The Distance Between Two Bows Or Nearer This article explains the meaning of The Distance Between Two Bows or Nearer in Sufism. This metaphoric Qur’anic expression concerns God’s Messenger‘s unparalleled nearness to God during his Ascension. From the viewpoint of Sufism, it denotes rising beyond the horizons of Divine acts...
The Reality Of The Daily Prescribed Prayers Is A Kind Of Ascension The reality of the daily prescribed prayers, which is, in fact, a kind of Ascension, is like the soldier in the previous comparison being admitted to the royal Presence as a pure favor. So, too, your being admitted...
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Buraq Al-Burāq (البُراق al-Burāq “lightning”) is a magical equid in Islamic mythology: a creature from the heavens that transported the prophets. Most notably hadith literature recounts that Buraq carried the Islamic prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Jerusalem and back during the Isra and Mi’raj or ‘Night Journey’. Etymology The Encyclopaedia of Islam,...
17. Surah Al Isra (The Night Journey) AKA Surah Bani Israil (The Children of Israel) Name The Surah Al Isra or Surah Bani Israil takes its name (Bani Israil) from verse 4. But this name is merely a distinctive appellation like the names of many other surahs and not a...
Jesus’ Birth, Life, And Ascension This article covers Jesus‘ Birth, Life, And Ascension in Islamic religious texts. THE BIRTH OF HIS MOTHER, MARY One of the latest prophets among Israelites was Prophet Zachary. His father was Berhiya, a descendant of Prophet Solomon. We don’t know much about Messenger Zachary’s birth...