Islamic architecture overview

1.  Architecture as Tawhid: Unity & Uniquity of Allah
2. Architecture of Ihtiram: Respect
3. Architecture with Ikhlas: Sincerity
4. Architecture as Pursuit of ‘Ilm: Knowledge
5. Architecture for Iqtisad: Balance
6. Architecture of Haya’: Modesty
7. Architecture as Dikr: Remembrance

 Overall in Islamic teaching there will be no other god except the only god that creates and control the universe, in Arabic the word "Allah" it self mean God, not the kind of god such like in trinity Christianity where there's holy mother Mary, Jesus the son of god and the holy spirit but an individual entity that doesn't procreate, sleep, eat, drinks, and even die. The one who has the power to control every thing on His will. Hence the, path of Islamic architecture is to show and being honest to the design element of that particular discipline onwards devotion and self willingness towards God (Allah) authority. This is where the 7 path or detail above describes it all.

Tawhid :

  In this very own words means that one self believes toward there's only one God and he is the master of all creation. It is shown through architecture by obeying the law where no such deviant ornamentation and statue that resemble or even shown that God very existence is mortal and there is another one of his kind. which in Islam would categorize as syirik, or blasphemy,heresy in English language. To show the ethos of tawhid. the building of any types of function must be accordingly align towards whats Al-Qur'an has written and those are in Islam every step or decision should be made base on the will of God hence, the building is to be built for the sake of community benefit and not for idol worshiping. Second is the purpose of the building has to be honest which is the reason why those building were design and built such way is to appreciate the fortune and knowledge that god gave us. Aside from that, spiritual factor comes in hand where most of the reason is to uphold the sanctity and the divinity of Islam, Allah, and Muhammad founder of Islam.

Ihtiram :

  Respect, is part of the living ways and daily conduct toward religious path. In architecture of Islam, the sense of respect comes from the community not just towards Muslims but towards other religion, such as Christian, Hebrew and other. this is where that the respect theme comes in Al-Qur'an context where if you respect others simultaneously you respect Allah, due to his command for us to respect each other. In architecture, the word respect comes where a space to pray and the space for administration had to be separate and even for the ideal practice of it must be away from any filth, hence the space organization must bare with hygienic and religion come align. In the matter of sense is that people who came to a mosque must be clean from any filth hence a space for "Wudu" must be a located near by because to worship God, one must be clean from any filth.

Ikhlas :

  Sincere, most of the time it has been undergone some major differences, these are went someone does something without sincerity God never will he or she act. Islamic architecture devotion on sincerity is through its beautiful finishes. indeed Islam promote modesty in life but it also promote the beauty of Allah's creation and Islam the religion it self, in fact the Al-Qur'an is written and delivered the holly Wahyu "Revelation" to Muhammad S.A.W through Gabriel one of the Arch Angel of God  by poetry, hence the Al-Qur'an it self actually a poetry if one knows the meaning of it. Therefore the gorgeous and outstanding finishes of any Islamic type of building were meant to show the sincerity of the workmanship to built something for the sake of God will, and it intended to show how beautiful is the religion is.