The Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque ( ms, Masjid Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin) or the Iron Mosque ( ms, Masjid Besi) is the second principal mosque in

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after

Putra Mosque The Putra Mosque ( ms, Masjid Putra) is the principal mosque of Putrajaya, Malaysia. Construction of the mosque began in 1997 and was completed two years later. It is located on Putra Square and is adjacent to man-made Putrajaya Lake. The pin ...

. It is located in Putrajaya's Precinct 3, opposite the Palace of Justice and next to

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, a religious authority headquarters. Construction began since April 2004 and was fully completed on August 2009. It was officially opened by the 13th

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Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Al-Wathiqu Billah Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin ibni Almarhum Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah ( Jawi: ; born 22 January 1962) is the 18th and current Sultan of Terengganu. He served as the 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the constitutio ...

on 11 June 2010. The mosque was built to cater to approximately 24,000 residents including the government servants working around the city center as well as areas within Precincts 2, 3, 4 and 18. Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque's area is twice that of

, which is located 2.2 kilometres north.

Features

The "Iron Mosque" features a

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system, and fans or an

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system. The mosque employs "architectural wire mesh" imported from

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and

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, which is also constructed at the

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and the

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. The main entrance is strengthened with glass reinforced concrete to increase the integrity of the structure and uses fine glass to create an illusion of a white mosque from afar. The path towards the mosque crosses a

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known as the Kiblat Walk which stretches an area of 13,639 m². This skyway contains landscaping adapted from the ancient castles of

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. The interior is decorated with Al-Asmaul-Husna calligraphy of the

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variation. The entrance to the main prayer hall is adorned with verse 80 of

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from the

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. There is a

mihrab Mihrab ( ar, محراب, ', pl. ') is a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the ''qibla'', the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca towards which Muslims should face when praying. The wall in which a ''mihrab'' appears is thus the "qibla w ...

wall made of 13-meter-high glass panel imported from Germany inscribed with two verses from Sura

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on the right and Sura

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on the left. The mihrab wall is designed so that no light will be reflected, creating an illusion that the verses are floating on air. The 40-feet-long edges of the mosque's roof are able to shelter the people praying outside of the main prayer hall from rain.

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Masjid Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin
{{Mosques in Malaysia Mosques in Putrajaya 2010 establishments in Malaysia Mosques completed in 2009 Mosque buildings with domes

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