Talk:Lailat al-Ma'raj

Lailat al-Isra wa al-Mi'raj (The Night of the Journey and the Ascension)

During the tenth year of Prophet Muhammad's prophethood, in the night of 27th of the month of Rajab, the Prophet saw, in a most radiant vision - physical as well as spiritual - some of the signs of God. The Qur'an refers to this experience in the following verse:

"Glory be to Him Who did take His servant (Muhammad) for a journey by night from the Sacred Mosque (Ka'aba) to the Farthest Mosque (in Jerusalem) - the precincts of which We have blessed - that We might shoe him some of Our signs. He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing" (Qur'an 17:1)

Through this manifestation, God raised the Prophet to the highest spiritual elevation of which man is capable. During this night the five daily prayers (salat) were prescribed by God. Muslims celebrate this night by reading Qur'an and praying supererogatory (additional) prayers.