B423 Al-Isra Wa al-Miraj: The Night Journey & Ascension of the Prophet

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Glorified (and Exalted) be He (Allah) Who took His slave (Muhammad salla Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) for a journey by night from Al-Masjid-al-Haram to the farthest mosque (in Jerusalem), the neighborhood whereof We have blessed, in order that We might show him (Muhammad salla Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) of Our Ayat. Verily, He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer. [Surah al-Isra 17:1] The Night Journey and Ascension “are two incidents from the greatest incidents in the noble history of Muhammad (salla Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam).” However the mode of these incidents has been debated over the years: Did they occur in a dream? Was his (salla Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) soul removed and taken to the heavens while his body remained on earth? Or did he ascend in his whole form (body and soul)?