Aura Romawi di Masjid Agung Jawa Tengah

<—-Kisah Sebelumnya

Membelakangi Klenteng Sam Poo Kong, pandanganku mengobrak-abrik area kantin. Berusaha menemukan Pak Muchlis sesegera mungkin. Aku harus menyeretnya ke Masjid Agung Jawa Tengah, bukan hanya untuk melakukan shalat jamak, tapi juga menggenapkan wisata religi sore itu setelah baru saja selesai mengitari klenteng.

Kutemukan dia di sebuah pojok, dia terlihat nikmat menghisap asap tembakau. Klepas-klepus tanpa dosa sembari bergilir mengguyur kerongkongannya dengan jus mangga….Hahaha.

Ayo pak, ikut aku lagi!”, seruku kencang dari kejauhan.

Loh, nyang endi?”, serunya sambil mematikan api tembakaunya

Shalat”, kataku singkat sambil melangkah membelakanginya menuju pintu keluar klenteng.

Taksi pangkalan merangkap taksi online datang menjemput. Kini aku dihadapkan pada seorang pengemudi setengah tua yang terlanjur bangga dengan kekhilafan-kekhilafan manusiawinya. Katanya, dia pernah meminta ongkos lebih pada sepasang bule Belanda hanya karena punya alasan bahwa Belanda pernah menjajah bangsanya. Lantas kedua bule itu tak terima, dihentikannya taksi di depan sebuah kepolisian sektor, si sopir menjelaskan alasannya meminta ongkos lebih. Lantas polisi itu menjelaskan ke bule dengan cara yang lebih elegan, si bule pun entah kenapa mau membayarnya lebih…..Lucu, aneh bin ajaib.

Pernah juga dia tak mau menerima kembalian ongkos dari seorang Tionghoa, katanya dia punya harga diri untuk tak dikasihani….Cerita ini lebih ajaib lagi, pengen aku koprol salto saat mendengarnya.

Sudahlah….Aku lagi malas berdebat….Aku bertelepati dengan sedan putih itu untuk segera berlari lebih kencang dan segera sampai….Sedan antar jemput online itu tiba tepat di pelataran tujuan.

Yup….Masjid Agung Jawa Tengah…Sebut aja MAJT.

Pelataran itu lengang, parkir mobil tetapi penuh parkir motor, bercahaya syahdu dipadu gemericik air mancur di sepanjang kolam di tengah jalur trotoar. Di akhir pelataran, tersaji gerbang berpilar dua puluh lima, bergaya romawi, dengan kaligrafi khas Timur Tengah melingkar di lis atasnya…Selera Romawi tersemat jelas di halaman itu.

Aura Romawi di awal kunjungan.
Gimana?….Keren kan?.

Sisi kanan masjid didominasi Al Husna Tower setinggi 99 meter, diejawantahkan dalam 19 lantai. Kalau kamu mau, naiklah sesukamu, diatas menanti teropong pandang (lantai 19) yang mengiming-imingi kecantikan Kota Atlas versi ketinggian, lalu nikmatilah secangkir kopi di sebuah kafe lantai 18 (Kafe Muslim) yang bisa berputar satu lingkaran penuh….Wahhh.

Al Husna Tower.

Sedangkan sisi kiri masjid terakuisisi oleh bedug hijau raksasa berumahkan paviliun 3 lapis atap. Persembahan segenap santri dari Pesantren Al Falah Banyumas untuk MAJT.

Bedug raksasa itu bunyinya gimana ya?.

Sementara, pelataran masjid dihiasi oleh enam payung hidrolik raksaka yang layaknya paying yang sama di Masjid Nabawi, Madinah. Masjid agung ini tampak lega tak berujung, konon luasnya mencapai 10 hektar. Menjadikan masjid ini sebagai kebanggaan masyarakat Sambirejo. Masjid cantik yang kubahnya bergaris tengah 20 meter yang memuncaki atap limas khas arsitektur Jawa.

Lihat bentuk utuhnya…..Beuhh.

Tak begitu memperdulikan keramaian di halaman, aku bergegas turun ke lantai bawah, bersuci, lalu melakukan shalat jamak di lantai atas.  Shalat dengan iringan khutbah seorang ustadz kepada jama’ah pengajian.

Interior masjid.
Lampu gantung di tengah ruangan masjid.

Aku sedikit berlama waktu dengan mengikuti siraman ruhani ini. Sebuah kebiasaan yang selalu kuulang-ulang ketika mengunjungi masjid-masjid ternama. Tak perlu khawatir karena waktuku mentraktir para kolega masih nanti. Bisa kukejar dengan taksi online dalam 15 menit saja.

