By:
Shahid Bin Waheed شاهد
بن وحيد بسم الله الرحمن
الرحيم الحمدلله
رب العالمين والصلوة
والسلام على اشرف
الانبياء وسيدالمرسلين
نبينا محمد صل
ا لله عليه وعلى
آله واصحابه وازواجه
اجمعين - امابعد All the praises and thanks be to Allaah, Sustainer of the Universe, and blessing and salutation to be the most distinguish of the Messengers and foremost among the Prophets, our Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allaah be on him and on his wives, children and Companions. There have been voluminous work has been authored on the subject
cited above by Muslims and non-Muslims including anti-Islaam forces, who have
attempted to obscure and obfuscate the truth, but hopelessly failed for doing
so. However, this treatise will inSha Allaah give a new dimension without
departing from correct Islaamic aqeedah that the Isra/Miraj was in body and soul both. And it was not a dream. Christian
sources have also been included as supporting evidence. Let us examine the Ayaah
1 of Surah Al-Isra! Surah Al-Israa 1سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَى بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى الَّذِي بَارَكْنَا حَوْلَهُ لِنُرِيَهُ مِنْ آيَاتِنَا إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ Glorified (and Exalted) be He (Allâh) (above all that (evil)
they associate with Him) {1}
Who took His slave (Muhammad صلى الله عليه
و سلم)
for a journey by night from Al-Masjid-al-Harâm (at
Makkah) to Al-Masjid-al-Aqsâ (in Jerusalem), the neighborhood whereof We have blessed, in order that We might show him (Muhammad صلى الله عليه
و سلم)
of Our Ayât (proofs,
evidence, lessons, signs, etc.). Verily, He is
the All-Hearer, the All-Seer {2}
. {1} (V.17: 1) وقد روى طلحة بن عبيد الله أنه قال للنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ما معنى سبحان الله؟ قال تنزيه الله من كل سوء؛ {2} (V.17:
1) Narrated Jâbir bin ‘Abdullâh رضي الله
عنهما
that he heard Allâh’s Messenger صلى الله
عليه وسلم saying, "When the people of Quraish did not believe me
(i.e. in the story of my Isrâ’
- (Night Journey)), I stood up in Al-Hijr
and Allâh displayed Jerusalem in front of me, and I began describing it to them
while I was looking at it. (Sahih
Al-Bukhari, Vol.5, Hadith No.226). This is our
primary duty to try to understand and comprehend the Glorious Qur’aan rather
than just a cursory look and general concept. The Ayaah 17:1 is self-evidence
of Isra (night journey) that it took place in body and soul (both) i.e.
physical and spiritual combined. The following is the evidence to that: أَسْرَى
= took for a
Journey ! Take, taking or took is a physical act, not
a spiritual act. According to American Heritage Dictionary the meaning of the
word “took” is as follows: took (t‹k) v. Past tense of take. take (tłk) v. took (t‹k), tak·en (tł“k…n), tak·ing, takes. --tr. 1. To get into one's possession by force, skill, or artifice, especially: a. To capture physically; seize: take an enemy fortress. The Arabic word أَسْرَى is derived from root letters: س ر ي and
means, أَسْرَى: جعله يسير
ليلا carried by
night, made to travel
by night. The word أَسْرَى is used
only once in Glorious Qur’aan 17:1. Readers must note that traveling
and/or carrying (both) are physical things/acts. مِنْ آيَاتِنَا =
Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, lessons, signs,
etc.). in the Ayaah 17:1 is confirmed by Allaah (SWT) at another place in
Glorious Qur’aan by saying, Surah An-Najm 18 لَقَدْ رَأَى
مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ
الْكُبْرَى Indeed he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه
وسلم)
did see of the Greatest Signs, of his Lord (Allâh). *** This again, confirms the corporeal nature of Isra. The word عَبْدِهِ is derived from the root letters ع ب د the word بِعَبْدِهِ means,
His Slave or His Servant, or His bondsman. This word has also been used in the
Bible (at dozens of places),
example: 1 Chronicles
17: 4 Go and tell David my servant,
Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in: 1
Kings 1:19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and
hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the
captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant
hath he not called. Deuteronomy
34:5 So Moses the servant of
the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. Ezekiel
