Surat Al Isra' (1-2)

الواضح في التفسير

At-Tafsir Al Wadih

الجزء الخامس عشر

Part Fifteen

سورة الإسراء

Surat Al Isra'

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

{سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَى بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلاً مِّنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الأَقْصَى الَّذِي بَارَكْنَا حَوْلَهُ لِنُرِيَهُ مِنْ آيَاتِنَا إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ البَصِيرُ} (الإسراء: 1 )

1- Exalted and Glorified be Allah who entertained His Servant and Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in a part of the night from Al Masjid Al Haram to Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, the abode of Prophets (peace be upon them) on which We bestowed blessings and mercy  to show Our Servant Muhammad of Our Signs and great miracles. Verily, Allah is All-Hearing and does not miss a movement in the universe and All-Seeing of what is hidden, and nothing shall be hidden for him.

Taking the Prophet (peace be upon him) in person not in dreams one year before migration according to most scholars, then the Prophet (peace be upon him) was taken from the rock of Jerusalem to the seven heavens, and made him see the conditions of Paradise and Hell-Fire there. He saw angels and returned to Makkah in the same night.

During his journey, many incidents took place of which are authentic Hadith and many are falsified.

Al Aqsa Mosque has a great virtue as it is one of the three masjids to which people travel.

{وَآتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ وَجَعَلْنَاهُ هُدًى لِّبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَلاَّ تَتَّخِذُواْ مِن دُونِي وَكِيلاً} (الإسراء: 2 )

2- We have given Moses Torah to be a guide of the Children of Israel to the truth and goodness, so they will not go astray as long as they hold them as a guide, so do not take guardians to be worshipped other than Allah, and do not refer your affairs except to Me, for there is no Lord except Me.