Editing Mosque (section)

===Symbols===
Certain symbols are represented in a mosque's architecture to allude to different aspects of the Islamic religion. One of these feature symbols is the spiral. The "cosmic spiral" found in designs and on minarets is a references to heaven as it has "no beginning and no end".<ref name="Erzen 2011 126–129">{{citation |last=Erzen |first=Jale Nejdet |title=Reading Mosques: Meaning and Architecture in Islam |journal=[[The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism]] |volume=69 |issue=1 |year=2011 |pages=126–129 |jstor=42635843 |doi=10.1111/j.1540-6245.2010.01453.x |doi-access=free }}</ref> Mosques also often have floral patterns or images of fruit and vegetables. These are allusions to the paradise after death.<ref name="Erzen 2011 126–129"/>