الْفَصْلُ السَّابِعُ فِي إِسْرَائِهِ وَمِعْرَاجِهِ ﷺ
Chapter Seven: The Prophet’s Miraculous Night Journey and Celestial Ascension
Depicting the miraculous nocturnal journey from Mecca to Jerusalem (al-Aqsa), where the Prophet ﷺ led all previous prophets in prayer, followed by his cosmic ascension through the seven celestial spheres beyond the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary (Sidrat al-Muntaha) to a station of divine closeness no angel could reach.
Chapter Seven: The Prophet’s Miraculous Night Journey and Celestial Ascension
الْفَصْلُ السَّابِعُ فِي إِسْرَائِهِ وَمِعْرَاجِهِ ﷺ
Theme & Spiritual Context • The Night Journey (Isra) & Heavenly Ascension (Mi'raj)
Depicting the miraculous nocturnal journey from Mecca to Jerusalem (al-Aqsa), where the Prophet ﷺ led all previous prophets in prayer, followed by his cosmic ascension through the seven celestial spheres beyond the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary (Sidrat al-Muntaha) to a station of divine closeness no angel could reach.
مَوْلَايَ صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ دَائِمًا أَبَدًا عَلَى حَبِيبِكَ خَيْرِ الْخَلْقِ كُلِّهِمِ
“Mawlāya ṣalli wa sallim dā'iman abadā 'Alā ḥabībika khayril khalqi kullihimi”
O my Master! Send blessings and peace continually and eternally Upon Your Beloved, the best of all creation.
The sacred refrain traditionally chanted between verses across the Muslim world.
يَا خَيْرَ مَنْ يَمَّمَ العّافُونَ سَاحَتَهُ سَعْيًا وَفَوْقَ مُتُونِ الأَيْنُقِ الرُّسُمِ
Transliteration
Yā Khayra man yammamal ʿāfūna sāḥatahu Saʿyan wa fawqa mutūnil aynuqir rusumi
English Meaning
O best of those to whose courtyard seekers turn to Hastening on foot or the backs of strong camels!
وَمَنْ هُوَ الآيَةُ الكُبْرَى لِمُعْتَبِرٍ وَمَنْ هُوَ النِّعْمَةُ العُظْمَى لِمُغْتَنِمِ
Transliteration
Wa man huwal āyatul kubrā limuʿtabirin Wa man huwan niʿmatul ʿuẓmā limughtanimi
English Meaning
O Greatest Sign for those who contemplate! O Supreme Grace for those who seek to gain!
سَرَيْتَ مِنْ حَرَمٍ لَيْلاً إِلَى حَرَمٍ كَمَا سَرَى البَدْرُ فِي دَاجٍ مِنَ الظُّلَمِ
Transliteration
Sarayta min ḥaramin laylan ilā ḥaramin Kamā saral badru fī dājin minaẓ ẓulami
English Meaning
You journeyed by night, from Sanctuary to Sanctuary as the full moon travels through the pitch black sky.
وَبِتَّ تَرْقَى إِلَى أَنْ نِلْتَ مَنْزِلَةً مِنْ قَابِ قَوْسَيْنِ لَمْ تُدْرَكْ وَلَمْ تُرَمِ
Transliteration
Wa bitta tarqā ilā an nilta manzilatan Min qābi qawsayni lam tudrak wa lam turami
English Meaning
That night you ascended till you reached a station Of Two Bows’ Length—one never attained or hoped for!
وَقَدَّمَتْكَ جَمِيعُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ بِهَا وَالرُّسْلِ تَقْدِيمَ مَخْدُومٍ عَلَى خَدَمِ
Transliteration
Wa qaddamatka jamīʿul anbiyāʾi bihā War rusli taqdīma makhdūmin ʿalā khadami
English Meaning
There all the Prophets and Emissaries gave you precedence, As a master is given precedence by those who serve him.
وَأَنْتَ تَخْتَرِقُ السَّبْعَ الطِّبَاقَ بِهِمْ فِي مَوْكِبٍ كُنْتَ فِيهِ الصَّاحِبَ العَلَمِ
Transliteration
Wa anta takhtariqus sabʿaṭ ṭibāqa bihim Fī mawkibin kunta fīhi ṣāhibal ʿalami
English Meaning
You traversed the seven heavens with them [behind you] In a procession wherein you were the standard-bearer.
حَتَّى إِذَا لَمْ تَدَعْ شَأْوًا لِمُسْتَبِقٍ مِنَ الدُّنُوِّ وَلاَ مَرْقَى لِمُسْتَنِمِ
Transliteration
Ḥattā idhā lam tadaʿ shaʾwan limustabiqin Minad dunuwwi wa lā marqan li mustanimi
English Meaning
Until your proximity left no space for the avid seeker, Nor any higher summit for one seeking elevation.
خَفَضْتَ كُلَّ مَقَامٍ بِالإِضَافَةٍ إِذْ نُودِيْتَ بِالرَّفْعِ مِثْلَ المُفْرَدِ العَلَمِ
Transliteration
Khafaḍta kulla maqāmin bil iḍāfati idh Nūdīta bir rafʿi mithlal mufradil ʿalami
English Meaning
You surpassed all other stations in comparison When acclaimed on high as ‘The Matchless and Eminent’–
كَيْمَا تَفُوزَ بِوَصْلٍ أَيِّ مُسْتَتِرٍ عَنْ العُيُونِ وَسِرٍّ أَيِّ مُكْتَتَمِ
Transliteration
Kaymā tafūza biwaṣlin ayyi mustatirin ʿAnil ʿuyūni wa sirrin ayyi muktatami
English Meaning
So that you might triumph through a tryst hidden From sight. How hidden a secret that was!
فَحُزْتَ كُلَّ فَخَارٍ غَيْرَ مُشْتَرَكٍ وَجُزْتَ كُلَّ مَقَامٍ غَيْرَ مُزْدَحَمِ
Transliteration
Fa ḥuzta kulla fakhārin ghayra mushtarakin Wa juzta kulla maqāmin ghayra muzdaḥami
English Meaning
So you received every glory without rival And gained every station alone, unbeset.
وَجَلَّ مِقْدَارُ مَا وُلِّيتَ مِنْ رُتَبٍ وَعَزَّ إِدْرَاكُ مَا أُولِيْتَ مِنْ نِعَمِ
Transliteration
Wa jalla miqdāru wā wullīta min rutabin Wa ʿazza idrāku mā ūlīta min niʿami
English Meaning
How glorious is the worth of the ranks you were given How difficult it is to grasp the graces conferred!
بُشْرَى لَنَا مَعْشَرَ الإِسْلَامِ إِنَّ لَنَا مِنَ العِنَايَةِ رُكْنًا غَيْرَ مُنْهَدِمِ
Transliteration
Bushrā lanā maʿsharal islāmi inna lanā Minal ʿināyati ruknan ghayra munhadimi
English Meaning
Glad tidings for us, O people of Islam, For we have an indestructible pillar of divine care.
لَمَّا دَعَا اللهُ دَاعِينَا لِطَاعَتِهِ بِأَكْرَمِ الرُّسْلِ كُنَّا أَكْرَمَ الأُمَمِ
Transliteration
Lammā daʿāLlāhu dāʿīnā liṭāʿatihi Bi akramir rusli kunna akramal umami
English Meaning
When Allah named the one who called us to obey Him The Noblest of Emissaries, we became the noblest of nations!