ConceptThe Night Journey in the QuranالإسراءProphethood6Verses2Surahs14Connections#558of 828
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Every surah, shaded by how often this concept appears. Unshaded surahs never mention it.
Key Verses
- 17:60Al-IsraWarningوَإِذۡ قُلۡنَا لَكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ أَحَاطَ بِٱلنَّاسِۚ وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا ٱلرُّءۡيَا ٱلَّتِيٓ أَرَيۡنَٰكَ إِلَّا فِتۡنَةٗ لِّلنَّاسِ وَٱلشَّجَرَةَ ٱلۡمَلۡعُونَةَ فِي ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِۚ وَنُخَوِّفُهُمۡ فَمَا يَزِيدُهُمۡ إِلَّا طُغۡيَٰنٗا كَبِيرٗاAnd (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?
- وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ نَزۡلَةً أُخۡرَىٰAnd verily he saw him yet another timeIn 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.
- عِندَ سِدۡرَةِ ٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰBy 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.
- 53:16An-NajmWarningإِذۡ يَغۡشَى ٱلسِّدۡرَةَ مَا يَغۡشَىٰWhen 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.
- لَقَدۡ رَأَىٰ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰٓVerily 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.
- 17:1Al-IsraPraiseسُبۡحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَسۡرَىٰ بِعَبۡدِهِۦ لَيۡلٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡحَرَامِ إِلَى ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡأَقۡصَا ٱلَّذِي بَٰرَكۡنَا حَوۡلَهُۥ لِنُرِيَهُۥ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِنَآۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡبَصِيرُGlorified 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.