{"id":10007,"date":"2016-05-04T15:54:39","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T07:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muzlimbuzz.sg\/?p=10007"},"modified":"2016-05-04T16:00:24","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T08:00:24","slug":"the-miraculous-night-journey-and-heavenly-ascent-the-prophetic-mission-for-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplyislam.sg\/muslimbuzz\/the-miraculous-night-journey-and-heavenly-ascent-the-prophetic-mission-for-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Miraculous Night Journey and Heavenly Ascent: The Prophetic Mission for Humanity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this invigorating talk, Shaykh Ahmad Saad links the events during al-Isra&#8217; wal Mi&#8217;raj, the Miraculous Night Journey and Heavenly Ascent, to the mission of Prophet Muhammad \ufdfa\u00a0for humanity. Please watch the full lecture below or read the following excerpts:<\/p>\n<p>When we celebrate something, we are giving new life to the event and we have to\u00a0move beyond just retelling the story but to <strong>look for the lessons and meanings<\/strong> in them. Every day we meet new people and experience new things but we don&#8217;t remember all of these or celebrate them. Only those that <strong>leave a mark in our lives<\/strong> or have something significant becomes something to be celebrated.<\/p>\n<p>As years pass, we grow in our understanding of the Qur&#8217;an, and in our understanding of the life events of the Prophet Muhammad\u00a0\ufdfa.<\/p>\n<p>The people around the Prophet could not believe that a human being could travel to Baitulmaqdis and return within a night. They had asked him, &#8220;We have a caravan coming back from the Levant, did you see it?&#8221;. The Prophet\u00a0\ufdfa told them that the caravan would arrive on a certain day (calculating their distance) and that the caravan was led by a dark grey camel. He\u00a0\ufdfa also told them about a certain event that happened with the water and the saddle.<\/p>\n<p>When the caravan did eventually return on the day the Prophet told them it would and they verified that the leader of the caravan was led by a dark grey camel and the events with the water and the saddle were true, they were still in complete denial. They had <strong>turned their God-given gift, the mind, into an idol<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4JYPS6PO8Wg\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4JYPS6PO8Wg<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Lecture <strong>&#8220;The Miraculous Night Journey and Heavenly Ascent: The Prophetic Mission for Humanity&#8221;<\/strong> by Shaykh Ahmad Saad on 15 May 2015 at\u00a0Singapore Management University, Mochtar Riady Auditorium, organised by SimplyIslam.sg and the SMU Muslim Society.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">___<\/p>\n<h2>The Purpose of Grief &amp; Pain<\/h2>\n<p>As we all know, the momentous event came in what was known as the Year of Grief. Prophet Muhammad was dealt with very harsh blows &#8211; he lost his beloved wife, Sayyidatina Khadijah, and his dear uncle, Abu Talib. Shaykh Ahmad Saad said that this was Allah&#8217;s way to prepare Prophet Muhammad for their meeting. In the same way, sometimes <strong>Allah takes away some great things from you in order to free up that space so that you may focus on what truly matters: Him<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Ibn Atha&#8217;illah as-Sakandari says, <em><strong>&#8220;The arrival of tribulations is the time of celebration for the seekers.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> Seekers know that when trouble comes, it is the beginning of an opening.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Watch the lecture above to find out about what notes the Prophet took during the Isra&#8217; wal-Mi&#8217;raj and how it helped to shape him as a Prophet and what it did for his mission for when he went back to earth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this invigorating talk, Shaykh Ahmad Saad links the events during al-Isra&#8217; wal Mi&#8217;raj, the Miraculous Night Journey and Heavenly Ascent, to the mission of Prophet Muhammad \ufdfa\u00a0for humanity. 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