الأول
(الأوَّل) كلمةٌ تدل على الترتيب، وهو اسمٌ من أسماء الله الحسنى،...
The night journey
(الْإِسْرَاء)
من موسوعة المصطلحات الإسلامية
المعنى الاصطلاحي
The Night Journey of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, from Makkah to Baytul-Maqdis (Jerusalem) on the "Buraaq" (a riding mount from the heavens) and his return on the same night.
التعريف اللغوي المختصر
"Israa": walking at night, or walking most of the night, and not just part of it.
التعريف
A miraculous event that happened to prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) when he travelled from Makkah to Jerusalem in Palestine, riding al-Burāq, then ascending from there to the seventh heaven, then returning to Makkah. All this took only a portion of the night. He went on this night journey physically and spiritually, fully awake, not in a dream.