The multi-faced dimensions of Islamic architecture have been contested by numerous scholars from a variety of backgrounds, namely, Historians of Art, Architecture, Religion, and Politics. In a manner similar to the tradition of the Blind Men and the Elephant, these scholars have conducted their studies within their periphery of their respective fields, dividing the scholastic approach to Islamic art and architecture severely. Weaving these different interpretations together provides a contextual fabric with which to view Islamic architecture in political, social, as well as esoteric dimensions. The mosque architecture of early Islam reflects the modest approach of the Prophet to Islam in contrast to the lavish dcor of the later mosque architecture of Persia. Mosque architecture has the ability to express not only historical and social implications of the Islamic community, and when understood as a symbolic language, reflects certain ideas of Islamic cosmology.