Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque - Al Fujairah

The Pulpit

The pulpit is located in the right side of the Mehrab at the forefront of the main hall wall , As the engineers were keen on adding more steps, in order to match the height, the vastness of the main prayer hall and the large number of Worshippers, which in turn allows Worshippers to see the Imam (Khateebb) during religious sermons.

Mehrab

The Mehrab at Sheikh Zayed Mosque - Fujairah highlights the Qibla wall, directed towards the south - west, and is characterized by the richness of its curved wall which is clad in marble. As the following verse from the Holy Quran (اللَّهُ لَاإِلَٰهَ إِلَّاهُوَالْحَيُّ الْقَيُّوم) (Allah! there is no Allah but He the living the Self-Subsisting Eternal).

The Mehrab is defined by two rectangular hollows that lie on both sides of the Mehrab , with a Quranic verse from Surah Ibrahim engraved , (رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي مُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةِ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِي ), “My Lord! Make me to establish proper worship, and some of my posterity “, while above the right hollow the Quranic verse from Surah Tahrim (رَبِّ ابْنِ لِي عِنْدَكَ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ) "My Lord! Build for me a home with thee in the Garden"

Chandeliers

The 485 chandeliers were designed according to the Ottoman style, with 130 internal units, and 355 external units.

The roof of the main prayer hall in the mosque is decorated with four chandeliers, which are placed in focal locations, with a diameter of 4 meters, in addition to the five chandeliers in the main entrance with a diameter of 180 cm, and 290 cm in height while 50 wall lighting units.

The large chandelier in the main prayer hall is one of a kind in the Gulf region, in regards to its style, as its 18 meters in height, 13.5 meters in diameter, and seven tons in weight.

The Carpet

The carpet covers an area of 12,500 m2, as the most significant and distinctive element in the mosque. It was made in Belgium and its creation involved a team of 15 technicians, who used four sewing machines. They worked around the clock for 90 days in order to finish it, while the carpet assembly on the floor utilized 15 workers around the clock for 30 days.

The main prayer hall

The main prayer hall (Men’s prayer hall) is the largest in the mosque and accommodates about 11,840 Worshippers.

As this hall is crowded with Worshippers during large assemblies, religious events and prayers such as Eid and Taraweeh and Ramadan prayers, as well as the Friday prayers. The ladie's prayer hall accommodates 2500 Worshippers.

Domes

There are 65 domes , where the mosque's main Men’s prayer hall is topped by a set of domes that are based on four main pillars. The domes architect design involves one large central dome (the mother dome) that sits over the four halves of the large dome from all four sides, with each dome sitting over three halve - domes.

The main dome is 58 m in height from the floor of the hall to the top of the dome, with an outer diameter of 45 m and an inner diameter of 38 m while each of the four half domes are 32 m in dimeter, which are further complimented by a set of small domes that cover the mosques surface.

Minarets

The word ‘minaret’ derives from the Arabic ‘Manara’, meaning ‘lighthouse’ or place of ‘enlightenment; they abruptly rises in a slender and agile manner, cladded in white marble, in harmony with the design elements and the vastness of the mosque. As the mosque is characterized by its six minarets that reflects the Ottoman minaret style that is characterized with a cylindrical body (polygon), which ends with a conical pen – like shape, and is distributed as follows:

• Four at each corner of the main prayer hall (Men’s prayer hall), each reaching 100 m in height with three balconies.
• Two at each corner of the mosques courtyard, each reaching 89 m in height with only two balconies.

Arcades (exterior corridors)

The four arcades of Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque – Al Fujairah with all their decorations and esthetics add to the beauty of the mosque, mainly, because they ease the movement around the unroofed open portion of the Sahan. In addition, the arcades of the mosque played a significant role across the Islamic history in the teaching religious disciplines, as preachers delivered lessons to the students.

Lamps and lanterns were placed across the arcades, some fitted while others dangled from the domes. As for the extravagant Othman style chandeliers, they were further made of tinted glass and copper.