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@ Rebuttal to the Night Journey being a dream - 43
There are some people, who lived many centuries after the Ascent and Night Journey
took place, who claim the event was a dream. To support their opinion they quote the
verse, "We did not make the vision (ru'yah) which We showed to you…. except to be a
trial for people" (17:60). Accordingly, they named the Night Journey and Ascent as
being a vision, while the Isra verse negates such, because He said, "Exalted is He who
carried His worshiper (Prophet Muhammad) to travel in the night from the Sacred
Mosque to the Furthest Mosque which We have blessed around it so that We might
show him some of Our signs. He is the Hearer, the Seer." (17:1)" And no one can say
that the Night Journey was while he was sleeping. Also, the word "trial" in (17:60)
proves that it is the sighting of an eye because a vision has no trial in it, and no one will
deny a vision regardless of how far its distance!
@ Did the Prophet see his Lord? – 44
The report of Abbas' son is in reference to the Paradise status of the Prophet, as the
There are some people, who lived many centuries after the Ascent and Night Journey
took place, who claim the event was a dream. To support their opinion they quote the
verse, "We did not make the vision (ru'yah) which We showed to you…. except to be a
trial for people" (17:60). Accordingly, they named the Night Journey and Ascent as
being a vision, while the Isra verse negates such, because He said, "Exalted is He who
carried His worshiper (Prophet Muhammad) to travel in the night from the Sacred
Mosque to the Furthest Mosque which We have blessed around it so that We might
show him some of Our signs. He is the Hearer, the Seer." (17:1)" And no one can say
that the Night Journey was while he was sleeping. Also, the word "trial" in (17:60)
proves that it is the sighting of an eye because a vision has no trial in it, and no one will
deny a vision regardless of how far its distance!
@ Did the Prophet see his Lord? – 44
The report of Abbas' son is in reference to the Paradise status of the Prophet, as the