Prophet Muhammad (S)’s Ascension began on Rajab 27 at night
from the house of Umm al Hani in Makka along with Angel Jibra’il first to Bait
ul Muqaddas and after visiting various places in the mosque and reciting prayers
at those places, he went to the places beyond skies. He continued his journey
till he reached the place called “Sidratul Muntaha”. Me’raj has been mentioned
in the Holy Qur’an at places as under:
“Subhanallazi Asraa beAbdehi Lailam Minal Masjid al Haraam
Ilal Masjid al Aqsaal
Lazi Barakna Houlahu Lenureahu Min Aayatena Innahu
Huwassamiul Baseer”
“Glorified be He who carried His servant at night from
Masjid al Haraam to Masjid al
Aqsaa, the precincts of which We have blessed so that We may
show him of our Signs.
Verily, He is the All Hearing and the All Seeing” Surah
al-Isra’ verse 1. Second time it is mentioned in Surah al-Najm verses 12 to 18.
The translation is as follows: 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”
From the word servant in verse 1 of Surah Is’ra it is clear
that Me’raj of the Prophet(S) was physical as well as spiritual. The Prophet
did not say that he went rather the verse says that Allah carried his servant.
The word “Subhan” denotes that He is free from all deficiencies.
The deficiencies of gravity, time and space etc are for
human beings.
Bartholomew, a Greek scientist believed that all physical
entities which exist in this world have two divisions; elemental and celestial.
By elemental he meant water, soil, wind and fire. Celestial bodies means nine
plains like different skins of an onion which are separated and cannot be
broken. In modern days when Sputnik in 1957 proved that man can overcome the
problems of gravity, cosmic rays and breathing in space. It goes to prove that
the Ascension of Prophet (S) is not impossible. Allah is the one who gave
gravity to earth, cosmic rays to Sun and made different layers to air, can take
away the gravity from earth, dangers of cosmic rays of Sun and layers of air
for certain time frame.
When Allah can bring back the dead, convert a staff of Musa
into snake, keep alive Younus in the belly of a whale, He can direct any
miracle so as to facilitate the Asension.
It is only His intention that counts.
The Prophet (S) traveled on a heavenly horse called “Buraq”.
On the journey, the Prophet
(S) met different groups of people. At one stage, he met a
group of people whose lips were of large size like a camel. Their lips were
being cut with a pair of scissors and they were forced to eat it. On inquiry,
Jibra’il said these were the people who used to back bite. Moving forward, he saw a group of people in whose
throats, fire was being poured. On inquiry he was told that those were the
people who used to take property of orphans unlawfully. They came across some
women who were being hung by their chests. On inquiry, he was told that those
women committed indecent acts and falsely claimed the children of their
husbands while the children belonged to some one else.
During the journey, the Holy Prophet (S) met some of the
Prophets mentioned in Holy Qur’an.
Abdullah ibne Umer reports that he heard someone asked the Holy Prophet
(S) in whose voice Allah addressed him. He replied that Allah spoke to
him in Imam Ali (AS)’s voice and Allah said “O Ahmad, I am an entity that is
not like anything else; I know all the secrets of your heart. With the
exception of Ali ibne Abi Talib, you have no other close friend”
During the Ascension, five times obligatory prayers were
prescribed for Muslims and also Allah told the Prophet (S) that He will reward
for any virtues ten times and any sin will be recorded as one only.
At Baitul Mamoor, the Prophet (S) saw the river al-Kausar
and also river Mercy. He drank from river al-Kausar and took shower in the
river Mercy.
The journey continued till he reached the peak of the
journey called “Sidratul Muntaha” where the space of two bows (arcs) or even
less remained as stated in Surah al-Najm verse 9.
In the end a couplet of Allama Iqbal is relevant here:
“ Sabaq
Mila hai ye Meraj e Mustafa (S) se mujhe”
“ Ke alam e
bashariyyat ki zad me hai gadroon”
I have
drawn a conclusion by the Ascension (Me’raj) of
The Prophet
Muhammad (S)
That the
skies are open to the mankind
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