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  How and When Did The Miraj Take Place? What is Mi'raj "a vehicle for ascending." As a term it refers to the Prophet Muhammad's (pbuh) ascension to the heavens and his rise to Allah's presence. Islamic sources generally take up the event of the miraj in two stages. The Prophet's journey in one night from the Masjid-i Haram to the Masjid-i Aqsa is called the isra, and his ascension from there to the heavens is called the miraj. This distinction in literary sources is due to both terms being mentioned in Quranic verses. Deriving from the root  sary  meaning to walk at night, it is also called  suraya  in the Quran. According to the Quranic surah, in order to show signs of His power, Allah made his servant (the Prophet) take a night journey from the Masjid-i Haram to the Masjid-i Aqsa, the surroundings of which were made holy (Al-Isra 17/1). Together with not being mentioned in the Quran, the plural form of the word,  maarij,  meaning "degrees of rising...

Version1 When Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) called the people to Islam in Makkah, he was opposed by the leaders of the tribes of Quraysh. The Prophet (peace be upon him) was ridiculed and those who converted to Islam were persecuted and tortured. The people of Quraysh boycotted the Muslims for three years, and the Muslims suffered from sickness, hunger, and poverty. In the same year, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) lost his two strongest supporters and sources of comfort, his wife, Khadijah, and his uncle, Abu Talib. Without the protection of his uncle, Abu Talib, in Makkah, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) needed to reach out and seek support beyond the city of Makkah. He (peace be upon him) wanted to spread the message to the people of Taif, in hopes that they would believe and accept the message of Islam. He trekked from Makkah to Taif to invite the people to the believe in One God. Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) met with the chiefs of the major tribe in Taif, ...