Sunday, April 15, 2012

Holy Mosque in Mecca




Majed Alharbi
                                                    Holy Mosque in Mecca
The holy destination for all Muslims is
Makah. When traveling to Makah, you find yourself thinking every moment about how Muslims traveled to Mecca in a long journey on camels crossing dessert long years ago. Every time I visit Makkah, I learned a new lesson. Many people travel to Makah every year during  the Omra and Hajj season. I hope to see soon the train between Makah and Jeddah. Makha have many attractions, such as:  Environment spirituality, Islamic Architecture, and development in economy of  Hajj and Umrah.
        First,
Makhah has Environment spirituality. It is Distinctive atmosphere of faith.  Every time I visit Makkah, I drink the water of Zamzam. It purifies me. After that, I love to pray to Allah and ask him to win in this world and the Hereafter. After that, I see people from all over the world wearing White clothes circling around the Kab’a. The Pigeons are cruising with them. It is a moments of faith that you can’t touch but feel.
     Secondly, Holy Mosque in Mecca is one of the most important places in the world that you can see the Islamic architecture .It is a part of Islamic civilization history. According to Wikipedia” The current structure covers an area of 356,800 square
meters (88.2 acres) including the outdoor and indoor praying spaces and can accommodate up to four million Muslim worshipers during the Hajj period, one of the largest annual gatherings of people in the world”. The Holy Mosque in Makah is a point of interest.  It has development in all periods of Islamic history.  One of the most important stages of development of the Holy Mosque in Mecca is during Saudi times. One of the main reasons was to provide the campus with a network of cooling systems that help maintain the quality of the atmosphere in the campus.
In addition the Holy Mosque in Mecca was developed with a total area of all the squares around the Grand Mosque 88 thousand square meters, with entrances and wide to facilitate movement to and from the Grand Mosque, as established by several entrances and exits of the floor leading to the tunnel small market has been provided with these approaches ladders fixed and mobile to facilitate the transition.
       Thirdly, the area surrounding the
Haram is characterized by diversity of business services. Umra and Hajj economy is active because the area surrounding the Haram a strategic area for the visitors. According to the report, the Kingdom receives about four million pilgrims during the pilgrimage season this year. According to sources of the Institute of the University of Umm al-Qura for Hajj and Umrah , the study showed that 75 percent of the pilgrims spending ranges between 6 thousand (approximately $ 1600) to 18.63 thousand riyals (4968 dollars).
However, the Guardian published an extensive report about the pilgrimage, the main theme is "religious tourism" is important as an input in the Saudi economy. .The report quotes official figures for Saudi Arabia's tourism revenue this year to 17.6 billion dollars and is expected to double by 2015. It is estimated to increase hotel capacity to 319 thousand rooms of 218 thousand rooms last year. Although the pilgrimage season attracts about 2.5 million Muslims to Mecca and Medina, and through the city of Jeddah, but the religious tourism continues throughout the year.
There are 1.8 billion Muslims in the world, increasing by 6.7 percent per year, mostly looking forward to perform the Hajj or
Umrah. The number of visitors to Saudi Arabia every year 12 million is expected to more than 17 million by the year 2025.
Correspondence describes a scene change completely holy city of Mecca, and describes the luxury hotel complex "Towers House," which cost $ 3 billion and the 15 thousand residential units and 70 thousand square meters of shops.
     In conclusion, the Holy Mosque at Mecca is the Islam's holiest place in the world. I like to go there whenever I can. It is the perfect place where I feel comfortable and see marvelous architecture.  I am looking forward to go to my country in Ramadan and visit the holy mosque.

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