- Idilesi: iYerusalem, iSirayeli;
- Ukufumanisa: 705 yoKuzalwa kukaKristu;
- Umnikazi: i- Jerusalem Islamic Waqf.
I-Mosque ye-Al-Aqsa yikhumbuzo senkcubeko kunye neenkcubeko kwi- Israel , ebaluleke kakhulu kubo bonke amaSulumane. Yona yeyona nto yesithathu ebaluleke kakhulu kwiSulumane. I-Mosque itholakala kwiNtaba yeTempile, apho i-Islam idibaniswa nokunyuka komprofeti u-Muhammad ezulwini.
Iimpawu zendawo
I-Al-Aqsa Mosque eYerusalem isondele kakhulu kwenye itempile yaseKubbat al-Sahra, ngoko ngamanye amaxesha ididekile. Xa kuthelekiswa nesakhiwo esingumakhelwane, itempile incinci kwaye ingathobeki. Unayo i-minaret enye kuphela, kodwa i-mosque iyindawo enhle.
Ngelo xesha, amakholwa angama-5 000 angaphakathi. Igama lethempeli lihunyushwa ngokuthi "i-mosque ede". Kwisayithi apho kwakhiwe khona, uMprofeti uMuhammad wenyuka waya ezulwini emva kokuthandaza nabanye abaprofeti abathathu. Bathi banqumle isifuba sakhe baza bahlamba intliziyo yakhe ngobulungisa, kuphela uMuhammad wayekwazi ukuma phambi kuka-Allah, owathi wafumana imithetho yomthandazo.
Ngenxa yeziganeko ezenzeka kule ndawo, iMosque e-Israel i-Al-Aqsa inesimo esikhethekileyo. Kwaphela ixesha elide likhonza njengendawo ephawulekayo, apho amaSulumane ayefanele aphendule ubuso babo ngomthandazo. Emva koko le meko idluliselwa ethempelini eMecca.
Umkhosi wama-Al-Aqsa eYerusalem - imbali
Kwisayithi sakhiwo sanamhlanje kwakuyindlu elula yokuthandaza. Yakhiwe ngumyalelo ka-Caliph Umar bin al-Khattab, ngenxa yalo mkhosi ubizwa ngokuba yi-caliph. Amacalifi alandelayo avelisa utshintsho olunzulu kumbindi wendlu.
Ithempeli kwakufuneka libuyiselwe emva kwenyikima enamandla. Wayehlupheke ngokukhethekileyo ngo-1033. Kwiminyaka emibini kamva, isakhiwo sasivela kwisiza saye sangaphambili, esasinda nanamhla. Ngubani owakhe uMosque wase-Al-Aqsa kwindawo yesakhiwo esitshabalalisiweyo? Yakhelwe ngumyalelo ka-Caliph Ali al-Zihir. Kamva kamva i-minaret yongezwa, i-façade kunye nedome yatshintshwa.
Ngokuthakazelisayo, kukho indawo ephantsi ephantsi kwetempile, ebizwa ngokuba yiSolomon Stables. Ukususela phi igama elinjalo, kunokwenzeka ukufunda, ukuba ukujongana nembali. Ngaphambi kokuba sifune ukuqonda oko iNtaba yeTempile ikhona, i-Mosque ye-Al-Aqsa ikhona kwindawo apho kwakukho khona itempile kaSolomon. Yatshatyalaliswa, kodwa igama elisemva kwentaba lalingiswa.
Ngowe-1099, isakhiwo sabakholwa yiCawa yamaKristu ngamagosa olwabalaseleyo, aphendulela indawo yangaphakathi kwikomkhulu, kwaye kwisakhiwo esingaphantsi kwakuqukunene namahashe. U-Sultan Salah ad-Din wanqoba ummandla waza wabuyisela ukuqeshwa kwangaphambili kwisakhiwo.
Inkcazelo yeMosque
I-Al-Aqsa Mosque inesakhiwo kunye nempawu ezilandelayo:
- Kwizakhiwo zanamhlanje kukho iindidi ezisixhenxe, ezona magumbi avulekileyo, enye yazo iphakathi;
- I-facade ijongene neeplati zokukhokela, kwaye ingaphakathi lihlotshiswe ngomzobo;
- kwiMosque kunemihlathi yamatye kunye nemarblethi;
- Ukusuka ngasentla, iingcango ezisixhenxe zikhokelela etempileni, nganye kwigalari ethile;
- Isiqingatha esingaphantsi kwethempeli sibhekene ne-marble slabs, kwaye isiqingatha esiphezulu sinemifanekiso emihle.
I-Al-Aqsa Mosque eYerusalem, umfanekiso omele uyenze xa uyivakatye, ifakwe kwisakhiwo esakhiwa yiKharamal-Sharif. Ukutyelela i-mosque, kufuneka uthenge ithikithi enye kwi-Mosque "iDome of the Rock" kunye neMyuziyamu yobuGcisa bobuSilamsi.
Ithempeli ngoku kwaye iphendulela ibe yimbindi yokungavumelani phakathi kwamagunya akwa-Israel kunye nama-Arab. Nokuba uphando lwezinto zakudala, luqhutywe ngamamitha angama-200 ukusuka kumkhompiki, kubangela ukunganeliseki.
Ndingafika njani?
Apho i-Mosque e-Al-Aqsa ifumaneka, inomdla kubo bonke abavakashela iSixeko Esidala saseYerusalem . Itholakala ngamamitha angama-600 kumzantsi-mpuma weCawa ye-Holy Sepulcher . Unokufikelela kwindawo ngebhasi inombolo ye-1,43, 111 okanye i-764.