"Glorified be He Who took His slave for a journey by night from Al-Masjid-al-Haram to the farthest mosque , the neighborhood whereof We have blessed, in order that We might show him of Our Ayat. Verily, He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer." [Surah al-Isra 17:1]
The Night Journey and Ascension "are two incidents from the greatest incidents in the noble history of Muhammad ." However the mode of these incidents has been debated over the years: Did they occur in a dream? Was his soul removed and taken to the heavens while his body remained on earth? Or did he ascend in his whole form ? Shaykh Ahmad Shakir puts this issue to rest with a thorough review and explanation of the ahadith which have been transmitted regarding al-Isra wa-al-Mi'raj; the different transmissions and the errors in them; and a refutation of those who discount these miraculous occurances as unscientific and therefore untrue.
Format
ebook
Publisher
TROID Publications
Release
June 01, 2015
ISBN 13
9781927012420
Al-Isrā Wa-Al-Miʾrāj: The Night Journey and Ascension of the Prophet
"Glorified be He Who took His slave for a journey by night from Al-Masjid-al-Haram to the farthest mosque , the neighborhood whereof We have blessed, in order that We might show him of Our Ayat. Verily, He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer." [Surah al-Isra 17:1]
The Night Journey and Ascension "are two incidents from the greatest incidents in the noble history of Muhammad ." However the mode of these incidents has been debated over the years: Did they occur in a dream? Was his soul removed and taken to the heavens while his body remained on earth? Or did he ascend in his whole form ? Shaykh Ahmad Shakir puts this issue to rest with a thorough review and explanation of the ahadith which have been transmitted regarding al-Isra wa-al-Mi'raj; the different transmissions and the errors in them; and a refutation of those who discount these miraculous occurances as unscientific and therefore untrue.