Enye yezindawo ezinhle kakhulu zenkolo ku Iraq esemzini ongcwele we UNajaf. Usuku lapho singavakashela leli zwe lasendulo njengezivakashi ezijwayelekile, ngeke nginqikaze ukuvakashela leli dolobha elingcwele lamaSulumane elisendaweni engamakhilomitha angama-600 eningizimu yeBaghdad. nayi i- Iman Ali Mosque, AmaSulumane amaShiite, ithempeli lesithathu elibaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni ngemuva kweMecca neMedina. Umlando usitshela ukuthi ngonyaka ka-632 uMprofethi uMuhammad washona kwathi ekufeni kwakhe kwaqubuka impi yokuthi ngubani ozoba ngumholi wamaSulumane. Kwakunamaqembu amabili ekugcineni abizwa ngamaShiites namaSunni futhi lapha eNajaf i-mosque ingelinye lamaqembu okuqala.
I-mosque isebenza njengesiphephelo ethuneni lika-Iman Ali, umlamu kaMuhammad owenziwa umfel 'ukholo nosanta ngamaSulumane amaShiite. Ngenxa yalokhu uNajaf, selokhu kwashona u-Ali ngo-666 AD, ukubulawa kwakhe, indawo ka uhambo lwezenkolo. KumaShiite esikhathi esizayo lesi sihlobo esiseduze sikaMuhammad kwakufanele sibe ngumlandeli wakhe wemvelo yingakho bamngcwelisa. Akwaziwa ukuthi ungcwatshwe lapha noma cha, mhlawumbe ithuna lakhe lise-Afghanistan phela, kodwa iqiniso ukuthi leli mosque lingelesithathu elibaluleke kakhulu emphakathini wamaSulumane futhi libuye libe yisikole sezenkolo. Futhi elinye iqiniso lomlando, elidumile U-Ayatollah Komeini Wahlala ekudingisweni lapha phakathi kuka-'56 no-78 ehola iqembu eliphikisana no-Shah wase-Iran. Mayelana naleli bhilidi, lilimale kakhulu futhi lantshontshwa ezandleni zikahulumeni wase-Iraq obekulokhu kungamaSunni ikakhulukazi kuze kube yimpi yase-Iraq.
I-mosque igezwe ngegolide futhi inamathayili egolide acwebile ayi-7.777 kudome yayo. Inama-minaret amabili aphakeme ngamamitha angama-35, nawo aqoshiwe futhi ngalinye linamathayili egolide ayizinkulungwane ezingama-40. Ngaphakathi yinhle futhi intekenteke, inamathayili afakwe isibuko nezindonga zesiliva nomcebo oyigugu owenziwe ngeminikelo eyenziwe kuwo ngabasultan abahlukahlukene. Noma ngabe ivela ngaphandle, kufanelekile ukuyibona. Ngiyethemba ukuthi kuzoqhubeka ngokuhamba kwesikhathi futhi sizokwazi ngaphandle kokwesaba ukunyathela kule ngxenye yomhlaba.
Isithombe 1: nge I-Sydney Morning Herald
Isithombe 2: nge Isikhungo Sezindaba saseTaqrib