3. INTRDOCTION
Shab e Miraj is also famous for the names
like Isra and Miraj, Isra’wal Miraj and
sometimes Waqia e Miraj as well.
It is the 27th day of the month of Rajab in the
Islamic calendar. Allah SWT (God) took
Prophet Muhammad SAW (spelled as
Muhammad or Mohamed sometimes) on a
famous journey from blessed Mecca(Makkah)
to Jerusalem(Palestine) and then to heaven.
It was 621 C.E. and the day was Sunday or
Monday when the Incident of Mi’raaj took
place.
4. SHAB E MIRAJ
REFERENCE FROM
QURAN
Surah Al Isra 17:1
Holy is He Who carried His servant by night from the Holy Mosque
(in Makkah) to the farther Mosque (in Jerusalem) whose
surroundings We have blessed that We might show him some of
Our Signs. Indeed He alone is All-Hearing, All-Seeing. (17:1)
5. SHAB E MIRAJ: A SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE
It has been an ongoing conversation and discussion for many
years concerning the technique for the movement of Holy Prophet
Muhammad SAW and his offspring during the Meraj. Numerous
things have been said concerning the ascension and it is being
physical or just profound even though from the Glorious Qur’an
and the Ahadith there is no uncertainty that it was a physical
rising.
In any case, one issue from the perspective of science forestalled
a few people in accepting the truth and in this way, the Meraj
of Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) was recorded as being
essentially otherworldly. Another gathering went above and
beyond and accepted this total occasion was a fantasy and that
Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) encountered the Meraj during his
sleep!
6. THE JOURNEY:
MEETING WITH
HOLY PROPHETS
The Prophets with whom the
Holy Prophets (PBUH) on
different skies are as follows:
7. SIIGNIFICANCE OF SHAB E MIRAJ IN ISLAM
The evening of the 27th of Rajab denotes the beginning of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH’s)
venture just as the mission towards propagating the genuine importance behind the religion Islam.
It was on this unique day that the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) passed on Allah’s exceptional message,
right when the Angel Jibril came towards Him with the heavenly disclosure.
The evening of Isra involved the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) being taken by Allah Almighty on a
blissful journey that began at Makkah and went to Jerusalem at Masjid-e-Aqsa and afterward the sky
above to meet with the Creator of this entire Universe. Every single Muslim adherent ought to watch this
heavenly day or favored night as an occasion of incredible centrality.
8. WHAT SHOULD WE DO ON THE EVE OF SHAB E MIRAJ?
Keep yourself busy in Azkaar and say “La Ilaha IllAllah Muhammadur Rasulullah” as much as you can in
the holy month of Rajab. Presenting Surah al Ikhlas can return in the harmony and gift on the reciter and
his family.
May Almighty Allah shower His endless gifts on us all right now. Ameen!