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الإِسْرَاءُ وَالمِعْرَاج
Isra and Mi'raj
The night the Prophet was taken to Jerusalem and then raised through the heavens.
Also written · Isra wal Miraj · Israa and Miraj · Miraj · Meraj · Mehraj · Lailat al-Miraj · Night Journey · Ascension · Isra Mi'raj · Isra and Meraj · Shab e Meraj · Isra wal Mi'raj · Buraq
The meaning
What Isra and Mi'raj means in Islam
Isra is the journey by night to al-Masjid al-Aqsa, where he led the prophets in prayer; mi'raj is the ascent from there. The Qur'an opens Surah al-Isra with the journey and Surah an-Najm describes what he saw at the Lote Tree. It was on this night that the five daily prayers were given, reduced from fifty at Musa's urging. Sunni scholars overwhelmingly hold it was in body and not only in vision, and the exact date is not established.
Evidence · Qur’an · Stated directly in the Qur’an
Read beside it
Rooms that name it
Words that sit beside it
- Masjid al-AqsaThe mosque enclosure in Jerusalem, third of the three mosques worth travelling to visit.المَسْجِدُ الأَقْصَى
- Sidrat al-MuntahaThe Lote Tree at the furthest limit, reached by the Prophet on the Night Journey.سِدْرَةُ المُنْتَهَى
- Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, IshaThe five obligatory prayers: dawn, past midday, afternoon, just after sunset, and night.الصَّلَواتُ الخَمْس
- SalahThe formal Muslim prayer, performed five times a day at set times, facing Makkah.الصَّلاة
More from History
- Abu BakrThe Prophet's closest friend, his companion in the cave, and the first caliph.أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيق
- Battle of Mu'tahThe first clash with Byzantine forces, in year eight, where three appointed commanders fell in turn.مُؤْتَة
- HijrahThe Prophet's migration from Makkah to Madinah in 622, the start of the Muslim calendar.الهِجْرَة
- Imam MuslimThe compiler of the second Sahih, a student and close friend of al-Bukhari.مُسْلِمُ بْنُ الحَجَّاج
- MadinahThe oasis city that took the Prophet in, where he governed, died and is buried.المَدِينَة
- Salman al-FarisiA Persian who searched through two religions for the truth and was enslaved before finding it.سَلْمَانُ الفَارِسِيّ