Masjid al-Haram
Masjid al-Haram, also known as the Great Mosque of Mecca, is a mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, serving as the holiest and most important mosque in Islam.
Photo: Muhammad Sadiq (photographer), Public domain.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Mosque
- Description: Islam’s holiest mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
- Also known as: “Al Masjid al Haram”, “Al Masjid Al Haram”, “Al Masjid al Ḩarām”, “Al masjid al-haram”, “Al Masjid al-Haram”, “Al Masjid Al-Haram”, “al-Harám mecset”, “al-Haram Mosque”, “al-Haram-Moschee”, “al-Masdschid al-Harām”, “Al-Masdžid al-Haram”, “Al-masjid al-haram”, “Al-Masjid Al-Haram”, “al-Masjid al-Ḥarām”, “Al-Masjid Al-Ḥarām”, “al-Maszdzsid al-Harám”, “El Masğid el Ḥarām”, “El-Haram”, “Əl-Məscid əl-Haram”, “Gran mesquita”, “Gran Mesquita”, “Gran mesquita de la Meca”, “Grande Mosquée”, “Great Mosque of Mecca”, “La Gran Mesquita”, “Mascid-al-Harom”, “Mascidul Haram”, “Masjid al haram”, “Masjid al Haram”, “Masjid al-haram”, “Masjid Al-Haram”, “Masjid al-Harâm”, “Masjid al-Haram Meskita”, “Masjid ul Haram”, “Masjid-ul-Haram”, “Masjidil Harom”, “Mescid-i haram”, “Mescid-i Harâm”, “Mesquita d’al-Haram”, “Mezquita de la Meca”, “Mezquita de La Meca”, “Mezquita sagrada”, “Məscidi-Həram”, “Məscidül-həram”, “Mosg al-Haram”, “Moskea Kbira ta‘ Mekka”, “Moskea Sagra”, “Moskeo de Mekko”, “Mosquée Al Haram”, “Mosquée sacrée”, “Sacred Mosque”, “Velká mešita”, “Verbotene Moschee”, “Μέγα Τζαμί της Μέκκας”, “Μεγάλο Τζαμί της Μέκκας”, “Аль-Масджид аль-Харам”, “Аль-Масжид Аль-Харам”, “Аль-Харам”, “Велика џамија”, “Заповедная мечеть”, “Заповідна Мечеть”, “Запретная мечеть”, “Мæзджыт аль-Харам”, “Мæзджыт Аль-Харам”, “Масджид аль-Харам”, “Масджид Аль-Харам”, “Масжид Аль-Харам”, “Масҷид ал-Ҳаром”, “Масҷиди Макка”, “Мәсжид әл-Харам”, “Меканска џамија”, “אל־מסג’ד אל־חראם”, “המסגד הקדוש”, “מסג’ד אל־חראם”, “מסג’ד אלחראם”, “מסגד אלחראם”, “الحرم المكي”, “الحرم المكي الشريف”, “المسجد المكي”, “بيت الله الحرام”, “حرم مكي”, “مسجد حرام”, “मस्जिद-अल-हरम”, “हरम मस्जिद”, “அல்-மசிச்சிது அல்-ஃஅராம்”, “அல்-மசிச்சிதுல் அல்-ஃஅராம்”, “காபா”, “புனித காபா”, “மஸ்ஜித் அல்-ஹராம்”, “మస్జిద్ అల్ హరామ్”, “మస్జిద్-అల్-హరామ్”, “മസ്ജിദുൽ ഹറം”, “大モスク”, “麥加大清真寺”, and “麥加禁寺”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Kaaba and Black Stone.
Kaaba
Mosque
Black Stone
Stone
Maqam Ibrahim
Memorial
The Maqām Ibrāhīm is a small square stone associated… Maqam Ibrahim is situated 150 metres southwest of Masjid al-Haram.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Haram and Mecca.
Haram
Neighborhood
Ajyad
Neighborhood
Ajyad is a historic neighborhood of Mecca in Makkah Province, in western Saudi Arabia.
Masjid al-Haram
- Categories: congregational mosque, architectural landmark, educational institution, and religion
- Location: Mecca Region, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
21.42361° or 21° 25′ 25″ north
Longitude
39.82722° or 39° 49′ 38″ east
Elevation
307 metres (1,007 feet)
Open location code
7GHXCRFG+CV
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Masjid al-Haram” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Meuseujid al-Haram”
- Afrikaans: “Al-Masdjid al-Haram”
- Albanian: “Xhamia e Shenjtë”
- Albanian: “Xhamia El-Haram”
- Arabic: “المسجد الحرام”
- Armenian: “Ալ-Հարամ մզկիթ”
- Armenian: “Մասջիդ Ալ-Հարամ մզկիթ”
- Assamese: “মক্কাৰ মছজিদ”
- Asturian: “Masjid al-Haram”
- Azerbaijani: “Məscidül-Həram”
- Balinese: “Masjid al-Haram”
- Bashkir: “Әл-Харам мәсете”
- Bashkir: “Мәсджид әл-Харам мәсете”
- Basque: “Masjid al-Haram”
- Belarusian: “Масджыд аль-Харам”
- Belarusian: “Мячэць Аль-Харам”
- Bengali: “মসজিদ আল-হারাম”
- Bengali: “মসজিদে হারাম”
- Bosnian: “Mesdžidul-haram”
- Bulgarian: “Масджид ал-Харам”
- Bulgarian: “Месджид ал-Харам”
- Catalan: “Al-Màsjid al-Haram”
- Central Kurdish: “مزگەوتی حەرام”