Al Qur’an raksasa karya H. Hayatuddin, penulis kaligrafi dari Universitas Sains dan Ilmu Al-Qur’an, Wonosobo.

Selesai khutbah, aku mulai meninggalkan bangunan berusia 14 tahun itu, mengucap selamat tinggal pada pusat syiar islam itu setelah berwisata religi di dalamnya, serta mendoakan semoga MAJT menjadi pusat pendidikan agama yang makmur.

Perlu kamu ketahui bahwa masjid ini memiliki fungsi lain yaitu sebagai perpustakaan, auditorium, penginapan, ruang akad nikah dan museum perkembangan Islam.

Kisah Selanjutnya—->

Roman Aura at Grand Mosque of Central Java

Leaving Sam Poo Kong Temple, my gaze ransacked canteen area. Trying to find Mr. Muchlis as soon as possible. I had to bring him to Grand Mosque of Central Java, not only to perform prayer, but also to fulfill religious tourism that afternoon after just finishing around the temple.

I found him in a corner, he looked delicious in smoking a cigarette. Smoking while taking turns with splashing his throat with mango juice….Hahaha.

Come on sir, come with me again!“, I loudly shouted from a distance.

Oh, where are we going?“, He exclaimed, putting out his cigarette fire.

Let’s prayer“, I briefly said as I stepped towards temple exit gate.

Regular taxi which was also online taxi came to pick us. Now I faced with a half-aged driver who was already proud with his human mistakes. He said, he once asked for more fees from a pair of Dutch tourists just because he had a reason that Dutch had colonized his country. Then that two tourists didn’t accept it. The driver stopped the taxi in front of police office, he explained his reason for asking for more fare. Then the policeman explained to that tourists in a more elegant way. Amazingly, That tourists somehow wanted to pay more to the driver….Funny, strange and magical….Hahaha.

Once, he didn’t want to accept a fare change Chinese tourist. He said that he had a pride to not to be pitied….This story was even more miraculous, I wanted to laugh out loud

Never mind…. I was lazy to argue….I hoped that this white taxi ran faster and arrived soon….And finally, this online taxi arrived right at the destination courtyard.

Yup…. Great Mosque of Central Java… Call it as MAJT.

The courtyard was deserted, car park but full of motorbikes, shining lamp in combination with gurgling of fountains along pond in the middle of sidewalk. At the end of courtyard, there was a gate with twenty-five pillars, in roman style, with a typical Middle Eastern calligraphy which was circling on top.…Roman taste was clearly embedded in the courtyard.

Roman aura at the start of my visitation.
How?.…Cool, right ?.

The right side of mosque was dominated by Al Husna Tower as high as 62 meters, embodied in 19 floors. If you want, go up as you like, at above, binoculars are waiting you to enjoying the beauty of Atlas City from altitude, then enjoy a cup of coffee at an 18th floor cafe which can turn in a full circle….Wow.

Al Husna Tower.

While the left side of mosque was acquired by a giant green drum which put under 3 layer roof pavilion. A Gift of students from Al Falah Boarding School in Banyumas for MAJT.

How does that giant drum sound?

Meanwhile, mosque courtyard was decorated with six giant hydraulic umbrellas which liked same umbrella in Al Masjid an Nabawi at Medina. This great mosque looked endless spacious, it was said that its area reached 10 hectares. Making this mosque as pride of Sambirejo people. A beautiful mosque whose dome had a diameter of 20 meters which was combined “Limas Roof” as Javanese typical architecture.

Look at the full shape….Waooww.

Not really caring about the crowds in yard, I hurried towards downstairs, did ablution, then prayed in upstairs. Praying with the accompaniment of an ustadz’s sermon to recitation congregation.

Mosque interior.
Hanging lamp in the middle of mosque room.

I linger a little by following this spiritual sermon. A habit which I always repeated when visiting famous mosques. No needed to worry because my time to treat my colleagues was still later. I could catch up with an online taxi in just 15 minutes.

The giant Qur’an by Mr. Hayatuddin, a calligraphy writer from University of Science and Qur’an, Wonosobo.

After the sermon, I began to leave this 14-year-old building, said goodbye to this Islamic center after a religious tour in it, and praying that MAJT would become a prosperous religious education center.

You needed to know that this mosque has other functions, i.e as a library, auditorium, lodging, marriage ceremony room and museum of Islamic development.