Grand Mosque in Kuwait

From the Kuwait Travel Guide, you'll come to know that the Grand Mosque in Kuwait is located on the Arabian Gulf Street opposite to Al- Seif Palace. It is considered to be the largest and most modern of the mosques in this region, decorated with Islamic designs and calligraphy both on the inside and outside. The mosque covers a vast area of forty five thousand square meters and the building itself stands an area of twenty thousand square meters of space. The rest of the compound area is decorated with gardens displaying varieties of flowers, palm trees, planes fountains and waterfalls. On the eastern side of this magnanimous mosque is a courtyard of sixty five hundred square meters.

The design of Grand Mosque in Kuwait reflects the impact of both Islamic and traditional architectural heritage and is also inspired by the local Arabic construction style. The facade of the Mosque is done up with natural stones with varying shades whereas the interiors are adorned with high quality marble and natural stone. The niches of the Mosque are lined with Moroccan tiles of geometrical patterns in rich colors.

Further the Grand Mosque in Kuwait has 21 doors made of Al-sag or teak wood inscribed with Islamic geometrical patterns and verses from holy Quran. When the muezzin calls the men to offer namaaz, the main prayer court at one time accommodates nearly ten thousand men. Besides, the Friday prayer and the two Eids, other ceremonial religious functions are also observed in this court whereas the daily prayers are offered in the special court attached to the mosque and which can hold up to five hundred people at a time. Another distinct feature of this mosque is that there is an additional prayer court for women with separate entrance at the southern wall of the mosque that can hold up to nine hundred and fifty worshippers.