By looking at the whole building Al Mashun Mosque, we will realize how Islam has been growing rapidly at that time with Islamic values as a handle live Sultan of Deli and its people. Aura Al Mashun Mosque as a building that contains a very important historical value will already be felt before the visitors through the gates of the mosque. A board at the gate of the mosque reads "You are Entering the Mandatory Area Muslim Dress" and below listed seven prohibited acts done in the area of the mosque complex, more and add an aura of sanctity of the mosque.

Once past the gate, visitors will receive treats incredible scenery beautiful, the exotic building Al Mashun Mosque which looks very magnificent in her beyond a century. When first saw this building, visitors will soon find out that the basic form of this mosque is different mosques in general. If the mosque is usually a rectangular-shaped so shaped like a box, then the Grand Mosque of Al-Mashun look round. By the time you enter and around this mosque, then you will know that the Grand Mosque of Al-Mashun indeed round octagonal with 4 main foyer - in front, rear, left and right side, which also became the main door entrance to the mosque.

Ornaments that decorate the outside of the building with five black domes on top of it makes mosque architecture becomes increasingly visible artistic. One big size dome is located right in the middle, above the main hall, and four other smaller domes are on all four sides of its wings, so as if flanking the main dome. On top of each dome is black there are a decorative ornament that became a symbol of Islam, namely the crescent moon.
With careful attention to building form, the visitor will find that the architecture of Al Mashun Mosque sari-style architecture is a combination of Arabic, Indian, Spanish, and Malay. The combination of architectural design is to produce a dimension value that is not only artistic building, but also contains the value of aesthetics and ethics are high. It was a mosque that is very unique and full of meaning.

Lessons on good architecture in accordance with natural conditions in the particular field, and tropical nature in general, will soon be acquired by the visitors that pass through the main door of the mosque. The heat outside the mosque, as the heat of Medan in the afternoon, will not feel lost and change my cool air so the foot stepped through the door of the mosque. Cool air is not caused by the presence of AC (Air Conditioner) as we usually encounter in skyscraper buildings, but the air circulation flow seamlessly through large holes in the walls of the mosque. The room is very wide with spacing the floor to the roof is very high, allowing the optimal air velocity, so the room was always cool. Eco-friendly architectural design such as Al Mashun Mosque, now increasingly abandoned. We are more interested in western architectural design copy and paste the postscript is less suited to tropical nature.

Inside the mosque, visitors will see the towering marble stone diameter of 0.60 m 8 units which serve as the main pillar and a buffer main dome in the middle. The four main doors and 8 pieces porch window is made of merbau wood carving style kind of high art. Not to mention with ornate carvings and distinctive Melayu Deli in every corner of the building, which immediately gave birth to sacred religious values are very in for each person who entered it. The eyes of visitors will be more amazed when he saw paintings and ornaments that meets the inner wall of the mosque, from the foot of the wall to the top of the dome.

Inside the mosque, visitors will also witness two two pulpit made of marble. The pulpit was in the front and used as a place to deliver the sermon. One the other rostrum behind, and used as place a call to prayer. Both the pulpit filled various ornaments and decorations, it makes room in the mosque it feels so luxurious. Al Mashun Mosque have a guide-a guide who will guide and explain to the visitors about the history and the features mosque that became a symbol of this triumph of the Deli Sultanate. If you want to enjoy a night on the Grand Mosque of Al Mashun, then in the vicinity of the mosque are available a variety of lodging from star hotels to ordinary lodging. In addition, for those who want to shop, around the mosque there are also modern shopping centers in the city of Medan.

Al Mashun Mosque position in the heart of Medan city allows anyone to visit him. From the airport, terminal, and / or train stations, travelers can reach the location of the mosque by using motor tricycles and public transportation that much passing in front of the mosque. If you want to avoid the heat of the city of Medan, you can use taxi services, certainly at a price that is relatively more expensive.