Muslim Travel Guide Singapore: Sultan Mosque, Kampong Glam, Prayer Hall and Muslim Heritage
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Summary: This Singapore Muslim travel guide visits Sultan Mosque around Arab Street and Kampong Glam, covering the golden domes, Turkish halal restaurants nearby, the prayer hall, mihrab design, prayer time screens, humility reminders, and visible signs of daily worship.
The Sultan Mosque is a symbol of Singapore's multiculturalism, and this mosque is indispensable in tourist brochures. So I went here on the first day I landed in Singapore.
From the main road, you can see that the Sultan Mosque actually has two exaggeratedly large golden domes (Picture 4), one in front of the other and about the same size. There is a minaret on the left and right of the two large domes, a total of four.
Before I came here, I thought there was only one dome, because it couldn’t be clearly seen from the photos in the travel guide. Seeing it in person really matters.
The entrance to the mosque (Picture 6) is not on the side of the road, but in a pedestrian street called Arab Street. There are murals depicting Malay family life at the entrance (Picture 7). There are many Turkish halal restaurants on the street (Picture 8), as well as souvenir shops. You can buy a refrigerator magnet with two Singapore dollars (10 yuan).
As dusk approached, I found an Indonesian restaurant and ordered a portion of fish balls, a piece of fish, a portion of rice, and a bottle of herbal tea, which cost about fifty yuan in total (Picture 9). In Singapore, you have to put away your tableware and put it in the designated area after eating (Picture 10).
Picture 11 shows the front of the mosque, which is very similar to the back. When entering the prayer hall, you have to enter from the right side. The interior of the prayer hall is quite large and the ceiling is very good. The mihrab niche is also decorated with Malay-style mosaic and leaf patterns, which looks very distinctive (Figures 13 and 14).
The shape of minbar is relatively simple (Picture 15).
There is also a prayer space on the second floor (Figures 16 and 17).
In Singapore's prayer halls, you can often see a display screen, which loops through some notices, recent activities, prayer times, etc. (Figures 18 and 19). The English notices in Picture 19 explain the importance of humility in faith and advocate that believers should be humble.
When I left the prayer hall, I noticed that the paint on the handrail on the right hand side had been worn down by worshippers (Picture 20).
Summary: This Singapore Muslim travel guide visits Sultan Mosque around Arab Street and Kampong Glam, covering the golden domes, Turkish halal restaurants nearby, the prayer hall, mihrab design, prayer time screens, humility reminders, and visible signs of daily worship.
The Sultan Mosque is a symbol of Singapore's multiculturalism, and this mosque is indispensable in tourist brochures. So I went here on the first day I landed in Singapore.
From the main road, you can see that the Sultan Mosque actually has two exaggeratedly large golden domes (Picture 4), one in front of the other and about the same size. There is a minaret on the left and right of the two large domes, a total of four.
Before I came here, I thought there was only one dome, because it couldn’t be clearly seen from the photos in the travel guide. Seeing it in person really matters.
The entrance to the mosque (Picture 6) is not on the side of the road, but in a pedestrian street called Arab Street. There are murals depicting Malay family life at the entrance (Picture 7). There are many Turkish halal restaurants on the street (Picture 8), as well as souvenir shops. You can buy a refrigerator magnet with two Singapore dollars (10 yuan).
As dusk approached, I found an Indonesian restaurant and ordered a portion of fish balls, a piece of fish, a portion of rice, and a bottle of herbal tea, which cost about fifty yuan in total (Picture 9). In Singapore, you have to put away your tableware and put it in the designated area after eating (Picture 10).
Picture 11 shows the front of the mosque, which is very similar to the back. When entering the prayer hall, you have to enter from the right side. The interior of the prayer hall is quite large and the ceiling is very good. The mihrab niche is also decorated with Malay-style mosaic and leaf patterns, which looks very distinctive (Figures 13 and 14).
The shape of minbar is relatively simple (Picture 15).
There is also a prayer space on the second floor (Figures 16 and 17).
In Singapore's prayer halls, you can often see a display screen, which loops through some notices, recent activities, prayer times, etc. (Figures 18 and 19). The English notices in Picture 19 explain the importance of humility in faith and advocate that believers should be humble.
When I left the prayer hall, I noticed that the paint on the handrail on the right hand side had been worn down by worshippers (Picture 20).
