The Mosque of Twenty-Five Prophets is situated in the southern part of the city of Ufa, the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan, in the Russian Federation. Construction began on the mosque on 16 June 1995 (the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad) and ended fifteen years later on that same day.

The mosque comprises underground and above-ground sections. The underground structure, a handcrafted concrete monolith, is 12.5 meters wide and 15 meters tall, with two floors: a reading room above and sleeping quarters below. The brick-built upper section features two floors for prayer, with dedicated spaces for men and women.

Symbolism is present in every element of the mosque. On the south and north sides, there are three windows with two-row brickwork: the first row symbolizes life, the second, eternity. The mosaic glass patterns mirror the ornamentation on the cover of the Qur’an. The dome’s metal framework features intersecting vertical and horizontal lines, resembling the globe’s parallels and meridians. The semicircular part of the dome is gilded with gold leaf, topped by a pyramid of three spheres and a crescent moon. The cylindrical section contains 16 stained glass windows, all handmade.

On the east side of the mosque stands the mihrab, designed in a pentagonal shape representing the five daily prayers. The mihrab spans two floors, separated by three protruding levels, symbolizing the three stages of human life: birth, marriage, and eternity. On the second level, a single window with single-row brickwork represents the gateway to Paradise, while the mosaic glass in the window illustrates the journey of human existence. The first window, above the mihrab, bears the inscription “Allah is the Only.” The remaining windows, arranged clockwise, are dedicated to 25 prophets, each named in Arabic script. The final window, like the first, is dedicated to Prophet Muhammad (Rasul). Notably, each window was installed on a Friday, the day all prophets are believed to have been born and passed into eternity.

In June 2010, at a UNESCO scientific conference, Ikhsanov, who led the mosque’s design and construction, received official recognition for its uniqueness.