The Great Mosque in lhokseumawe
The magnificent Lhokseumawe Great Mosque is a testament to the glory and civilization of Islam as the first Kingdom in Aceh and even Indonesia, namely Pasai Kingdom.
A Brief History of the Islamic Kingdom of Pasai Ocean
Pase 'area is an area of the former Islamic empire of Pasai Ocean or the Sultanate of Samudera Pasai, also known as Samudera Pasai, or Samudera Darussalam, the Islamic empire on the northern coast of Sumatra, approximately around Lhokseumawe Town, today. By Meurah Silu, the title of Malik al-Saleh, circa 1267 and Sultan Malik as-Saleh became King of Implementation, Sultan Malik as-Saleh died in 696H / 1297M and his power was continued by Sultan Malik at-Thahir a very noble son with the value of civilization Islam.
Samudra Pasai also has a fairly wide relationship with the outside kingdom. In its heyday, the Pasai Ocean Coast is an important commercial center in the region, visited by merchants from various countries, such as China, India, Siam (Thailand), Arab and Persian. The main commodity is pepper. Like a large trading port, Samudera Pasai issued gold coins called dirhams. This money is used officially in the kingdom. Aside from being a trading center, Samudera Pasai is also a center of Islamic religious development and various disciplines that are not small in its time where the mosque as its center.
The existence of Islamic civilization in the Sultanate of Samudera Pasai notes in Marco Polo's journey journals that have stopped at the island of Sumatra Year 1292, then followed by a note from Abu Abdullah ibn Batuthah (1304-1368), a Moroccan traveler who stopped at the Ocean in 1345 in his book Rihlah ilal-Masyriq (Wandering to the East) also mentions Sultan Malik az-Zahir in the land of Samatrah who greeted him vigorously and the Muslim population of Samatrah (Samudera) who embraced the Syafi'I School as well as its very Alim and Shalh Leaders.
During the reign of Sultan Ahmad Malik al-Dhahir many Islamic pedakwah promoted by the kingdom to spread Islam throughout Malay and Nusantara. Sultan Ahmad Syah in Malaka (Malay Land) has embraced Islam and married the daughter of King Samudra Pase, and affectionately known as Sultan Iskandar Syah (1324-1444 AD), the Islamic Kingdom of Pasai Samudra also sent Da'i to Barus on the West Coast of Sumatra Island and the East of the Island, Up to the inhabitants of Aru, so the Kingdom of Batak in North Sumatra embraced Islam.
Not only the glory, the kingdom has also given birth to a cultural life that produces good writing. A small group of creative managed to utilize the Arabs brought by Islam, called the Jawi language, and the letter is called Arab Jawi.
This letter is used by Shaykh Abdurrauf al-Singkili to work on his books. also developed the science of Sufism. Indicates the role that Samudera Pasai has played in his position as the center of Islamic civilization in Southeast Asia and the Islamic World.
In 1524, the Islamic Kingdom of Samudera Pasai was under the influence of the Aceh Sultanate held at Bandar Aceh Darussalam. At that time, the Sultanate of Aceh was led by Sultan Ali Mughayat Syah. After a while, eventually the other Islamic kingdoms unite into one in Aceh Darus Salam Sultanate, such as Tamiang and Lamuri.