The Glorious Night Journey & Miracle of Ascension
Al Isra wal Miraj
Transcribed and embellished by Ghufran Shah from the original paper written Musharraf Hussain Al-Azhari PhD D.Univ (Hon)
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Contents
INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................5 WHAT IS THE ASCENSION ? ........................................................................6 THE DOME OF THE ROCK............................................................................8 AL-AQSA MOSQUE ......................................................................................9 NARRATIVES OF THE ASCENSION FROM HADITH LITERATURE...............10 WAS THE ASCENSION A DREAM OR A PHYSICAL JOURNEY ?.................12 THE PURPOSE OF THE ASCENSION..........................................................13 THE POEM OF MIRAJ BY IMAM AHMAD RAZA KHAN BARELVI (RH)..........15
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Introduction
All praise is for the Lord of the Universe, the majestic creator, the sublime designer, the generous cherisher who implanted love and compassion in the hearts of man and women so that they could live together as husband and wife. Blessings be upon the finest of Allah’s creation, the mercy of the universe, the leader of the Prophet s and the master of the believers, Muhammad The faith of Islam is based on aqeeda (creed). Without his no deeds are acceptable. Therefore every muslim must know the creed of Islam According to Imam Nasafi (died 537 AH), there are some 63 articles of faith which make up the Islamic creed. One of these articles...
