How and When Did The Miraj Take Place?
What Is Miraj? Deriving from the root uruj meaning "to ascend, to rise," the word miraj means "a vehicle for ascending." As a term it refers to the Prophet Muhammad's (pbuh) ascension to the heavens and his rise to Allah's presence. Islamic sources generally take up the event of the miraj in two stages. The Prophet's journey in one night from the Masjid-i Haram to the Masjid-i Aqsa is called […]