28:5… then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob. "It must be clearly understood that “Slave or Servant or Bondsman” is a physical thing not something
spiritual. " In the Glorious Qur’aan Allaah (SWT) has addressed Prophet Muhammad
(SAW) using many names and titles. But Divine Wisdom has used the word “Slave
or Servant” in Ayah 17:1, that connote to 2:23 showing the obvious co-relation,
as we read: Surah Al-Baqarah 23 وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ
فِي رَيْبٍ مِمَّا
نَزَّلْنَا عَلَى
عَبْدِنَا
فَأْتُوا بِسُورَةٍ
مِنْ مِثْلِهِ
وَادْعُوا شُهَدَاءَكُمْ
مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ
إِنْ كُنْتُمْ
صَادِقِينَ And
if you (Arab pagans, Jews, and Christians) are in doubt concerning that which
We have sent down (i.e. the Qur’ân) to Our
slave (Muhammad صلى الله
عليه وسلم), then produce a Sűrah (chapter) of the like thereof and call your witnesses
(supporters and helpers) besides Allâh, if you are truthful. Thus, we learn that it was/is an extra ordinary event, not
something significant. The word Isra أَسْرَى
in the Ayaah 17:1 itself denotes to a night journey. لَيْلًا is added to
emphasize the miraculous nature of the act i.e. the colossal distance being
covered in a fraction of a single night. لَيْلًا is used in
the above Ayaah instead of لَيْلَةً , because when they say لَيْلَةً أَسْرَى the meaning
generally is “he occupied the whole night in journeying.” مَسْجِدٍ {(Mosque)
in English} properly denoted to the site, not the building of a Mosque (this is
often confused by people as “building”); therefore
there is no question of the existence or not of the actual Temple at that time.
It is called الْأَقْصَى,
(furthest or farthest)
because it was at that time farthest place of worship of one God from Makkah. Show him = لِنُرِيَهُ is another physical act; require the use of eyes and brain. Thus the act was with his (Muhammad {SAW}) bodily eyes. We find further proof from a Hadeeth of Rasool Allaah (SAW) that
entire earth is Allaah’s Masjid for Muslims: Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah: "The Prophet said, 'I have been given five things which were not given to any one else before me. 1. Allah made me victorious by awe, (by His frightening my enemies) for a distance of one month's journey. 2. The earth has been made for me
(and for my followers) a place for praying and a thing to perform Tayammum, therefore anyone
of my followers can pray wherever the time of a prayer is due. 3. The booty has been made Halal (lawful) for me yet it was not lawful for anyone else before me. 4. I have been given the right of intercession (on the Day of Resurrection). 5. Every Prophet used to be sent to his nation only but I have been
sent to all mankind.' (Translation of
Sahih Bukhari, Rubbing hands and feet with dust (Tayammum), Volume 1, Book 7,
Number 331)" Proof from
Glorious Qur’aan that earth is a Masjid for Muslims! Surah Ar-Ra'd 15 وَلِلَّهِ
يَسْجُدُ مَنْ
فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ
وَالْأَرْضِ طَوْعًا
وَكَرْهًا وَظِلَالُهُمْ
بِالْغُدُوِّ
وَالْآصَالِ And
unto Allâh (Alone) falls in prostration whoever
is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or
unwillingly, and so do their shadows in the mornings and in the afternoons. Surah An-Nahl 49 وَلِلَّهِ
يَسْجُدُ مَا
فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ
وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مِنْ
دَابَّةٍ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ
وَهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ And to Allâh prostrate all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth, of the moving (living) creatures and
the angels, and they are not proud (i.e. they worship their Lord (Allâh) with
humility). Taking
the word مَسْجِدٍ {(Masjid}
literally as building is incorrect
because another place in Glorious Qur’aan, Allaah says, Surah Ta-Ha 53 الَّذِي
جَعَلَ لَكُمُ
الْأَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَسَلَكَ
لَكُمْ فِيهَا
سُبُلًا وَأَنْزَلَ
مِنَ السَّمَاءِ
مَاءً فَأَخْرَجْنَا
بِهِ أَزْوَاجًا
مِنْ نَبَاتٍ شَتَّى Who has made earth for you like a bed (spread out); and has opened roads
(ways and paths) for you therein, and has sent down water (rain) from the sky.
