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Masjid Jamiyah Ar-Rabitah

Masjid Jamiyah Ar-Rabitah is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Masjid Jamiyah Ar-Rabitah rather than just read about it. In short: Masjid Jamiyah Ar-Rabitah (Jawi: مسجد جمعية الرابطة) is a mosque located along Tiong Bahru Road in Bukit Merah, Singapore. Adjacent to the Redhill MRT station, the mosque was built in 1962 and later rebuilt in 1985 into its present day form.

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Reference excerpt

Masjid Jamiyah Ar-Rabitah (Jawi: مسجد جمعية الرابطة) is a mosque located along Tiong Bahru Road in Bukit Merah, Singapore. Adjacent to the Redhill MRT station, the mosque was built in 1962 and later rebuilt in 1985 into its present day form.

Etymology The name of the mosque, Jamiyah Ar-Rabitah, is a combination of two Arabic words, taken from the names of two organizations, Jamiyah Singapore and the Muslim World League (known in the Arabic language as the Rābiṭah al-ʿĀlam al-ʾIslāmī). The mosque is named as such in honour of both of organizations as they had financed the construction of the original structure in 1959.

History The original mosque at the site was built in 1962 at a site along Tiong Bahru Road that was chosen in 1959. It was officially inaugurated in late 1964 under the name "Masjid Tiong Bahru" by Mohammed Khir Johari, who was the contemporary Malayan Minister for Agriculture and Co-Operatives in colonial Singapore. After the formation of the Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS) in 1968, the mosque fell under their management and was also authorized as a place for the collection of Zakat al-Fitr payments. In 1982, the mosque was deemed too small and hence charitable sales of food and Islamic literature were held in order to fund an expansion project for the mosque. After the first stages for the project had been fully funded, the mosque was torn down and then rebuilt from the ground up with direction from architect Yong Kok Choo, who had designed a new three-storey building for the mosque. It was eventually reopened on 9 August 1985, coinciding with the National Day of Singapore, with Syed Isa Semait, Mufti of the country, present at the reopening ceremony of the mosque.

Architecture

Masjid Jamiyah Ar-Rabitah is built in the style of modernist architecture, with the exterior of the building being simplistic in nature, with an onion dome on a cylindrical base that overlooks the large mihrab which itself encompasses the minbar. The main prayer hall of the mosque is situated on the second level and can accommodate a total of one thousand worshippers, while the madrasa on the third level can accommodate eight hundred students during Friday prayers. Administrative offices and a private carpark are situated on the first level, with the mosque having two entrances on the northern and southern side that lead into the street, with the northern one being a ramp for elderly and disabled people. In the eastern corner of the mosque, next to the carpark, is an elevator which was installed in 2011.

Transportation Masjid Jamiyah Ar-Rabitah is situated along Tiong Bahru Road and is accessible from the bus stops outside the mosque or from the Redhill MRT station which is within walking distance from the mosque.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Masjid Jamiyah Ar-Rabitah

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Masjid Jamiyah Ar-Rabitah claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Masjid Jamiyah Ar-Rabitah before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Masjid Jamiyah Ar-Rabitah ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Masjid Jamiyah Ar-Rabitah

In research: Masjid Jamiyah Ar-Rabitah appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Masjid Jamiyah Ar-Rabitah in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Masjid Jamiyah Ar-Rabitah is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Buildings and structures completed in 1985, Bukit Merah, Mosques in Singapore, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Masjid Jamiyah Ar-Rabitah outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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