{"id":13633,"date":"2018-09-10T12:44:46","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T12:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=13633"},"modified":"2018-05-10T12:47:19","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T12:47:19","slug":"quranic-roots-of-the-meraj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/quranic-roots-of-the-meraj\/","title":{"rendered":"Qur’anic Roots of the Me’raj"},"content":{"rendered":"

Qur\u2019anic Roots of the Me\u2019raj
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The Heavenly Journey of the Prophet of Islam\u00a0\u00a0 has been straight forwardly explained in two Surahs of the Qur’an. In other Surahs as well, we see allusions to this journey.<\/p>\n

In the Surah al Isra (Sarah 17\u00a0\u00a0 also known as Bani Isra`il), it is mentioned:<\/p>\n

\u00d8\u00b3\u00d9\u008f\u00d8\u00a8\u00db\u00a1\u00d8\u00ad\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u20ac\u00d9\u00b0\u00d9\u2020\u00d9\u017d \u00d9\u00b1\u00d9\u201e\u00d9\u2018\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00b0\u00d9\u0090\u00d9\u2030\u00d9\u201c \u00d8\u00a3\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00b3\u00db\u00a1\u00d8\u00b1\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u2030\u00d9\u00b0 \u00d8\u00a8\u00d9\u0090\u00d8\u00b9\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00a8\u00db\u00a1\u00d8\u00af\u00d9\u0090\u00d9\u2021\u00d9\u0090\u00db\u00a6 \u00d9\u201e\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u0160\u00db\u00a1\u00d9\u201e\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u2039\u00db\u00ac \u00d9\u2026\u00d9\u2018\u00d9\u0090\u00d9\u2020\u00d9\u017d \u00d9\u00b1\u00d9\u201e\u00db\u00a1\u00d9\u2026\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00b3\u00db\u00a1\u00d8\u00ac\u00d9\u0090\u00d8\u00af\u00d9\u0090 \u00d9\u00b1\u00d9\u201e\u00db\u00a1\u00d8\u00ad\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00b1\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u2026\u00d9\u0090 \u00d8\u00a5\u00d9\u0090\u00d9\u201e\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u2030 \u00d9\u00b1\u00d9\u201e\u00db\u00a1\u00d9\u2026\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00b3\u00db\u00a1\u00d8\u00ac\u00d9\u0090\u00d8\u00af\u00d9\u0090 \u00d9\u00b1\u00d9\u201e\u00db\u00a1\u00d8\u00a3\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u201a\u00db\u00a1\u00d8\u00b5\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00a7 \u00d9\u00b1\u00d9\u201e\u00d9\u2018\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00b0\u00d9\u0090\u00d9\u2030 \u00d8\u00a8\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u20ac\u00d9\u00b0\u00d8\u00b1\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u0192\u00db\u00a1\u00d9\u2020\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00a7 \u00d8\u00ad\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u02c6\u00db\u00a1\u00d9\u201e\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u2021\u00d9\u008f \u00db\u00a5 \u00d9\u201e\u00d9\u0090\u00d9\u2020\u00d9\u008f\u00d8\u00b1\u00d9\u0090\u00d9\u0160\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u2021\u00d9\u008f \u00db\u00a5 \u00d9\u2026\u00d9\u0090\u00d9\u2020\u00db\u00a1 \u00d8\u00a1\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u0160\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u20ac\u00d9\u00b0\u00d8\u00aa\u00d9\u0090\u00d9\u2020\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u201c\u200c\u00db\u0161 \u00d8\u00a5\u00d9\u0090\u00d9\u2020\u00d9\u2018\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u2021\u00d9\u008f \u00db\u00a5 \u00d9\u2021\u00d9\u008f\u00d9\u02c6\u00d9\u017d \u00d9\u00b1\u00d9\u201e\u00d8\u00b3\u00d9\u2018\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u2026\u00d9\u0090\u00d9\u0160\u00d8\u00b9\u00d9\u008f \u00d9\u00b1\u00d9\u201e\u00db\u00a1\u00d8\u00a8\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00b5\u00d9\u0090\u00d9\u0160\u00d8\u00b1\u00d9\u008f<\/h2>\n

