Lessons From The Miraj

Book Name:Lessons From The Miraj

the acceptance of the noble Prophet’s supplication. Our Masterصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was commanded:

وَ قُلْ رَّبِّ زِدْنِیْ عِلْمًا(۱۱۴)

And say, “O my Lord! Increase my knowledge.”[1]

Heصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم  used to make this supplication: "O my Lord! Increase my knowledge." Consequently, Allah accepted this prayer and made him undertake the MiꜤrāj to bestow upon him the knowledge of special secrets (asrār).[2]

You Are Beyond the Six Directions

Dear Islamic brothers! Here is a very faith-inspiring point; understand the vastness of the knowledge of the beloved Prophetصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم  in the light of the journey of MiꜤrāj! Sayyidunā Ka'b al-Abār رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ states: "Sidrat-ul-Muntahā is that station where the knowledge of all angels, Prophets, and Messengers ends; what lies beyond it? No one has knowledge of that except Allah."[3]

اللہ اکبر! It is known that Sidrat-ul-Muntahā is the station where the knowledge of all angels, Prophets, and Messengers reaches its limit, but behold the glory of my and your Master صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! The Generous Lord called him even beyond Sidrat-ul-Muntaha and bestowed upon him knowledge of those things to which no one else had access.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                     صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

 


 

 



[1] Al-Quran, Ṭāhā, verse 114; translation from Kanz al-Irfān

[2] Kitab al-MiꜤrāj li al-Qushayrī, p. 113 summarised

[3] Tafsīr al-Durr al-Manthūr, part 27, Surah al-Najm, under verse14, vol. 7, p. 650