- Chechen: “Аль-Хьарам маьждиг”
- Chechen: “Масджидуль-Хьарам”
- Chinese: “禁寺”
- Croatian: “Masdžid al-Haram”
- Croatian: “Mesdžid al-Haram”
- Czech: “Al-Masdžid al-Harám”
- Danish: “Al-Haram-moskeen”
- Danish: “Al-Haram-moskéen”
- Dhivehi: “މަސްޖިދުލްޙަރާމް”
- Dutch: “Al-Masjid al-Haram”
- Egyptian Arabic: “المسجد الحرام”
- Esperanto: “Masĝid al-Haram”
- Finnish: “Masjid al-Haram”
- French: “mosquée al-Haram”
- French: “Mosquée al-Haram”
- Galician: “Mesquita Sagrada”
- Georgian: “მასჯიდ ალ-ჰარამი”
- German: “Al-Harām-Moschee”
- German: “Heilige Moschee”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Al-Masjid Al-Haram”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Masjid al-Haram”
- Gorontalo: “Masjidil Haram”
- Greek: “Μασγίντ αλ-Χαράμ”
- Hausa: “Masjid al-Haram”
- Hebrew: “מסגד אל-חראם”
- Hebrew: “מסגד אל־חראם”
- Hindi: “मस्जिद अल-हरम”
- Hungarian: “mekkai nagymecset”
- Hungarian: “Mekkai nagymecset”
- Icelandic: “Stóra moskan (Mekka)”
- Icelandic: “Stóra moskan”
- Indonesian: “Masjidil Haram”
- Ingush: “Масджидуль-Хьарам”
- Ingush: “Масжид аль-Хьарам”
- Interlingua: “Masjid al-Haram”
- Italian: “Al-Masjid al-Ḥarām”
- Italian: “Masjid al-Haram”
- Japanese: “マスジド・ハラーム”
- Javanese: “Masjid Al Haram”
- Javanese: “Masjidil Karam”
- Kabiyè: “Al-Harâm tigiɖe ciŋgili”
- Kashmiri: “مَسجِدُ الحرام”
- Kazakh: “Әл-Харам мешіті”
- Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Masjid al-Haram”
- Kirghiz: “Ал-Харам мечити”
- Komering: “Masjidil Haram”
- Korean: “마스지드 알하람”
- Latin: “Meschita al-Haram”
- Latvian: “Harāma mošeja”
- Lithuanian: “Mekos didžioji mečetė”
- Macedonian: “Месџид ел-Харам”
- Macedonian: “Џамија Масџид ал-Харам”
- Madurese: “Masjid al-Haram”
- Malay: “Masjid al-Haram”
- Malayalam: “മസ്ജിദുൽ ഹറാം”
- Maltese: “Misġed il-Ħram”
- Mazanderani: “مسجدالحرام”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sîn-sèng Chheng-chin-sī”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sîn-sìng Tshing-tsin-sī”
- Min Nan Chinese: “神聖清真寺”
- Minangkabau: “Musajik Al-Haram”
- Mongolian: “Аль-Харам сүм”
- N'Ko: “ߕߌ߲ߓߌߘߌ߲ߘߊ ߟߊߕߏߣߍ߲”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “al-Haram”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-haram”
- Norwegian: “Al-Haram”
- Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Masjid al-Haram”
- Ossetian: “Мæзджыт аль-Хæрам”
- Panjabi: “ਮਸਜਿਦ ਅਲ-ਹਰਮ”
- Panjabi: “ਮਸਜਿਦ ਅਲ-ਹਰਾਮ”
- Persian: “مسجد الحرام”
- Persian: “مسجدالحرام”
- Polish: “Al-Masdżid al-Haram”
- Polish: “Święty Meczet”
- Portuguese: “Grande Mesquita de Meca”
- Portuguese: “Masjid al-Haram”
- Pushto: “مسجد الحرام”
- Romanian: “Marea Moschee din Mecca”
- Romanian: “Moscheea Sfântă din Mecca”
- Russian: “Мечеть аль-Харам”
- Scots: “Masjid al-Haram”
- Serbian: “Света џамија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sveta džamija”
- Sindhi: “مسجد الحرام”
- Slovenian: “Masdžid al-Haram”
- Slovenian: “Sveta mošeja”
- Somali: “Masjid al-Xaram”
- Somali: “Masjidul-xaraam”
- Spanish: “al-Másyid al-Haram”
- Spanish: “Gran Mezquita de La Meca”
- Sundanese: “Masjid al-Haram”
- Swedish: “Masjid al-Haram”
- Tajik: “Mascidul Harom”
- Tajik: “Масҷид-ул-Ҳаром”
- Tajik: “Масҷидулҳаром”
- Tamil: “மஸ்ஜிதுல் ஹராம்”
- Tatar: “Әл-Харам мәчете”
- Telugu: “మస్జిదుల్ హరామ్”
- Thai: “มัสยิดใหญ่แห่งมักกะฮ์”
- Thai: “มัสยิดอัลฮะรอม”
- Turkish: “Mescid-i Haram”
- Uighur: “مەسجىدى ھەرەم”
- Ukrainian: “Мечеть аль-Харам”
- Ukrainian: “Мечеть Аль-Харам”
- Urdu: “مسجد الحرام”
- Uzbek: “al-Masjid al-Harom”
- Uzbek: “Al-Masjid al-Harom”
- Vietnamese: “Al-Masjid al-Haram”
- Vietnamese: “Al-Masjid Al-Haram”
- Waray (Philippines): “Masjid al-Haram”
- Welsh: “Mosg Al-Haram”
- West Coast Bajau: “Masjid al-Haram”
- Western Mari: “Масджид аль-Харам мечеть”
- Western Panjabi: “مسجد الحرام”
- Wu Chinese: “禁寺”
- Yue Chinese: “大清真寺”
- “Masjid al-Haram”
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