Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 85
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muḥammad Mustafa sa (c) sa sa ra. Prophet informed of his Night Journey to Jerusalem and at least seven collectors of Traditions have given her account of the incident on the authority of four different reporters who have reported the incident from her. All these four reporters concur in saying that the Holy Prophet" went to. Jerusalem and returned to Mecca the same night. If the. Holy Prophet had spoken of his Ascension to the heavens also, Hadrat Umm Hāni" could not have failed to refer to it in one or other of her reports. But she does not do so in any of her reports, which conclusively shows that during the night in question the Holy Prophet" made the Isra' or the. Spiritual Night Journey to Jerusalem only and that the. Mi'raj did not take place on that occasion. It seems that some reporters of Traditions mixed up the two accounts of the Isra' and the Mi'raj. The confusion appears to have arisen from the word Isra' (Night Journey) having been used both for the Isra' and the Mi'raj; and the resemblance that existed in some of the details in the descriptions of the. Isra' and the Mi'raj heightened and confirmed it. as sa as sa as as. The Traditions which first give an account of the Holy. Prophet's visit to Jerusalem and then of his transportation from Jerusalem to heaven also state that at Jerusalem he met the former Prophets, including Adam", Abraham,. Moses and Jesus", and that in the heavens he met the same. Prophets again but did not recognize them. How did these. Prophets whom he had met at Jerusalem reach the heavens before him and why could he not recognize them while he had seen them only a short while ago in the course of the same journey. It is inconceivable that he should have failed to recognize them when he had met them only a short while ago in the course of the same journey. For a detailed discussion of this important subject see: “The Larger Edition of the Commentary of the Holy Qur'an, pp. 1404-1409," 85