Mehrab

The Mehrab at Sheikh Zayed Mosque - Fujairah highlights the Qibla wall, directed towards the south - west, and is characterized by the richness of its curved wall which is clad in marble. As the following verse from the Holy Quran (اللَّهُ لَاإِلَٰهَ إِلَّاهُوَالْحَيُّ الْقَيُّوم) (Allah! there is no Allah but He the living the Self-Subsisting Eternal).

The Mehrab is defined by two rectangular hollows that lie on both sides of the Mehrab , with a Quranic verse from Surah Ibrahim engraved , (رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي مُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةِ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِي ), “My Lord! Make me to establish proper worship, and some of my posterity “, while above the right hollow the Quranic verse from Surah Tahrim (رَبِّ ابْنِ لِي عِنْدَكَ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ) "My Lord! Build for me a home with thee in the Garden"