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ALisraa wa ALmiraj……views in heavens and teachings on earth |
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Written by Dr.Habash
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
Why do we talk about the prophet Mohammad'S midnight journey to the seven heaven in a corner that is supposed to be specified for talking about Islamic enlightenment and the noble prophet's struggle to spread Islam and end up the age of miracles.
The controversy about the nature of ascension- whether it happened spiritually and physically or only spiritually- did not end up throughout the ages . Legal scholars and companions raised this controversy continuously; The mother of believers Aesha and mouawia and AL- hasan said that the accident was a dream by the noble prophet. But what is important to mention is that the disagreement used to start and end up without dividing people into believers and non believers .
I wrote many times about the ascension and I always concentrated on a very important point which is the dialogue with God ; during which the prophet Mohammad asked his creator for lightening the prayers so that God lightened prayers from fifty into five prayers by day and night .
Some criticized this dialogue and said that this disagreed with the meaning of the following verse( say:"What will you instruct Allah about your religion ? But Allah knows all that is in the heavens and in the earth: He has full knowledge of all things.") .But in my opinion this dialogue is true and it calls for freedom of speech and dialogue even with God and this highlights the importance of opinion and consultation and shows Islam desire to establish a comfortable life and to refuse monastic order , introversion, and solitude and to establish healthy society on the basis on hard work and balance in life.
Apart from the controversy in narration about the incident of ascension the messenger Mohammad was very close to God , the following verses presented the image of the prophet Mohammad while he travelled by night from the holy mosque to the farthest mosque "Glory to( Allah) who took his servant for a journey by night from the Sacred Mosque to the farthest Mosque , whose precincts We did bless ………….."
In spite of the greatness of the sight the verse described Mohammad (P.B.U.H) as the servant of God .In AlNajm Sora the verses indicate
that although Mohammad (P.B.U.H) was raised in the seven heaven but he was described again as the servant of God . The verses were supposed to describe him as God's guest or his messenger or his sincere friend but the holy Quran says his servant "Then he approached and came closer, and was at a distance of but two bow-lengths or(even)nearer". What is the secret of slavery in this two ranks?
The holy Quran praised the noble prophet in many verses but here during this journey he called Mohammad(P.B.U.H) the servant of Allah although he was the noble guest of Allah.
The divine purpose of this is clear and frank which is to prevent any kind of confusion between the servant and the god , between man and God . Although the ascension indicated the high rank of the prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.H) God wants to ensure that this messenger is but a human being who came with the mission of Islam from God .
The holy Quran indicates the same case in the story of Jesus Christ when Virgin Mary became pregnant "And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm-tree: she cried(in her anguish):" Ah would that I had died before this ! Would that I had been a thing forgotten and out of sight!" . E very thing is amazing in this story ; the birth of a baby without a father, the pregnancy of virgin Mary without a husband , and then the speech of a baby in his cradle . This speaking baby was supposed to be called with higher surnames like the leader or the savior but in this historical moment the Holy Quran described him as the servant of God, and before the baby spoke about the absolution of his mother from adultery he spoke about the unity of God "He said :" Iam indeed a servant of Allah : he has given me Revelation and made me a prophet ………….""
The question here is that why the Holy Quran persists to describe the two prophets as servants of God ? The aim is clear which is to prevent any suspicion of human and divine interpenetration and to ensure on the slavery of the two prophets for God and on the equality among human kinds( say: "I have no power over any good or harm to myself except as Allah wills. If I had knowledge of the unseen , I should have multiplied all good , and no evil should have touched me : I am but a Warner , and a bringer of glad tidings to those who have faith.")
(Say: "I am no bringer of new-fangled doctrine among the messengers, nor do I know what will be done with me or with you. I follow but that which is revealed to me; Iam but a Warner open and clear.")
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