And We have brought forth with it various kinds of vegetation. At another place we read, Surah An-Nabaa 6 أَلَمْ
نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ
مِهَادًا Have We not made the
earth as a bed, In conclusion, we learn that the farthest Mosque is the reference
to the site (not
a building or Temple literally), where once Temple used to be that was built by Solomon. PROOF From Christian Sources That Isra Was Physical! In his book Dala’il An-Nubuwwah, Al-Hafiz Abu Nuaym
al-Isbahani recorded via Muhammad bin ‘Umar Al-Waqidi who said: Malik bin Abi
Ar-Rajjal told me from ‘Amr bin Abdullah that Muhammad bin Ka’b Al-Qurazi said:
“The Messenger of Allaah (SAW) sent Dihyah bin Khalifah to Caesar.” He
mentioned how he came to him, and described an incident that showed how wise
Caesar was. He sent for the Arab merchants who were in Syria and Abu Sufyan
Sakhr bin Harb and his companions were brought to him. He asked them the
well-known questions that were recorded by Al-Bukhari and Muslim, as we shall
discuss below, and Abu Sufyan tried hard to give the impression that this was
an insignificant issue. [The narrator] said that Abu Sufyan [later] said: “By
Allaah, nothing stopped me from saying something to Heraclius to make him
despise [Muhammad] but the fact that I did not want to tell a lie that would
later be found out, and he would never believe me again after that. Then I told
him about the night on which he was taken to the Night Journey. I said: ‘O
King, shall I not tell you of something from which you will know that he is
lying? He said, “What is it?” I said: ‘He claims that he went out of our land,
the land of Al-Haram, in one night, and came to your sanctuary in
Jerusalem, then came back to us the same night, before morning came.’ The Patriarch of Jerusalem was there,
standing next to Caesar. The Patriarch of Jerusalem said: ‘I know that night.’
Caesar looked at him and said, ‘How do you know about this?’ He said, ‘I never
used to sleep at night until I closed all the doors of the sanctuary. On that
night I closed all the doors except for one, which I could not manage to close.
I asked my workers and others who were with me to help me deal with it, but we
couldn’t move it. It was like trying to move a mountain. So I called the
carpenters, and they looked at it and said: The lintel and some part of the
structure have fallen onto it. We cannot move it until morning, when we will be
able to see what the problem is. So I
went back and left those two doors open. The next morning I went back, and saw
that the stone at the corner of the sanctuary had a hole in it, and said to my
companions: This door has not been closed last night except for a Prophet, who
prayed last night in our sanctuary.” Proof from the Bible Christian missionary love to misrepresent
the truth that Prophet Muhammad (SAW) didn’t perform any miracles, which of
course is not true. He performed over three hundred fifty (350) miracles.
