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World's highest prayer room revealed: Address Jabal Omar Hotel
The prayer room hangs between the hotel's twin towers. (Credit: Address Jabal Omar Makkah)

The world’s highest prayer room unveiled in Makkah

A new Guinness World Record has been set in Saudi

The world’s highest prayer room has officially been named in Makkah, earning Saudi another Guinness World Record.

The new Makkah prayer room hangs high above in the sky, and is fittingly called Sky Mussallah. It’s located in Address Jabal Omar Makkah.

Sky Mussallah location

World's highest prayer room revealed: Sky Mussallah
Sky Mussallah will give you a bird’s-eye view of the holy city. (Credit: Address Jabal Omar Makkah)

Rising 483 metres above sea level, it’s located in the interconnecting bridge that links the Address Jabal Omar Makkah hotel’s twin towers across floors 36, 37 and 38.

The record-breaking space stands 179 metres from the hotel’s internal road level.

You must be staying at the hotel to access Sky Mussallah.

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World’s highest prayer room photos

Spanning 550 square metres, with a capacity to hold 520 people, the prayer space will offer all visitors a breathtaking bird’s-eye view of the holy sights of Makkah, which include the Holy Kaaba and Masjid al Haram.

World's highest prayer room revealed: Sky Mussallah Calligraphy
Verses of the Holy Quran are inscribed on the prayer room’s walls. (Credit: Address Jabal Omar Makkah)

The interiors of the prayer room will merge Arabic and contemporary interior design, with Arabic calligraphy adorning the walls, the strokes inscribing the different “Names of God in Islam” such as Al Muqaddim (The Advancer) and Al Mani (The Shielder and Protector). Arabic letters and verses of the Holy Quran will also be on the pillars and walls.

Saudi Guinness World Record 2024

Right as it opened, the new prayer room was awarded a Guinness World Record for “Highest Prayer Room Within a Skybridge”.

World's highest prayer room revealed in Makkah, Saudi Arabia: Sky Mussallah View
The space is able to hold 520 people. (Credit: Address Jabal Omar Makkah)

To achieve this record, the prayer space was first assembled as a 650-tonne steel bridge at 312 metres above sea level and was then lifted to the final level where it currently resides.

More Saudi Guinness World Records

The Kingdom is no stranger to world records, winning one for Riyadh Season 2022’s opening ceremony, six for Noor Riyadh and a whopping nine records in all of 2023. With more giga-projects to come, we’re sure that Saudi will bring us many more wins.

Now open. Address Jabal Omar Makkah, Makkah, addresshotels.com (012 553 1444).

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