A brief description of the Meraj:

Just one year before his exodus from Mecca to Madina, on the 27th night of Rajab, Prophet MuhammadPBUH had a unique experience in the history of all religions. The Prophet ^PBUH , accompanied by Angel Gabriel was taken for Night Journey-(ISRA) from Mecca to Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. There he led a congregation of the souls of all the earlier Prophets ^PBUH. Then accompanied by Angel Gabriel he had the Ascension-(MERAJ) to Heavens. In the heavens he met again with the Prophets ^PBUH individually. Then he was taken to see Paradise and Hell. He was shown what would be the fate of the humans after the Day of Judgment. How the Believers and the Righteous would be rewarded in Paradise and also how the non-believers and the wicked would be chastised in Hell. After seeing several important divine Signs (Ayaat) he was led by Gabriel to the Sid’rah (The Berry Tree). Gabriel stopped there. The Prophet ^PBUH proceeded from there to the Divine Proximity. The Prophet ^PBUH had the Vision of God, Lord of the Universe. Five obligatory prayers were ordained by the way of Thanksgiving. The Prophet ^PBUH was brought back to the earth and to his own place before the Dawn prayers on the same night. This Great event has been described above very briefly. The details can be read in the books about the Meraj of the Prophet ^PBUH .

The most important things we believe about the Meraj are noted below:

1. The night journey (ISRA) and the Ascension (MERAJ) both did not take place “spiritually” nor they were merely in a “dream”, as a few people argue. They took place with the “body and soul,” and the Prophet ^PBUH was fully awake. Qur’an says that: “Glorified be He Who Carried His servant by night…….” The word ‘Abad’ (servant) applies to a ‘person’ with his body and soul. Therefore, to say that the ascension was only spiritual is wrong. In fact it was with the body and soul and in full awareness.
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