Better Option And Visit To Faisal Mosque Islamabad

 

 Weather  is being  sweet  since  previous few days  for unknown  reason . Winters  are  short  and mild here in southern part of Pakistan . September  is starting point  of spring like weather before winters .My hearts find it enough to be happy and grateful  for this short period given to me called life which no one knows when will end suddenly without giving any warning :)

Being human being all i can do is try  to make my existence successful  by  staying on  side  where Creator has promised he will take care of me .Second thing i can do is to wait for my turn  calmly until something bad happens to me in this unpredictable weird place called world.

All i care about to stay positive with faith i have on my Maker and encourage all i love to do so as no other option seems better or reliable .

 Okay  i enough followed my habit of saying blah blah ,now to the post which  was postpones twice this week due to guests .

We  visited  Faisal  mosque during our stay  in Islamabad .Sharing some images  to give you glimpse 

Faisal mosque is  fifth largest mosque  in the world ,it is situated in the foothills of margalla hills Islamabad ,these are the westernmost  hills of Himalayas ,it's area is 33 acres and 10,000 worshipers can say their prayers at one time . It was around 5 pm when we arrived .i tried to take photos from each aspect this time so i can share  broadness and beauty of this magnificent mosque with you ,day was hot and humid but as sun downed all seemed cool and soothing despite of all the crowd ,it was second day after lock down lifted 

situation  of this mosque brings deep spirituality  when one gets there ,soothing lush hills  around relate so beautifully with the call of worship , i think nature's call to prayer makes each breath "worship" 

 

designed by a Turkish architecture Vedat Dalokay mosque broadens one's horizons with it's unconventional and astonishing  beauty ,it is hard to not awe and wonder how it was done with such excellence ,In Pakistan Faisal mosque is one of the most famous tourist destination and going there during each visit seems privilege , visit by people remains arbitrary round the clock  though number increases after sunset 

stone seats for visitors on some points though people mostly try to walk within  all the beautiful parts ,some like to walk over grass bare feet , most of people  spend  more time in taking selfies and photos (like me ) 

and like my elder son ,he was taking photos of his father constantly for facebook (that's what he said ) he was refusing when i tried to take his so i did not waste moment and capture him while clicking, teenagers are hard task indeed :) 

lawn along with mosque yard is huge ,we hardly explored it's front part ,and as usual captured some light moments :) life seems perfect when we see our loved ones smile ,though right next day hubby felt pain in stomach and long stressful process of hospital visits and tests got along , all is well if end is well so thanks to Lord that he felt better with each day after week and life smiled for us once again thankfully!

as it was getting dark people were storming to the mosque ,it was hard to find place with few visitors , if it was closed place ,voices that people made would have spoiled the ear for sure specially children ,but i was not upset with crowd this time ,i could relate to their excitement  after long annoying restrictions

you can sea image beaded with heads , it was first time i saw such crowd in mosque , it was time for call to prayer ,we sat aside  and absorbed that precious peaceful moment it was calm when call to prayer started immediately ,most of people headed to area where prayer was about to start 

Hubby and my younger son too joined them ,me and my young son waited for them while inhaling the sudden quietness and peace in the mosque ,it was divine moment 

 lights of  the mosque lit and seemed prays rising from praying hearts , absolute peace took away all the worldly thoughts for while , i felt my soul connected to my Creator deeply ,strongly ,divinely ,i wanted that moment to last longer but prayer finished and hubby and my son returned  and we had to leave for market and then for hotel for dinner 

i wondered how many such times do we get during our life when we can not just see or live life but Feel it !?

this time our visit to mosque was truly spiritual experience and i wish i can have it in future soon ,standing majestically among hills Faisal mosque invites visitors to bath their souls i believe 

Note 

Precious friends back in my native village a bad accident has happened recently ,i was informed yesterday and am in still shock ,a young girl was murdered by her own brother for the name sake of honor ,it is grieving and painful that such things still happens in this world .I will share details in some next post hopefully. Thoughts about her mother bursts my heart with pain who was my childhood friend ,hope you will pray for her so her heart can find peace ,amen!

blessings to all of you !please take great care  friends you are precious!