Masjid Al Rahma - Floating Mosque Jeddah

Masjid Al Rahma - Floating Mosque is located in Corniche Road, Ash Shati District, In the western region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the city of Jeddah on the Red Sea coast. It is officially called Masjid Al Rahma, While most of people called it, Fatima Zahra Mosque. It is one of the most important landmarks in Jeddah, It is the first mosque in the world built on the sea. It featuring directly views of the Red Sea, it offers a pleasant atmosphere for relaxation and tranquillity. The mosque is called the Floating Mosque, because red Sea waters flood it and surround it from every direction. The water level gives the impression that the mosque is floating.

This mosque is the most visited mosques in Jeddah especially among the Muslims of East Asia pilgrims, where the number of visitors to the mosque in 2009 to 20 thousand pilgrims of all nationalities.

The mosque is a wonderful mix of modern and old architecture and Islamic art and it has been built with the latest technologies and equipments and advanced sound, lighting systems.

It consists of 52 outer dome surrounds the mosque as well as the main dome - the large - it has eight bases and located in the middle, and there is 23 external umbrella.

Masjid Al Rahma - Floating Mosque designed in outside and inside with verses of Quranic script in several different lines.

The main sides of the dome contain a glass that allows sunlight to pass through the mosque through 56 windows around the dome designed in Islamic style, in addition to Arabesque, inscriptions of Islamic walls and windows, and a wooden women's prayer room, it can accommodate up to 500 female worshipers. n addition to the facilities services of the mosque, where the places for ablutions and toilets and comfortable rooms of worship fully equipped.