The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 124
CH. 53 AN-NAJM 11. Then He revealed to His servant that which He revealed. 3975 12. The heart of the Prophet was not untrue to that which he saw. 13. Will you then dispute with him about what he saw?3976 14. And certainly, he saw Him a second time also, 3977 15. Near the farthest Lote-tree, 3978 spiritual experience, comprising the spiritual ascent of the Holy Prophet, and the descent towards him of God's manifestation. The Mi'raj (Spiritual Ascension) has become confused in popular mind with Isra' (or Spiritual Night Journey of the Prophet to Jerusalem), from which it is quite distinct and separate. The Isra' took place in the eleventh or twelfth year of the Call (Zurqānī) while the Holy Prophet had the experience of the Mi'raj or Spiritual Ascension to heavens in its 5th year, shortly after the first migration to Abyssinia, six or seven years earlier. A careful and minute study of the details of these two incidents mentioned in the Ḥadīth also supports this view. For a detailed exposition of the two incidents, the Mi'rāj and the Isrā',―being separate and distinct from each other, see 17:2. 3975. Important Words: 6 (what) is sometimes used, to denote honour, surprise, or for emphasis. means, how PT. 27 فَأَوْحَى إِلَى عَبْدِهِ مَا أَوْحَى مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَى أَفَتُمُرُونَهُ عَلَى مَا يَرُى وَلَقَدْرَاهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَى عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهى. means, an beautiful Zaid is. excellent youth is such a one (Lane & Aqrab). 3976. Commentary: The verse implies that what the Holy Prophet had seen was his real personal experience; it was veritable truth and no figment of his imagination. 3977. Commentary: The verse means that the Holy Prophet's vision was a double spiritual experience. 3978. Important Words: سدر Lote-tree) is derived from) سدرة سدر which means, he was or became dumb- confounded, perplexed or founded. (sadira) means, bewildered, perplexed, confounded. (sadirun) means, the sea (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: In view of the root meaning of the word the verse may signify that in his Spiritual Ascension (*), the Holy 3020