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Quran Verses about The Night Journey and Ascension

9 ayahs · from 2 surahs

Allah took His servant Muhammad by night from the Sacred Mosque to the Farthest Mosque to show him some of His signs. In An-Najm, on that night of the Journey according to the tafsir, the Prophet saw Gabriel in his true form a second time at Sidrat al-Muntaha, near which is the Garden of Abode, and his sight did not swerve as he saw some of the greatest signs of his Lord. What the Prophet was shown was made a test for people.

Section 1/3 · The Night Journey: from the Sacred Mosque to the Farthest Mosque

The Night Journey: from the Sacred Mosque to the Farthest Mosque

Al-Isra' 1Tafsir

  1. سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَسۡرَىٰ بِعَبۡدِهِۦ لَيۡلٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡحَرَامِ إِلَى ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡأَقۡصَا ٱلَّذِي بَٰرَكۡنَا حَوۡلَهُۥ لِنُرِيَهُۥ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِنَآۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡبَصِيرُ ١

    Subḥānal-ladhī asrā biʿabdihī laylam minal-masjidil-ḥarāmi ilal-masjidil-aqṣal-ladhī bāraknā ḥawlahū linuriyahū min āyātinā, innahū huwas-samīʿul-baṣīr.

    Exalted1 is He who took His Servant [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] by night from al-Masjid al-Ḥarām to al-Masjid al-Aqṣā,2 whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him of Our signs. Indeed, He is the Hearing,3 the Seeing.4

    Footnotes (4)
    1. Above any imperfection or failure to do as He wills.
    2. In Jerusalem.
    3. Who hears every sound, distinguishes every voice, understands every word, and accepts and responds to supplications.
    4. Who sees and understands all things apparent and unapparent, visible and invisible.

Seeing Gabriel at Sidrat al-Muntaha

An-Najm 12–18Tafsir

  1. عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡقُوَىٰ ٥

    ʿAllamahū shadīdul-quwā.

    Taught to him by one intense in strength [i.e., Gabriel] -

  2. ذُو مِرَّةٖ فَٱسۡتَوَىٰ ٦

    Dhū mirratin fastawā.

    One of soundness.1 And he rose to [his] true form2

    Footnotes (2)
    1. i.e., strength of body and of mind.
    2. Gabriel appeared to Muḥammad (ﷺ) at the outset of his prophethood in the angelic form in which Allāh originally created him.

  3. وَهُوَ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ٧

    Wa huwa bil-ufuqil-aʿlā.

    While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., in the sky, above the eastern horizon.

  4. ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ ٨

    Thumma danā fatadallā.

    Then he approached and descended

  5. فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَيۡنِ أَوۡ أَدۡنَىٰ ٩

    Fakāna qāba qawsayni aw adnā.

    And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer.

  6. فَأَوۡحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِۦ مَآ أَوۡحَىٰ ١٠

    Fa awḥā ilā ʿabdihī mā awḥā.

    And he revealed to His Servant1 what he revealed [i.e., conveyed].

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., to the Servant of Allāh, Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).

  7. مَا كَذَبَ ٱلۡفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ ١١

    Mā kadhabal-fuʾādu mā raʾā.

    The heart1 did not lie [about] what it saw.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., mind or perception (of the Prophet [ﷺ]).

  8. أَفَتُمَٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ ١٢

    Afatumārūnahū ʿalā mā yarā.

    So will you dispute with him over what he saw?

  9. وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ نَزۡلَةً أُخۡرَىٰ ١٣

    Wa laqad raʾāhu nazlatan ukhrā.

    And he certainly saw him in another descent1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., on another occasion. During his ascent into the heavens (al-Miʿrāj), the Prophet (ﷺ) also saw Gabriel in his true form.

  10. عِندَ سِدۡرَةِ ٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰ ١٤

    ʿInda sidratil-muntahā.

    At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

  11. عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰٓ ١٥

    ʿIndahā jannatul-maʾwā.

    Near it is the Garden of Refuge [i.e., Paradise] -

  12. إِذۡ يَغۡشَى ٱلسِّدۡرَةَ مَا يَغۡشَىٰ ١٦

    Idh yaghshas-sidrata mā yaghshā.

    When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Then and there he (ﷺ) saw Gabriel in angelic form.

  13. مَا زَاغَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ ١٧

    Mā zāghal-baṣaru wa mā ṭaghā.

    The sight [of the Prophet (ﷺ)] did not swerve, nor did it transgress [its limit].

  14. لَقَدۡ رَأَىٰ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰٓ ١٨

    Laqad raʾā min āyāti rabbihil-kubrā.

    He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

A test for people

Al-Isra' 60Tafsir

  1. وَإِذۡ قُلۡنَا لَكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ أَحَاطَ بِٱلنَّاسِۚ وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا ٱلرُّءۡيَا ٱلَّتِيٓ أَرَيۡنَٰكَ إِلَّا فِتۡنَةٗ لِّلنَّاسِ وَٱلشَّجَرَةَ ٱلۡمَلۡعُونَةَ فِي ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِۚ وَنُخَوِّفُهُمۡ فَمَا يَزِيدُهُمۡ إِلَّا طُغۡيَٰنٗا كَبِيرٗا ٦٠

    Wa idh qulnā laka inna rabbaka aḥāṭa bin-nās, wa mā jaʿalnar-ruʾyal-latī araynāka illā fitnatal lin-nāsi wash-shajaratal-malʿūnata fil-qurʾān, wa nukhawwifuhum famā yazīduhum illā ṭughyānan kabīrā.

    And [remember, O Muḥammad], when We told you, "Indeed, your Lord has encompassed the people."1 And We did not make the sight which We showed you2 except as a trial for the people, as was the accursed tree [mentioned] in the Qur’ān. And We threaten [i.e., warn] them, but it increases them not except in great transgression.

    Footnotes (2)
    1. In His knowledge and power, meaning that Allāh would protect him (ﷺ) from their harm.
    2. During the miʿrāj (ascension) into the heavens.