Their own Bible testifies and/or contains the prophecies about the miracles
performed by Prophet Muhammad (SAW). Readers must remember that no Biblical
prophet including Jesus has performed more miracles than Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
and no Biblical prophet has performed miracle of splitting the moon into two
halves, it is the miracle of Muhammad (SAW) that Bible has prophesied and
Glorious Qur’aan has vouched for that. Let us examine the reference from the
Bible containing three prophecies about Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and his
miracle/s. Isaiah 24:23! 024:023 Then
the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall
reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously. The above verse has three prophecies
mentioned in it. First, it is referring to the miracle of moon splitting that
Prophet Muhammad (SAW) performed and has mentioned earlier (see Glorious
Qur’aan 54:1-3), the second thing that this verse is describing is the
conquest of Khaiyber by Muslims. Khaiyber was a very the strong hold of
Jews. The third thing in the same verse is about (Isra) Mera’aj (see
Glorious Qur’aan 17:1, 60; 53: 10, 12, 14-18; 94:1). In other words this
verse contains THREE prophecies about Prophet Muhammad. All three prophecies have come to pass! Haggai 2:7-9
The modern translation of the Bible after redaction reads: 002:007 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of
all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD
of hosts. 002:008 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the
LORD of hosts. 002:009 The glory of this latter house shall be greater
than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give
peace, saith the LORD of hosts. In
older (Assyrian) version read as follows: 002:007 And I will shake all nations, and the Himada
of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the
LORD of hosts. 002:008 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD
of hosts. 002:009 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the
former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give Shalom,
saith the LORD of hosts. وَإِذْ
قَالَ عِيسَى ابْنُ
مَرْيَمَ يَا بَنِي
إِسْرَائِيلَ
إِنِّي رَسُولُ
اللَّهِ إِلَيْكُم
مُّصَدِّقاً لِّمَا
بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ
مِنَ التَّوْرَاةِ
وَمُبَشِّراً
بِرَسُولٍ يَأْتِي
مِن بَعْدِي اسْمُهُ
أَحْمَدُ فَلَمَّا
جَاءهُم بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ
قَالُوا هَذَا
سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ And (remember) when ‘Îsâ, son of
Maryam, said: "O Children of Israel! I am the Messenger of Allâh unto you,
confirming the Taurât ((Torah) which came) before me, and giving glad tidings
of a Messenger to come after me, whose name shall be Ahmad. {1} But when he (Ahmad i.e.
Muhammad صلى الله
عليه وسلم) came to them with clear proofs, they said: "This is plain
magic." {2} {1} (V.61: 6) i.e. the second name of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and it (Ahmad) literally means: "One who praises Allâh more than others". {2} (V.61: 6) A) Narrated Jubair bin
Mut‘im رضي الله
عنه: Allâh’s
Messenger صلى الله
عليه وسلم said, "I have five names: I am Muhammad and Ahmad; I am Al-Mahî through whom Allâh
will eliminate Al-Kufr (infidelity); I am Al-Hashir who will be the
first to be resurrected, the people being resurrected thereafter; and I am also
Al-‘Âqib
(i.e.
there will be no Prophet after me)." ( Sahih Al-Bukhari , Vol. 4, Hadîfh No.732). B) Narrated
Abű Hurairah رضي الله عنه: Allâh’s
Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "By
Him (Allâh) in Whose Hand my soul is, surely, the son of Maryam (‘Îsâ) عليهما السلام * will shortly descend
amongst you people (Muslims), and will judge mankind justly by the Law of the
Qur’ân (as a just ruler), and will break the Cross and kill the pigs and
abolish the Jizyah (a tax taken from the people of the Scriptures (Jews and
Christians), who are under the protection of a Muslim government. This Jizyah tax will not be
accepted by ‘Îsâ عليه السلام and all mankind
will be required to embrace Islam with no other alternative). Then there will be
abundance of money and nobody will accept charitable gifts." (See Fath Al-Bari, Page No. 304 and
305, Vol. 7), (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol. 3, Hadîth No.425). * ‘Îsâ,
the son of Maryam عليهما
السلام will descend as a leader of the Muslims and it is a severe
