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Al Haram Al Shrif in Makkah is the holiest spot on the earth to Muslims. Every year about 14 million people are visiting the place from around the world, this number is increasing over the coming years. No author so far has been able to offer a fundamental study on its patterns, although there are many studies on Islamic patterns on other Islamic sites like Al Hambra and Al-Andolothia Mosque in Spain, the Mosques in Turkey and Morocco. The Central purpose of the research is to get the attention of the world in general, and the people of Islamic countries in particular, on the potential of architecture and decoration art of Al Haram Al Shrif Mosque in Makkah. The study is focusing at the symmetrical properties of Islamic Art work in Makkah Mosque, which help to revel and discover the hidden secret surrounded this kind of geometrical art. Such experience has enormous values, not only for Islamic artists, but also for mathematicians, designers, computer scientists, physicists, chemists, crystallographers, art historians, archaeologists and others. This research is carrying out extensive study patterns classification and analysis using theoretical and technological approach like crystallographic patterns (two dimension art), Frieze patterns (one dimension art), and Rosette patterns (point and line art), in addition to the use of Computer Graphics Technology. This research studied all architectural decoration in the Haram Al-Shrif Mosque.