Happy Isra & Mi'raj

[Zaki]

Salam,

Happy Isra & Mi'raj to all the Muslims around the globe

[Condor]

Happy Shab_e_Miraj anniversary to all Muslims.

Thanks for reminding Zaki

[Condor]

Zaki, it looks like we are the only two Muslims around here. Don't grieve bro I shall keep you company.

Correction: Add Bro Xeric also, I didn't notice his thanks.

[Zaki]

Originally Posted by Condor

Zaki, it looks like we are the only two Muslims around here. Don't grieve bro I shall keep you company.

Correction: Add Bro Xeric also, I didn't notice his thanks.

not like that bro,
this forum has less active members so i wasn't even expecting many posts in this thread

[Condor]

Originally Posted by Zaki

not like that bro,
this forum has less active members so i wasn't even expecting many posts in this thread

Maybe they are all secular and Agnostic Muslims.

I'm a Bad Muslim btw.

[Lady Macbeth]

Would it be a bit ignorant of me if I said I dont know what Isra stands for???

Happy Mi'raj anyway guys.....

[Zaki]

Originally Posted by Lady Macbeth

Would it be a bit ignorant of me if I said I dont know what Isra stands for???

Happy Mi'raj anyway guys.....

You know Shab-e-Miraj right?

Isra is the first part of the same journey.... before Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) ascended to heavens, he travelled to Jerusalem and lead the prayer in Masjid-e-Aqsa. This part of the journey is known as Isra. Later on he went to the heavens (Miraj) and got a present of "5 Prayers and few other commandments".

Its a long story and you can easily write whole book on that. The Holy Qur'an has also mentioned 1 or more verses about this topic and it is regarded as one of the most holliest night of the year

[Condor]

Subhanallazi Asra beabdihi Lailan minal masjidil Harame ilal masjidil Aqsallazi, barakna hawlahu Li uriuhi min ayatina - innahu hua samiul Baseer"

Glory to Him who did take his servant on a journey by night from the Sacred Mosque to the Furthest Mosque - whose precincts We did bless in order to show him Our signs. Verily it is He who is all hearing, All Seeing

The above are the opening lines of Sura Isra and its translation done from memory so I may have made some mistakes. For definitive Arabic please open the Holy Quran to read for yourself. And those who are well versed please correct any mistakes I may have committed in the Arabic rendering and its translation.

As you see Isra is an Arabic word from the root word is Sair
And you know exactly what sair means in Urdu. The Prophet went for a sair(sight seeing) across the seven Heavens to our Lord.

Lady Macbeth it wont be exactly ignorant because most of us do not know Arabic but we can read the translation - And I appreciate your candidness.

[vinod2070]

Happy Mi'raj to all friends!

[vinod2070]

Originally Posted by Lady Macbeth

Would it be a bit ignorant of me if I said I dont know what Isra stands for???

Happy Mi'raj anyway guys.....

I read first about this in a fiction by Frederick Forsyth (The Afghan) I read few years back. The book was pretty good but a bt of letdown as he copied himself: his fascinating book "The Fist Of God" (Qubt-Ut-Allah)!

An interesting story.

In Islamic tradition, the Night Journey, Isra and Mi'raj (Arabic: الإسراء والمعراج‎, al-’Isrā’ wal-Mi‘rāğ), are the two parts of a journey that the Islamic prophet Muhammad took in one night on a winged horse, around the year 621. Most Muslims consider it a physical journey while others say it happened spiritually through a metaphorical vision. Some others say that when Muhammad ascended it was a physical journey until he reached the farthest lote tree, a tree in the Seventh Heaven beyond which no angel is allowed to cross, on the other side of which is the throne and footstool of God. Also in the Seventh Heaven there is a Ka'bah of sorts for the angels. It is said since the dawn of time 70,000 angels entered and were never seen again. The angel Ka'bah is in direct conjunction with the Ka'bah on earth. The comparison from each have to the next was said to be like a ring in the desert. But some scholars consider it a dream or vision.[1][2] A brief sketch of the story is in verse 1 of one of the Qur'an chapters (#17: sura Al-Isra), and other details were filled in from the supplemental writings, the aḥādīth.