Night-Journey
Yusuf Islam
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It was during the tenth year of the mission that Muhammad sallallahu
Alayhi wa sallam was to experience the greatest sorrow of his life
His uncle Abu Talib, who had up to then provided him with the much-
Needed family protection and support, died. This was followed soon
After by the death of his loving wife Khadija. To add to his grief
The people of Taif, to whom he had journeyed to convey the message of
Islam, had mercilessly rejected him, sending ruffians to pelt him
With stones, making his body stream with blood. It was in this
Devastating and difficult time that the Prophet sallallahu
Alayhi wa sallam was to be given one of the greatest
And most uplifting honours by Allah, glorified and
Exalted is He. This was the miraculous night journey
On that special night, the angel Gabriel came to Muhammad sallallahu
Alayhi wa sallam and woke him from his sleep. Gabriel then bade
Him mount what looked like a dazzling white creature named Al-Buraq
Soon, with lightning speed, Muhammad was transported to Masjid Al-
Aqsa, the distant place of prayer in Jerusalem. There, on this
Blessed site in the heart of Jerusalem, Muhammad sallallahu alayhi
Wa sallam was met by an assembly of earlier prophets who gathered
Behind him as he led them in prayer. From there, Gabriel took him
And they ascended through the seven heavens to witness the unseen
Mysteries of the universe and to see
Some of the greatest signs of Allah
According to tradition, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
Said: "When I entered the lowest heaven, I saw a man sitting
There with the spirits of men and women passing before him. To
One on the right he would smile, saying, 'A good spirit from a
Good body,' and of another on the left he would frown and say
'A bad spirit from a bad body.' I said, 'Who is this, O Gabriel?
' He replied, 'This is Adam, and the persons on the right and
Left are his offspring. Those on the right are the people of
Paradise, and those on the left are the people of the Hellfire.'"
Then Gabriel ascended with Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
Through each subsequent heaven, meeting different prophets as he
Went: Jesus, John, Joseph, Aaron, Moses, peace be upon them all
Until finally they reached to the seventh heaven. There was a man
Sitting on a throne at the gate of the immortal mansion. "Never have
I seen a man more like myself," said the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
Sallam. "This was my father Abraham." Then Gabriel appeared to the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in all his angelic
Light and splendour. They had reached the lote tree
Of the utmost boundary, the Sidrat al-Muntaha, veiled
By mysterious colours inexhaustibly indescribable