“Glorified be He who carried His servant at night from Masjid al\u00ac Haram to Masjid al Aqsa, the precincts of which We have blessed so that We may show him of Our Signs. Verily He is the All\u00ac Hearing, the All Seeing. ” [1]\n

From this verse, we come to the conclusion that the Prophet of Islam\u00a0\u00a0 traveled with his physical body through the worlds of Ascension. Further, by the greatness of the Hidden Power, he was able to complete this journey in a very short span of time.<\/p>\n

Allah\u00a0 starts His speech with the phrase\u00a0\u00a0 which denotes the fact that Allah\u00a0\u00a0 is free from all deficiencies\u00a0\u00a0 but He does not stop here. Rather, He makes the ascension the reason for His greatness by saying `made to travel’\u00a0\u00a0 so that others do not imagine that the means of this journey was through causes of the natural world and with normal, ordinary means of transportation. This would have made his journey something that could have been denied. Rather, this journey was accomplished by relying upon the power of Allah\u00a0\u00a0 and His specific and special blessings.<\/p>\n

Although this verse states that the start of the journey was from Masjid al Haram and ended at Masjid al Aqsa, this does not contradict the fact that the Prophet\u00a0\u00a0 in addition to this trip, also had other trips towards the higher world, since another part of the journey of Ascension of the Prophet\u00a0\u00a0 is explained in verses of Sarah al Najm.<\/p>\n

Another important part of this verse is that the journey of the Prophet\u00a0\u00a0 was both bodily and spiritually, not just a spiritual pilgrimage, and this is confirmed by the word\u00a0\u00a0 meaning His servant which is used to mean both the body and the spirit. Had it not been so, He would have said\u00a0\u00a0 meaning his (Muhammad’s) soul only. In Sarah al Najm, the event of the Me’raj is explained in more detail.<\/p>\n

From the time the Prophet Muhammad\u00a0 told the Quraish, `I saw the angel of revelation (when he received the first revelation) in his original and pure state’, all the Quraish rose up to mock him.<\/p>\n

