Mausoleum of Mukhammad Sodiq

  • 29 March, 2017
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The main attraction and the goal of most pilgrims is the mausoleum of Mukhammad Sodiq located on the top of the hill. You will have to walk up the stairs to get there; the stairs are also called “stairs to heaven” or “stairs to God”. It is interesting that stairs up lie through the cemetery, and studying the graves, we can say that majority of locals lived long, up to 80 or even over 100 years.

Mausoleum of Mukhammad Sodiq was built in the 15th century, and was recently, in 2007, restored. It is a simple construction with a dome mantled with bricks on the outer side. The remarkable thing is that there is a spire with four spheres above the dome. They symbolize four paths to God: shariah – the Islamic law, tariqat – ultimate truth, marifat – mystical knowledge and haqiqat – mystical truth, being one with the God.
The inner interior of the mausoleum combines both elegance and rigidity. Walls and dome are painted with sayings from Koran and decorated with different patterns. Small hall houses four graves: the one of Mukhammad Sodiq, his son, Yemeni sheikh Abul-Khasan who abdicated and became a hermit, and one women who is guessed to be the daughter of Amir Temur (Tamerlane). Apart from that in earlier days, the mausoleum had a chest that stored few pages of the well-known Koran of Khalif Osman. Some say that there were 7 pages, others believe there were up to 12, and some even state that up to 143 pages of the Koran were stored there.

Around the mausoleum you will find a mazaristan – a small cemetery surrounding the mausoleum. Some of tombs differ with exquisite carving. Sufis who wanted to be close to their teacher after his death are buried there. It is believed that Mukhammad Sodiq had reached the highest stage of enlightenment that wishes made there would come true. Piligrims walk three times around the mausoleum constantly thinking of their request to God and return home waiting and hoping for their dreams come true.


Source: http://www.advantour.com/uzbekistan/shakhrisabz/langar.htm

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