warning to the Christians who claim to be the followers of ‘Îsâ and he will
break the Cross and kill the pigs, and he will abolish the Jizyah (tax); and all
mankind will be required to embrace Islam with no other alternative. (b) Shalom: Hebrew Shalom and Shlama and Arabic Salam and Islaam are derived from
one and the same root, meaning peace and submission. This prophecy becomes more clear when it is read and understood with another prophecy in Malachi 3:1 (“003:001 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.”) Now let us compare it with Glorious Qur’aan chapter 17, Ayah 1, which reads: سُبْحَانَ
الَّذِي أَسْرَى
بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلاً
مِّنَ الْمَسْجِدِ
الْحَرَامِ إِلَى
الْمَسْجِدِ الأَقْصَى
الَّذِي بَارَكْنَا
حَوْلَهُ لِنُرِيَهُ
مِنْ آيَاتِنَا
إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ
البَصِيرُ Glorified (and Exalted) be He
(Allâh) (above all that (evil) they associate with Him) {1} Who took His slave
(Muhammad صلى الله
عليه و سلم) for a journey by night from Al-Masjid-al-Harâm (at Makkah) to Al-Masjid-al-Aqsâ (in
Jerusalem), the neighborhood whereof We have blessed, in order that We might
show him (Muhammad صلى الله
عليه و سلم) of Our Ayât (proofs,
evidence, lessons, signs, etc.). Verily, He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer {2} . {1} (V.17: 1)وقد روى طلحة بن عبيد الله أنه قال للنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ما معنى سبحان الله؟ قال تنزيه الله من كل سوء؛ {2} (V.17: 1) Narrated Jâbir bin
‘Abdullâh رضي الله
عنه that he heard Allâh’s Messenger صلى الله عليه
وسلم
saying, "When the people of Quraish did not believe me (i.e. in the story
of my Isrâ’
-
(Night Journey)), I stood up in Al-Hijr and Allâh displayed Jerusalem in front
of me, and I began describing it to them while I was looking at it. (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol.5, Hadith No.226). Thus,
this prophecy is absolutely about Muhammad صلى
الله عليه و سلم and his sudden arrival at the temple in
Jerusalem. al-Masjid al-Aqsa and the Dome of the Rock Al-Masjid
al-Aqsa (in Jerusalem) was the first of the two qiblahs, and is one of the
three mosques to which people may travel for the purpose of worship. And it was
said that it was built by Sulaymaan (peace be upon him), as stated in Sunan
al-Nasaa’I (693) and classed as Saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh
al-Nasaa’i. And it was said that it existed before Sulaymaan (peace be upon
him) and that Sulaymaan rebuilt it; this is based on the evidence narrated in al-Saheehayn
from Abu Dharr (may Allaah be pleased with him) who said: “I said, ‘O
Messenger of Allaah, which mosque was built on earth first?’ He said,
‘Al-Masjid al-Haraam [in Makkah].’ I said, ‘Then which?’ He said, ‘Al-Masjid
al-Aqsa.’ I said, ‘How much time was there between them?’ He said, ‘Forty
years. So wherever you are when the time for prayer comes, pray, for that is
the best thing to do.’” Narrated
by al-Bukhaari, 3366; Muslim, 520. The
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was taken on the Night
Journey (isra’) to Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem), where he led the Prophets in
prayer in this blessed mosque. Allaah
says (interpretation of the meaning): “Glorified
(and Exalted) be He (Allaah) [above all that (evil) they associate with Him] Who
took His slave (Muhammad) for a journey by night from Al‑Masjid Al‑Haraam
(at Makkah) to Al‑Masjid Al‑Aqsaa (in Jerusalem), the neighborhood
whereof We have blessed, in order that We might show him (Muhammad) of Our
Ayaat (proofs, evidences, lessons, signs, etc.)? Verily, He is the All‑Hearer,
the All‑Seer” [al-Isra’
17:1] The
Dome of the Rock was built by the caliph ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Marwaan in 72
AH. It says
in al-Mawsoo’ah al-Filasteeniyyah (4/203): “The name al-Masjid al-Aqsa
was historically applied to the entire sanctuary (al-Haram al-Shareef) and the
buildings in it, the most important of which is the Dome of the Rock which was
built by ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Marwaan in 72 AH/691 CE, which is regarded as one of
the greatest Islamic historical buildings. But today the name is applied to the
great mosque which is situated in the southern part of the sanctuary
plateau.” It also
says in al-Mawsoo’ah (3/23): “The Dome of the Rock is situated in the
