Masjid Kubah Emas - A Symbol of the Beauty and Glory of Islam

Born from the dream of a great desire to provide a beautiful, elegant house of worship as a symbol of the glory of Islam, to guide the emotions, motivate the spirit, and firm the resolve to strengthen faith and devotion. God willing, this beauty will remind worshippers of the Creator's greatness.



This mosque is a phenomenon in itself: Masjid Dian Al Mahri, commonly known as Masjid Kubah Emas, the Mosque with the Golden Domes. It was built from a strong desire to remind Muslims to constantly praise and repeat His name, in this noble and luxurious setting.

The beauty and majesty of Masjid Kubah Emas was realized by its founder, Hajjah Dian Juriah Al Rasyid, through Indonesian architect Uke G. Setiawan. Construction began in 1999, and the building was inaugurated with the Idul Adha 1427 H prayers on 31 December 2006.

As one enters the mosque area through a charming garden surrounded by bonsai plants, the glitter from the domes and minarets starts to catch one's eye. This is what sets this mosque apart from so many others in Indonesia and has earned it the name Masjid Kubah Emas.

Its five domes are covered in mosaics with a layer of 24-karat gold. The materials were imported from Italy and installed by expert artisans from the same country. The five domes, symbolizing the five pillars of Islam, remind one of similar domes in many mosques in Persia and India.

Circling the domes are six minarets rising 40 meters into the sky, enhancing the beauty of the domes. Each of the six hexagonal minarets, which symbolize the six principles of faith, is covered in grey granite, also from Italy. At the top is another dome, also covered in 24-karat gold. From the minarets, the call to prayer and other Islamic invocations can be heard for quite a distance.

The mosque's architecture is essentially based on Middle Eastern elements, giving it a strongly Islamic flavor. It comprises six main sections: the main hall, the mezzanine, the inner courtyard, the upper veranda, the lower veranda, and other functional rooms.


Born from the dream of a great desire to provide a beautiful, elegant house of worship as a symbol of the glory of Islam, to guide the emotions, motivate the spirit, and firm the resolve to strengthen faith and devotion. God willing, this beauty will remind worshippers of the Creator's greatness.

The main entry door—divided into two parts, one for men and one for women—is portal-shaped, with geometrical decorations and an ornamental obelisk.

One side of the 45 x 57 meter inner courtyard connects to the prayer hall, while the other three sides are bounded by verandas with rows of pillars covered in Brazilian granite. These pillars form an arcade that serves as the border of the courtyard, which can hold up to 8000 worshippers.

The mosque's interior reflects calm and majesty through the ceiling in the center, right below the main golden dome. On the ceiling is a painting of the sky whose colors change, in line with the color of the sky at the different prayer times, through computer-programmed lighting technology. At the base of the dome is a ring with golden accents that seems to be the boundary of the firmament. Above this are 33 windows, each containing carved calligraphy of three of the names of Allah SWT in calligraphy, 99 in all. At the top of the dome's ceiling is more calligraphy, shalawat or prayers to honor the Prophet Muhammad SAW, made of gold-coated brass plates. Hanging in the middle of the dome is a crystal lamp identical to the one in the Mosque of the Sultan of Oman. The framework of this crystal chandelier, weighing 2.7 tons, is made of bronze plated with 24-karat gold.

The sturdy pillars rising high to adorn this inner space create a majestic scale. People within this space feel very small; this increases their humility in the presence of Allah. The ends of the pillars are decorated with gold leaf, adding brightness.

The mosque's interior is predominantly cream-colored, providing both calm and warmth, and is full of Italian and Turkish marble. Black ornaments add a sacred element, along with the gold for beauty and strength.

The mihrab – a projection in the front wall that indicates the kiblat, or direction of prayer, and serves as the pulpit for the imam who leads the prayers – is made of four pillars of porto rose granite from South Africa. These support the portal that crowns the mihrab, decorated with calligraphy of the Qur'anic text, surat Thaahaa ayat 14 and an obelisk made of gold-plated brass. The mihrab's ceiling is a half-dome symbolizing the universe in which all His creatures exist.

Other calligraphy is on display throughout the prayer hall, written in black marble embedded in white marble using a water jet technique. The calligraphy was done by the same Indonesian calligrapher who did the "Mushab Istiqlal" in 1994. The text employed for the front wall of the prayer hall is surat Al Mu'minuun, ayat 1-11. Along the north and south walls, the Syahadat, or confession of faith, is repeated on each segment of the façade. On the portals above the north and south entrances is the I'tikaf prayer, and above the main entrance is the prayer for entering a mosque.



Masjid Kubah Emas, covering an area of 8,000 square meters and on a 70- hectare plot of land, can accommodate 15,000 worshippers for prayers and up to 20,000 for majlis taklim study sessions. May this splendid building be constantly filled with believers in such numbers, with the goal of further propagating the noble teachings of Islam.