[4][3] The mosque was built for religious purposes, but its grandiose size and additional functions were also intended by el-Jazzar to serve as a means of consolidating his political legitimacy as ruler of Ottoman Syria.

Some of its fine features include the green dome and minaret, a green-domed sabil next to its steps (a kiosk, built by Sultan Abdul Hamid II, for dispensing chilled drinking water and beverages) and a large courtyard.

[citation needed] Historian Nur Masalha describes the Mosque as notable for its "mixture of styles, Ottoman Byzantine, Palestinian, and Persian, incorporating and recycling the extraordinarily rich martial and cultural heritage of Palestine.

The Sha'r an-Nabi kept inside the mosque in a glass cabinet and used to be paraded through Acre on Eid al-Fitr, ending the fast of Ramadan, but is now only shown to the congregation.

The father urges the son to go early to the Jazzar Mosque in order to assume the position and adjudicate between people, and then pray for the one who built it.

After that, the poem moves on to mention the virtues of Al-Jazzar, and it ends by urging sincerity in work and gratitude to God through worship, prayer and prostration.