When we talk about the events of Israk and Mikraj, we will spontaneously imagine the journey of the Prophet ﷺ together with the
angels Gabriel and Michael which can be divided into two phases:
1.
Israk is the journey of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ to ride the Buraq
beast from the Sacred Mosque in Mecca to the Aqsa Mosque, in Baitulmaqdis,
Palestine.
2.
Mikraj is a journey from the Aqsa Mosque to Sidratil Muntaha in the
seventh heaven. The journey of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ has been
immortalized by Allah سبحانه وتعالى in the Qur'an:
3.
"Glory be to Allah Who has performed His
servant one night from Al-Masjidil Haram to Al-Masjidil Aqsa which we have
blessed around him, that We may show him some of Our signs. Surely He is the Hearer, the
Seer. "
(Surah Al-Israa ':
Verse 1).
Do we
realise that if Israk Mikraj never happened on Rejab 27th, we would have been
performing more than five prayer times a day. In general, Israk Mikraj is a
journey of our beloved Prophet Muhammad SAW to Sidratul Muntaha to meet Allah
SWT as a command from Him to perform daily prayers of five times a day.
Before the Israk and Mikraj incident,
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ undergo chest surgery performed by the angels Jibrail and Mika'il. His
heart ﷺ washed with water zam-zam and thrown black lumps ('alaqah) where
the devil whispered it. Then poured wisdom, knowledge and faith into the
chest of the Prophet ﷺ. After that, his father's ﷺ were sewn and painted with "khatimin
nubuwwah" .
After the surgery, a beast was
named "Buraq" to be ridden by Rasulullah ﷺ on a tremendous
journey called "Israk" .
Through the phenomenal event arranged by Allah, it is seen as one of His
divinities that we as human should acknowledge without questioning why. Allah
also wants to remind all mankind His power is beyond ordinary that no human has
the capability to imagine the truest power of the Almighty.
Apart from
that, Israk Mikraj was also an event of substitution for the grief of Prophet
Muhammad SAW, after he faced a multitude of trials, particularly the tremendous
opposition in his dakwah efforts.
Meanwhile, the loss of his relative, Abu Talib was also the cause of
Muhammad’s grief and his uncle died in a state of disbelief to Allah SWT. In
fact, the death of his beloved wife, Siti Khadijah Khuwailid further extended
Muhammad’s grief.
In addition to the indication of the greatness of Allah SWT through the
phenomenal event of Israk Mikraj, it was also concocted to enlighten the
recognition of Muhammad as the final messenger of Allah in the Earth. So with
the presence of Israk Mikraj, this proves the honour of Prophet Muhammad SAW
and that of it should be remembered all the time.
Even though the event of Israk Mikraj is absolutely unimaginable and
beyond our ability to visualise, all believers holding the faith to Allah SWT
must be convinced with the event without any doubts. That’s because surely only
Allah SWT knows everything in His power. What needs to be seeded in the heart
is our belief towards Him and that we are required to be in a state of belief
by performing daily prayers five times a day to prove our faith to Him.
source : kisah dunia
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