MEANING – LIGHTHOUSE
• SQUARE, ROUND OR
OCTAGONAL
• VISUAL FOCAL POINT
• CALL TO THE
PRAYER(ADHAN) VIA
MICROPHONE, SPEAKER
• EARLIER MOSQUES
LACKED MINARETS

5. PRAYER HALL
• THE CENTRAL LARGE AREA
OF PRAYER – MUSALLA
• NO FURNITURE, SINCE
WORSHIPERS SIT, KNEEL
AND BOW ON THE FLOOR
• ALONG THE WALLS AND
PILLARS THERE ARE
USUALLY BOOKSHELVES TO
HOLD COPIES OF QURAN
• SEPARATE FOR MEN AND
WOMEN

7. MIHRAB
• ORNAMENTAL
INDENTATION ON WALL
WHICH MARKS THE
DIRECTION THE QUIBLA
• DECORATED WITH TILES
AND CALLIGRAPHY
• TO AMPLIFY THE VOICE OF
THE IMAM
• ALSO KNOWN AS PRAYER
NICHE

9. MINBAR
• RAISED PLATFORM IN THE
FRONT AREA OF THE
MOSQUE
• LOCATED THE RIGHT OF
MIHRAB
• MADE OF CARVED WOOD,
STONE OR BRICK
• IT IS A SHORT STAITCASE
MAY BE COVERED WITH A
DOME

11. ABLUTION
PLACE
• PLACE TO WASH THE
HANDS, FOREARMS, FACE,
FEET
• IT CAN BE IN THE CENTER
OF A COURTYARD OR
INDOOR
• THIS RITUAL PURIFICATION
PRECEEDS ALL PRAYERS