Al-Masjid El-Aqsa is an Arabic name which means the Farthest Mosque,prophet mohammad PBUH made a miraculous night journey from Al-Aqsa Mosque holds up to 400,000 worshippers at one time from Mecca to Jerusalem and to the Seven Heavens on a white flying horse called "Al-Buraq El-Sharif",the Prophet stopped to pray at the rock (golden dome), and was given the commandment to pray five times a day.Al-Aqsa Mosque is the second oldest mosque in Islam after the "Ka'ba" in Mecca, and is third in holiness and importance after the mosques in Mecca and Medina,On Fridays at noon, during the fasting month of Ramadan, and particularly the 27th of Ramadan (Lailat El-Qadr),night that falls during the last ten days of Ramadan. when the first verses of the Qur'an were revealed to Muhammad, peace be upon him,the Quran describes it as a night that is more valuable than a thousand months.for this reason many Muslims spend the entire last ten days in extra worship or retreat in the mosque.

Every Friday prayer, the Al-Aqsa Mosque building overflows,by muslims who must make their prayers outside in the courtyards of the vast open expanse of the Noble Sanctuary. There are 7 large gates to enter the Mosque's covered area,There are over 100 clear and colored glass windows, 14 Arches, 27 Italian Marble columns on the eastern side.In the middle of the 19th century Al-Aqsa Mosque was opened for Non-Muslim visitors,The Mosque is closed to Non-Muslims on Fridays throughout the year and all Muslim holidays.

The Dome of the Rock was built by the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik from 688 to 691 AD,it was built to commemorate Muhammad's ascension into heaven after his night journey to Jerusalem,The beutifull golden dome that crowns the Dome of the Rock was originally made of gold, but was replaced with copper and then aluminum. The aluminum is now covered with gold leaf, a donation from the late King Hussein of Jordan.

Turkish tiles that adorn the shrine's exterior are faithful copies of the Persian tiles that Suleiman the Magnificent added in 1545 to replace the damaged originals. around the octagonal part of the Dome of the Rock are verses from the Qur'an in arabic,full moon decoration which evokes the familiar crescent moon symbol of Islam. It is aligned so that if you could look through it, you would be looking straight towards Mecca.