Caliph al-Zahir's inscription higher than the mihrab Atop the mihrab arch can be a prolonged inscription in gold directly linking the al-Aqsa Mosque with Muhammad's evening Journey (the isra and mi'raj) from the "masjid al-haram" to the "masjid al-aqsa".[seventy one] It marked the primary occasion of the Quranic verse being inscribed in Jerusalem, … Read More