The Qur’an, in response to the thoughts of the ignorant people replies:<\/p>\n

\u00d8\u00a3\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u0081\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00aa\u00d9\u008f\u00d9\u2026\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u20ac\u00d9\u00b0\u00d8\u00b1\u00d9\u008f\u00d9\u02c6\u00d9\u2020\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u2021\u00d9\u008f \u00db\u00a5 \u00d8\u00b9\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u201e\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u2030\u00d9\u00b0 \u00d9\u2026\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00a7 \u00d9\u0160\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00b1\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u2030\u00d9\u00b0 (\u00ef\u00bb\u00bf\u00d9\u00a1\u00d9\u00a2\u00ef\u00bb\u00bf) \u00d9\u02c6\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u201e\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u201a\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00af\u00db\u00a1 \u00d8\u00b1\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00a1\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u2021\u00d9\u008f \u00d9\u2020\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00b2\u00db\u00a1\u00d9\u201e\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00a9\u00d9\u2039 \u00d8\u00a3\u00d9\u008f\u00d8\u00ae\u00db\u00a1\u00d8\u00b1\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u2030\u00d9\u00b0 (\u00ef\u00bb\u00bf\u00d9\u00a1\u00d9\u00a3\u00ef\u00bb\u00bf) \u00d8\u00b9\u00d9\u0090\u00d9\u2020\u00d8\u00af\u00d9\u017d \u00d8\u00b3\u00d9\u0090\u00d8\u00af\u00db\u00a1\u00d8\u00b1\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00a9\u00d9\u0090 \u00d9\u00b1\u00d9\u201e\u00db\u00a1\u00d9\u2026\u00d9\u008f\u00d9\u2020\u00d8\u00aa\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u2021\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u2030\u00d9\u00b0 (\u00ef\u00bb\u00bf\u00d9\u00a1\u00d9\u00a4\u00ef\u00bb\u00bf) \u00d8\u00b9\u00d9\u0090\u00d9\u2020\u00d8\u00af\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u2021\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00a7 \u00d8\u00ac\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u2020\u00d9\u2018\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00a9\u00d9\u008f \u00d9\u00b1\u00d9\u201e\u00db\u00a1\u00d9\u2026\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00a3\u00db\u00a1\u00d9\u02c6\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u2030\u00d9\u00b0\u00d9\u201c (\u00ef\u00bb\u00bf\u00d9\u00a1\u00d9\u00a5\u00ef\u00bb\u00bf) \u00d8\u00a5\u00d9\u0090\u00d8\u00b0\u00db\u00a1 \u00d9\u0160\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00ba\u00db\u00a1\u00d8\u00b4\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u2030 \u00d9\u00b1\u00d9\u201e\u00d8\u00b3\u00d9\u2018\u00d9\u0090\u00d8\u00af\u00db\u00a1\u00d8\u00b1\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00a9\u00d9\u017d \u00d9\u2026\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00a7 \u00d9\u0160\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00ba\u00db\u00a1\u00d8\u00b4\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u2030\u00d9\u00b0 (\u00ef\u00bb\u00bf\u00d9\u00a1\u00d9\u00a6\u00ef\u00bb\u00bf) \u00d9\u2026\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00a7 \u00d8\u00b2\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00a7\u00d8\u00ba\u00d9\u017d \u00d9\u00b1\u00d9\u201e\u00db\u00a1\u00d8\u00a8\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00b5\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00b1\u00d9\u008f \u00d9\u02c6\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u2026\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00a7 \u00d8\u00b7\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00ba\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u2030\u00d9\u00b0 (\u00ef\u00bb\u00bf\u00d9\u00a1\u00d9\u00a7\u00ef\u00bb\u00bf) \u00d9\u201e\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u201a\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00af\u00db\u00a1 \u00d8\u00b1\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00a3\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u2030\u00d9\u00b0 \u00d9\u2026\u00d9\u0090\u00d9\u2020\u00db\u00a1 \u00d8\u00a1\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u0160\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u20ac\u00d9\u00b0\u00d8\u00aa\u00d9\u0090 \u00d8\u00b1\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00a8\u00d9\u2018\u00d9\u0090\u00d9\u2021\u00d9\u0090 \u00d9\u00b1\u00d9\u201e\u00db\u00a1\u00d9\u0192\u00d9\u008f\u00d8\u00a8\u00db\u00a1\u00d8\u00b1\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u2030\u00d9\u00b0\u00d9\u201c(\u00ef\u00bb\u00bf\u00d9\u00a1\u00d9\u00a8\u00ef\u00bb\u00bf)<\/h2>\n

“Will you then argue with him about what he saw? He certainly saw him (Jibra’il) during his other ascent to the Lote tree (in the seven heavens) near which is Paradise. When the tree was covered with a covering, (Muhammad’s) eyes did not deceive him, nor did they lead him to falsehood. He certainly saw the greatest (signs) of the existence of his Lord. ” [2]\n

Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n[1] Surah al-Isra\u2019 (17), Verse 1
\n[2] Surah al Najm, Verses 12 to 18<\/p>\n

Taken From : Me’raj – The Night Ascension As Compiled by Mullah Faidh al Kashani Translated\u00a0 by: Saleem Bhimji<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Qur\u2019anic Roots of the Me\u2019raj   The Heavenly Journey of the Prophet of Islam\u00a0\u00a0 has been straight forwardly explained in two Surahs of the Qur’an. In other Surahs as well, we see allusions to this journey. In the Surah al Isra (Sarah 17\u00a0\u00a0 also known as Bani Isra`il), it is mentioned: \u00d8\u00b3\u00d9\u008f\u00d8\u00a8\u00db\u00a1\u00d8\u00ad\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u20ac\u00d9\u00b0\u00d9\u2020\u00d9\u017d \u00d9\u00b1\u00d9\u201e\u00d9\u2018\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00b0\u00d9\u0090\u00d9\u2030\u00d9\u201c \u00d8\u00a3\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00b3\u00db\u00a1\u00d8\u00b1\u00d9\u017d\u00d9\u2030\u00d9\u00b0 \u00d8\u00a8\u00d9\u0090\u00d8\u00b9\u00d9\u017d\u00d8\u00a8\u00db\u00a1\u00d8\u00af\u00d9\u0090\u00d9\u2021\u00d9\u0090\u00db\u00a6 …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":13634,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-sayyed-abdulmalik"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13635,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13633\/revisions\/13635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}