الإسراءConceptThe Night Journey in the QuranالإسراءProphethood6Verses2Surahs14Connections#558of 828

Key Verses

1. 17:60Al-IsraWarning
   وَإِذۡ قُلۡنَا لَكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ أَحَاطَ بِٱلنَّاسِۚ وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا ٱلرُّءۡيَا ٱلَّتِيٓ أَرَيۡنَٰكَ إِلَّا فِتۡنَةٗ لِّلنَّاسِ وَٱلشَّجَرَةَ ٱلۡمَلۡعُونَةَ فِي ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِۚ وَنُخَوِّفُهُمۡ فَمَا يَزِيدُهُمۡ إِلَّا طُغۡيَٰنٗا كَبِيرٗا
   And (it was a warning) when we told thee: Lo! thy Lord encompasseth mankind, and We appointed the sight which We showed thee as an ordeal for mankind, and (likewise) the Accursed Tree in the Qur'an. We warn them, but it increaseth them in naught save gross impiety.
   In context

   And remember, O Messenger, when I said to you: Your Lord has encompassed the people in His power and they are in His control. Allah will protect you from them, so convey what you have been ordered to convey. And I did not make what I clearly showed you on the Night Journey except as a test for the people; do they believe it or reject it?

2. 53:13An-Najm
   وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ نَزۡلَةً أُخۡرَىٰ
   And verily he saw him yet another time
   In context

   And Muhammad (peace be upon him) had seen Gabriel (peace be upon him) in his true form another time on the night he was taken for the journey.

3. 53:14An-Najm
   عِندَ سِدۡرَةِ ٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰ
   By the lote-tree of the utmost boundary,
   In context

   By the lote tree of the utmost boundary, which is a tree on the seventh heaven.

4. 53:16An-NajmWarning
   إِذۡ يَغۡشَى ٱلسِّدۡرَةَ مَا يَغۡشَىٰ
   When that which shroudeth did enshroud the lote-tree,
   In context

   When the lote tree was covered through the command of Allah by something great whose true nature only Allah knows.

5. 53:18An-Najm
   لَقَدۡ رَأَىٰ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰٓ
   Verily he saw one of the greater revelations of his Lord.
   In context

   Muhammad (peace be upon him) saw on the night he was raised great signs of his Lord which show His power. He saw Paradise, hell and other things.

6. 17:1Al-IsraPraise
   سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَسۡرَىٰ بِعَبۡدِهِۦ لَيۡلٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡحَرَامِ إِلَى ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡأَقۡصَا ٱلَّذِي بَٰرَكۡنَا حَوۡلَهُۥ لِنُرِيَهُۥ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِنَآۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡبَصِيرُ
   Glorified be He Who carried His servant by night from the Inviolable Place of Worship to the Far distant place of worship the neighbourhood whereof We have blessed, that We might show him of Our tokens! Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Seer.
   In context

   Allah, may He be glorified, is exalted from everything not appropriate for him.