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The Modern Masjid of Peshawar:
Sunehri (Golden) Masjid Peshawar, Pakistan
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The Peshawar city is decorated
with a number of ancient as well as modern-era mosques, located in almost every
corner of the city. Local inhabitants are pleased to have Mughal-era Masjids like Masjid Mohabat Khan and Masjid Dilawar
Khan, Masjid Qasim Ali Khan in Qissa Khwani Bazaar and Masjid Gunj Ali Khan,
all located privileged the Walled City, which date back to the 1600s. Few significant monuments in the
Walled City have as colorful a history as the one at the crook of the junction
where Kasaira Bazaar meets Kucha Chabakswaran, just off Kashmiri Bazaar. It is
a lovely Masjid constructed at a slight tallness. Now this Masjid has
inquiringly-shaped round domes covered with real gold leaf and its building is
a mix of local traditions. As it has no sure architectural style to label it,
the specialists, some very trustworthy ones, do not approve of it. Others find
it thrilling and a reflection of Lahore’s open and generous tradition. Like
Amritsar’s Golden Temple, that Masjid is Lahore’s Golden Mosque, better
recognized as ‘Sunehri Masjid’. On the additional , modern Islamic
constructions, like Masjid Zarghoni in Hayatabad, and the Sunehri Masjid in the
Saddar Area, represent new efforts to figure and revolutionize on the rich inheritance
of mosques in Peshawar. While Zarghoni Mosque has been recently constructed in
the fashionable sector of the city, building on the Sunehri Masjid, not to be
confused with the mosque of the same name in Delhi Gate, Lahore, underway just
before the formation of Pakistan. This spellbindingly large Sunehri
Masjid attracts a large number of invitees, especially during the holy month of
Ramadan. The mosque in situated near Nothia, a busy market area in the
cantonment. While there is not much logged history of the Masjid available, the
commemoration on the inside and the imam (the man who leads the prayer and is
in charge of the Masjid) clarify that its first brick was placed in 1942. Though, building efforts stopped
till they began again in 1962, and ended in 1992, captivating over 50 years to
complete. This is because Sunehri Masjid has been subsidized largely by civic
charities. Even today, the Masjid is governed by an self-governing body, which trusts
on charities and the influence of overall public. Sunehri Masjid Under Creation in
1963 Today, Sunehri Masjid distances a
total area of about 18,000 square feet, and has a volume to grip about 6000 participants
at a time. It is built in a characteristic Mughal style with red bricks, arcs,
domes and piercing cupolas on top of the minarets. The highest minaret of the
masjid is 128 feet. During the month of Ramadan,
Muslims global spend the month fasting and praying. Masjid become sparkling
centers of action, and gleam with lights all through the night as worshippers
make their means there. It is not infrequent to see people served free iftar,
the dusk meal which ends the fast, trailed by dinner. A scene of the Courtyards from
Inside specially in Ramadan Conferring to locals, the free iftar
at Sunehri Masjid was happening three years ago by Malik Amir, a volunteer, who
prepares food at home for about 100 people every day. Last year, the number of
people who joined the Masjid for iftar amplified up to 300. Such points are common throughout
the last days of Ramadan, when people devote longer period in the Masjid and give
gamely to assistance. These nights start with a recitation of the Quran during
late night, pos-iftar Tarawih prayers (an non-compulsory, extra prayer
especially for Ramadan), and recite praises to Allah Almighty, which is named a
Hamd and to the Prophet (PBUH), which is named a Naat. There are public
supplications for peacetime and steadiness in the public and country overall.
Many offers step forward during these days to serve the people. Many people
from the close neighborhoods chip in economically, and serve their community
during this month. The Main Prayer Area Additional stimulating inheritance
of this Masjid is that it has shaped a safe space for women to pray, which is
not as joint in other Masjid around the city. Since the late 90’s, Sunehri Masjid
takes needed a distinct section where women offer prayers and listen to Friday addresses.
Though, due to the relatively new deteriorating circumstances of safety, women
have not been allowable to enter the Masjid for safety concerns. In March 2020, after 23 years,
this similar space in the Masjid was revived for women to offer prayers, particularly
the Friday prayer and the two major Eid prayers. The Masjid imam, Muhammad
Ismail, told the broadcasting that the conclusion was taken just days before
the Global Women's Day, as threats of violence no longer loomed over the city.
This decision was meant to facilitate women who wish to achieve religious errands
as a group, without fear of ferocity or misbehavior. On the first day of this verdict,
the local management in Peshawar showed a banner convivial women worshipers,
and showing them instructions to their chosen area. Initially around 20 women
offered Friday prayers, but the numbers have been snowballing since. For now,
up to 150 women are able to offer their prayers and listen to the addresses.
This is a pronouncement welcomed enthusiastically by the people of Peshawar. Inside the Mosque Masjids are not just houses of adoration,
but public spaces which imitate the wants and approaches of their public.
Sunehri Masjid has a sole example of the way in which Masjid in (KPK) can
become places of public and enclosure. The Masjid may not have much written past
material available about it, but continues to carry position for the people of
Saddar, Peshawar, as an easily available area for religious worship. The strategy of the Masjid needs
some explanation. The supports ending in a lotus shape certainly does provide
sights of Hindu-Sikh building but then the vaults are more round with plant
creations. Fundamentalists do not like the enterprise while others find the
merger of several sub-continental civilizations a beautiful mix. In all features,
it is a lovely building. Today the Masjid is a safe tribute
and, ironically, as one newspaper report tells us, after the devotions the
doors are locked to keep the travelers away. Why this occurs, need examination.
The busy bazaar surely does not mean that travelers and visitors, let alone
those eager to noiselessly pray, are rejected from staying this beautiful
significant Masjid. Near the Masjid constructed by Wazir Khan is nearing its preservation and it would not be a bad idea for the
specialists to appointment Sunehri Masjid so as to put forth a strategy to
further recover circumstances within the Masjid. There is a lot of effort to be
assumed inside the ceilings as well as on the walls. The excellence of work in
the larger Masjid nearby can surely be lengthy to this historic Masjid. Disclaimer: Please note that the
information cited in this blog has been obtained from the official website and
Facebook page Sunehri Masjid. Note: All the images have been
traced from the official face book page of Sunehri Masjid. |
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