dikka

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A dikka or dakka ({{langx|ar|دكة}}),{{Cite book |last=Hillenbrand |first=Robert |title=Islamic Architecture: Form, function, and meaning |publisher=Columbia University Press |year=1994 |isbn=9780231101332 |location=New York |pages=598 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Hinnells |first=John R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bNAJiwpmEo0C&dq=mosque+dikka&pg=PT203 |title=The Penguin Handbook of the World's Living Religions |publisher=Penguin UK |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-14-195504-9 |language=en}} also known in Turkish as a müezzin mahfili,{{Cite book |last=Freely |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vgp46TUFK7wC&dq=muezzin+mahfili&pg=PA24 |title=A History of Ottoman Architecture |date=2011 |publisher=WIT Press |isbn=978-1-84564-506-9 |pages=24 |language=en}} is a raised platform or tribune in a mosque from which the Quran is recited and where the muezzin chants or repeats in response to the imam's prayers.{{Cite book |last= |first= |title=The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2009 |isbn=9780195309911 |editor-last=M. Bloom |editor-first=Jonathan |volume=2 |location= |pages=549 |chapter=Mosque |editor-last2=S. Blair |editor-first2=Sheila}}{{Cite book |last1=Blair |first1=Sheila S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-mhIgewDtNkC&pg=PP3 |title=The Art and Architecture of Islam 1250-1800 |last2=Bloom |first2=Jonathan M. |publisher=Yale University Press |year=1995 |isbn=9780300064650 |location= |pages=340}} It is also used by the muezzin to chant the second call to prayer (iqama), which indicates to worshippers that the prayer is about to begin. On special occasions or evenings, such as during the month of Ramadan, expert or professional Qur'an reciters also use the platform to chant parts of the Qur'an. It is also known as the mukabbariyah ({{Langx|ar|مكبرية|links=no}}) in the Prophet's Mosque in Medina.{{Cite web |date=2013-07-10 |title='Mukabbariyah' at Prophet's Mosque retains its glitter |url=http://saudigazette.com.sa/article/52277 |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=Saudigazette |language=English}}

This feature is not found in all mosques but is most often found in large mosques where it is difficult for worshippers far from the mihrab to hear the imam.{{Cite journal |last=Akin |first=Gunkut |date=1995 |title=The Muezzin Mahfili and Pool of the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne |url=https://www.archnet.org/publications/3356 |journal=Muqarnas |volume=12 |pages=63–83|doi=10.2307/1523224 |jstor=1523224 }} Raised on columns, it can be a freestanding structure near the middle of the prayer hall or a balcony set against a pillar or a wall opposite the minbar.