Tag: Makkah

  • Mecca: Facts about the Global Muslim Grand Mosque 

    Mecca: Facts about the Global Muslim Grand Mosque 

     

     

    The Grand Mosque of Mecca tops the list of the most expensive buildings on Earth built at a cost of $ 100 Billion.
    Size: One million (1,000,000) square meters Capacity:

    Can accommodate two (2) million people

    Receives twenty (20) million visitors annually

    Open twenty -four (24) hours.It has never been completely closed in over 1400 years

    Has 1800 cleanersHas 40 electric sanitary cleaning cars

    Has 60 electric sanitary machines to clean open courtyards

    Has 2000 Sanitary barrels spread throughout the premises

    Floor covered with 40000 carpets (longer than the distance between Jeddah and Makkah (79km))

    1300 toilets, cleaned four (4) times/6 hours daily

    25000 water dispensers (one of the largest water dispensing systems in the world)

    100 random samples of drinking water are inspected daily

    Excess water from Zamzam Well is stored in storage tanks with a capacity of 1,700,000 (1.7 million), water bottles (capacity 10 liters)

    HARAMAIN recitation service: broadcast recitation of the Quran; 24/7; recitation using all ten (10) recognized methods of recitation of the Qur’an; more than 500,000 (half a million) episodes in 180 countries have been aired in three (3) years.

    More than 2,000 safety deposit boxes (to keep personal belongings safe)

    Hundreds of air conditioning units (for cooling) are scattered inside the Mosque.

    The floor of the Mosque reflects light and heat thus improving the regulation of heat in the premises.

    Electronic Tour guide application that can show the location of any part of the Mosque.

    Detailed and highly efficient audio system:

    The sound system in the Grand Mosque is one of the largest and most complex sound systems in the world,

    Audio system error margin: 0%

    6000 speakers

    Four (4) different audio systems

    Fifty (50) sound engineering personnel

    Copies of the Quran are translated into 65 different languages

    Translation of each Friday sermon into five (5) different languages

    Services/facilities for the disabled

    10,000 regular wheelchairs available for use, free of charge, 400 electronically guided wheelchairs available, Automatic wheelchairs (2 wheels and 3 wheels)

    RAMADAN special services

    4 million free meals for breaking fast every day, throughout Ramadan

    5,000,000 dates (seed discarded) are distributed in the mosque area every day during Ramadan

    After breaking fast, remove food and equipment to clean the place of Maghrib prayer (Sallah) is done in two minutes only

    SUBAHANALLAH .🤍🙏👏