Editing Isra' and Mi'raj (section)

===The Quran===
[[Al-Isra'|The 17th chapter of the Quran]] takes its name from a word used in the first verse, which is presented as the first stage of the journey, expressed as Isra. However, the Surah was known as the Surah "banu Israel" "Children of Israel" during the time of the companions and the successors,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Soorat al-Isra’ is also called Soorat Bani Isra’eel - Islam Question & Answer |url=https://islamqa.info/en/answers/163112/soorat-al-isra-is-also-called-soorat-bani-israeel |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=islamqa.info |language=en}}</ref><ref> http://www.englishtafsir.com/Quran/17/index.html</ref> and other views state that the relevant verse, together with the verses that follow it, tells about the [[The Exodus|Exodus]] of the [[Israelites|Children of Israel]] from Egypt (..his servant means Moses, in this case).<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UxqqZTB4d4</ref> According to a different interpretation of the verse through Muhammad, the Al-aqsa used in the verse is not associated with Jerusalem, but with Cirana, which is located near Mecca.<ref>https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/378422</ref>

{{blockquote|Glory be to the One Who took His servant by night from the Sacred Mosque to the Farthest Mosque whose surroundings We have blessed, so that We may show him some of Our signs. Indeed, He alone is the All-Hearing, All-Seeing.|{{qref|17|1|c=y}}}}

An expression that is connected with the ascention part of the story<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Colby |first=Frederick S.|date=2002|title=The Subtleties of the Ascension: al-Sulamī on the Mi'rāj of the Prophet Muhammad|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1596216 |journal=Studia Islamica |issue=94 |pages=167–183 |doi=10.2307/1596216 |jstor=1596216 |issn=0585-5292|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>Lange, C. (2015). Paradise and hell in Islamic traditions. Cambridge University Press.p. 112</ref> is the subject-free poetic expressions in the {{transliteration|ar|surah [[an-Najm]]}}.

{{blockquote|And he certainly saw that ˹angel descend˺ a second time{{pb}}at the [[Sidrat al-Muntaha|"Sidr"]] of the most extreme limit ˹in the seventh heaven˺—{{pb}}near which is the Garden of ˹Eternal˺ Residence—{{pb}}while the "sidr" was overwhelmed with ˹heavenly˺ splendours!{{pb}}The ˹Prophet's˺ sight never wandered, nor did it overreach.{{pb}}He certainly saw some of his Lord's greatest signs.|{{qref|53|13-18|c=y}}}}
[[File:cedararz.jpg|right|thumb|One of the stations of Muhammad's ascent after [[Al-Aqsa]] in the "[[seven heavens]]"; [[Sidrat al-Muntaha]]; The legendary tree in havens,<ref>https://sunnah.com/bukhari:3207</ref> whose branches extend to the last limits of creation;<ref>https://brill.com/previewpdf/book/edcoll/9789004194274/Bej.9789004183803.i-504_023.xml</ref> the sacred [[Cedrus|cedar]] known as "Allah's Arez" in Lebanon<ref>{{cite web |last1=Farooqi |first1=M.I.H. |title=Cedar or Lote-Tree in the Light of al-Quran–A Scientific Study |url=https://www.irfi.org/articles4/articles_5001_6000/cedar_or_lotetree_in_the_light.html |website=IRFI |access-date=20 February 2025}}</ref> or, in simple translation, the [[Ziziphus spina-christi|lote]] tree.]]