Earlier this morning, I awoke to my brothers recitation of this verse:
“Exalted is He who took His servant by night from al-Masjid al-Haram to al-Masjid al-Aqsa, whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him of Our signs. Indeed, He is the all-Hearing, the all-Seeing.”
― al-Qurʼān al-Karīm [17:1]
Its recitation and meaning like the journey, was very magical. Very beautiful to hear.
I wondered. It is a captivating verse to look at from many different angles. How one would imagine how it was revealed to the Prophet (sa) by Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala at that moment. How then it was heard by the companions (who had no doubt that he indeed went on this miraculous journey) but were ridiculed by those who did not believe what they have just heard. Thus denying concept of ‘Kun Fayakūn’ ultimately. And in the end how we, centuries later, those who claim to believe in Allah and the Prophet (sa) would hear it, how we would understand it.
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