Profeten Muhammads himmelfærd (3)

Tidligere (Del 1 og Del 2) har jeg skrevet om Profeten Muhammads himmelfærd, der betragtes som en af de største mirakler i menneskets historie af muslimerne. Her er del 3, hvor Miraj-rejsen bliver nævnt i Hadith-samlingen, Bukhari:

The journey from Mecca to Jerusalem is known as al-Isra, “the night journey”. At Jerusalem Muhammad (pbuh) was tested in the following way by Gabriel (some traditions place this test during the ascent itself):

Allah’s Apostle was presented with two cups, one containing wine and the other milk on the night of his night journey at Jerusalem. He looked at it and took the milk. Gabriel said, “Thanks to Allah Who guided you to the Fitra (i.e. Islam); if you had taken the wine, your followers would have gone astray”. (Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol. 6, p. 196).

After this began al-Mi’raj, “the ascent”. Muhammad (pbuh) passed the sea of kawthar, literally the sea of “abundance” (the word is found only once in the Qur’an in Surah 108.1), and then met various prophets, from Adam to Abraham, as well as a variety of angels as he passed through the seven heavens. After this Gabriel took him to the heavenly lote-tree on the boundary of the heavens before the throne of Allah.

Then I was made to ascend to Sidrat-ul-Muntaha (i.e. the lote-tree of the utmost boundary). Behold! Its fruits were like the jars of Hajr (i.e. a place near Medina) and its leaves were as big as the ears of elephants. Gabriel said, “This is the lote-tree of the utmost boundary”. (Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol. 5, p. 147).