middle of the plateau of al-Masjid al-Aqsa, which is in the southeastern part
of the city of al-Quds (Jerusalem). It is a spacious rectangular plateau, which
measures 480 meters from north to south, and 300 meters from east to west. This
plateau occupies approximately one-fifth of the area of the Old City of
Jerusalem. The
mosque, which is the place of prayer, is not the Dome of the Rock, but because
pictures of the Dome are so widespread, many Muslims think when they see it that
this is the mosque. This is not in fact the case. The Mosque is situated in the
southern portion of the plateau, and the Dome is built on the raised rock that
is situated in the middle of the plateau. We have
already seen above that the name of the mosque was historically applied to the
whole plateau. This is
supported by the words of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy
on him) in Majmoo’at al-Rasaa’il al-Kubra, 2/61: “Al-Masjid al-Aqsa is
the name for the whole of the place of worship built by Sulaymaan (peace be
upon him). Some people started to give the name of al-Aqsa to the prayer-place
which was built by ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab in front of it. Praying in this
prayer-place which ‘Umar built for the Muslims is better than praying in the
rest of the mosque, because when ‘Umar conquered Jerusalem there was a huge
garbage dump on the rock, since the Christians wanted to show their scorn for
the place towards which the Jews used to pray. So ‘Umar issued orders that the
filth be removed and he said to Ka’b: ‘Where do you think we should build a
place of prayer for the Muslims?’ He said, ‘Behind the rock.’ He said, ‘O you
son of a Jewish woman! Are influenced by your Jewish ideas! Rather I will build
it in front of it.’ Hence
when the imams of this ummah entered the mosque, they would go and pray in the
prayer-place that was built by ‘Umar. With regard to the Rock, neither ‘Umar
nor any of the Sahaabah prayed there, and there was no dome over it during the
time of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs. It was open to the sky during the caliphate
of ‘Umar, ‘Uthmaan, ‘Ali, Mu’aawiyah, Yazeed and Marwaan… The scholars among
the Sahaabah and those who followed them in truth did not venerate the rock
because it was an abrogated qiblah… rather it was venerated by the Jews and
some of the Christians.” ‘Umar
denounced Ka’b al-Ahbaar and called him the son of a Jewish woman because Ka’b
had been a Jewish scholar and rabbi, so when he suggested to ‘Umar that he should
build the mosque behind the rock, that was out of respect for the rock so that
the Muslims would face it when praying, and veneration of the rock was part of
the religion of the Jews, not the religion of the Muslims. The
Muslims’ fondness for the picture of the Dome may be because of the beauty of
this building, but this does not excuse them from the resulting mistake of not
distinguishing between the Mosque and the buildings that surround it. This
may be one of the plots and tricks of the Jews, because of their veneration for
the rock and their facing it in prayer. Or is may be in order to give
importance to the Rock so that they can fulfill their desire to build the
so-called Temple of Solomon on the ruins of al-Masjid al-Aqsa. This is by making
the Muslims think that al-Masjid al-Aqsa is the Dome of the Rock, so that if
the Jews start to destroy al-Masjid al-Aqsa and the Muslims denounce them for
that, they will tell them, “Al-Masjid al-Aqsa is fine,” and will show them a
picture of the Dome of the Rock. Thus they will achieve their aims and be safe
from the Muslims’ criticism. In conclusion we learn that: ·
Isra (the
Night Journey) was corporeal. ·
Allaah
(SWT) Himself testified for that {53:18} as cited above. ·
Masjid
Al-Aqsa is the farthest site, not any Temple or actual building, as often is
mistaken. ·
Isra was
not in a state of dream or vision as sometime incorrectly perceived. ·
The
testimony of Christian Patriarch of Jerusalem is another evidence in favor of
Isra. ·
Masjid is
any site on earth where Muslims perform Salaat. ·
The
entire earth is Allaah’s Masjid for Muslims, as proved above from Glorious
Qur’aan Ar-Ra’d Ayaah 15, and An-Nahl Ayaah 49 along with Hadeeth. ·
Divine
Wisdom for taking the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) to Jerusalem (where 1st
Qibla used to be) to tell the mankind that religion of Allaah has always been
Islaam. |