The mosque is the place of worship of Muslims. Masjid means a place prostration. In addition to places of worship mosques also a Muslim community living center. Activities - celebration activities, discussion, religious studies, lectures and study of the Qur'an are often held in mosques. Even in Islamic history, the mosque helped play a part in social activities until the military.Viewed from etymology Masjid means a place of worship. The root word of the mosque is sajada which means sajada prostrate or bow. The word mosque itself rooted in Aramaic. The word masgid (msgd) found in an inscription of the 5th century BC. The word masgid (msgd) means "sacred pole" or "place of gods".
The towers, as well as a large dome of the mosque, it was as a prime witness how medieval Islamic period. The mosque has been through a series of years the longest in history until now. Starting from the Crusades to the Gulf War. For more than 1000 years anyway, mosque architecture began to slowly adjust the mosque building with modern architecture.
The first mosque was established when the Prophet Muhammad arrived in Medina, he decided to build a mosque, now known by the name of the Prophet's Mosque, which means the Prophet's Mosque. Prophet's Mosque is situated in the center of the medina. Prophet's Mosque was built in a large field. In the Prophet's Mosque, there is also a pulpit that is often used by the Prophet Muhammad. Masjid Nabawi into the heart of Medina at that time. The mosque is used for political activities, urban planning, determining military strategy, and to have an agreement. In fact, in the area around the mosque is used as a temporary shelter by the poor people. Currently, the Grand Mosque, Masjid Nabawi and Masjid al-Aqsa is the third holiest mosque in the world.
Then outside the mosque was built in the Arabian Peninsula, as the Muslims living outside the Arabian Peninsula. Egypt became the first area occupied by the Muslim Arabs in 640. Since then, the capital of Egypt, Cairo is filled with mosques. Therefore, Cairo dubbed the city of a thousand minarets. Some mosques in Cairo serves as an Islamic school or madrassa even as a hospital. Mosques in Sicily and Spain do not mimic the architectural design of the Visigoths, but mimicked Moorish architecture. Scientists then estimated that the pre-Islamic form of the building was transformed into a form of Islamic architectural style Andalus and Maghreb, as an example of a horseshoe arch in the mosque doors
Great Mosque Ponorogo
After Islam spread throughout the region and is growing rapidly ponorogo then established a mosque in the west of the city center is the Great Mosque Roxburgh Roxburgh. The mosque is located to the west of the square. Great Mosque stands very sturdy and majestic mosques and functions until now have not changed from the past until now, actually stood there before the mosque is one of the mosques that are still associated with this mosque, the mosque Tegalsari before standing over the Grand Mosque of Ponorogo, but in this book will discuss ponorogo grand mosque. The location of the mosque is right in the center west kotoa together are like in other cities, the mosque has always been in the west the town square, it can be inferred from the similarity of the cities in Indonesia showed that the mosque is located in the west to indicate the direction. Great Mosque Ponorogo always exploited and used as necessary, founder ponorogo grand mosque is the son of the seven Bathoro Katong which used to be the duke in ponorogo around the year 18 .. This mosque is built like the other mosques, the building of this mosque using wooden poles to support a large and sturdy. The first building ponorogo grand mosque has similarities to the mosque tegal sari in Jetis ponorogo also bertinag wood. Ponorogo grand mosque at the center of the Muslim congregation in the area of good ponorogo Friday prayers, the feast, and Eid al-Adha, and the five obligatory prayers. Back in front of the mosque is teradapat a terminal bus stops in the city or town anatar. Once the terminal is considered disturbing presence for worshipers in the mosque ponorogo, eventually terminal evicted and moved 2km east of downtown. And the former is used as a parking station for pilgrims ponorogo grand mosque. Thus, proving that Islam entered ponorogo
