Trivia:
1. Will be the highest clock tower ever built, outstripped the Taipei 101 tower (509m) to be ranked second behind Burj Khalifa (828m).
2. Diameter of clock faces is six times greater (151ft) than the Big Ben (23ft) in London.
3. 2 million LED lights on the clock face; 21,000 white and green lights above the timepiece that flash five times a day to signal the call to prayer.
4.16 bands of vertical lights also be beamed 7 miles into the air on festival days.
5. The time will be standardized to be used by Muslims worldwide.
5. The time will be standardized to be used by Muslims worldwide.
6. The building will house a giant shopping mall, 0ver 2,000 hotel rooms, two helipads, and a prayer area that can fit 30,000 people. The hotel in the clock tower itself will have 800 rooms. The Palace of Westminster has 1,100 rooms.
Frankly, its really wow me. Hopefully, it will be beneficial for us especially the Muslims. The building is planned to be able to accommodate the increased number of pilgrim around the world to perform hajj every year. And I do hope that this magnificent of human-made tower will not interrupting the spiritual environments in Makkah. Peace~
p/s: Takut juga sebab Tanah Suci Makkah semakin bermewah-mewah dengan perkara dunia.
indirectly, even di Mekah pon manusia berlumba2 mendirikan bangunan tinggi..petanda itu jelas kelihatan
ReplyDeletesetuju...tanda2 semakin jelas.
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