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Isra and M’raj

March 11, 2021

The Isra and Mi’raj (Arabic: الإسراء والمعراج‎, al-’Isrā’wal-Mi‘rāj) are the two parts of a Night Journey that, according to Islam, the Islamic prophet Muhammad took during a single night around the year 621. Within Islam it signifies both a physical and spiritual journey, and is remembered in prayer.

Ascent of Muhammad to Heaven (ca. 1539–1543), from the Khamseh of Nizami
Ascent of Muhammad to Heaven (ca. 1539–1543), from the Khamseh of Nizami

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March 11, 2021
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“Listen carefully, my child, to your master's precepts, and incline the ear of your heart. Receive willingly and carry out effectively your loving father's advice, that by the labor of obedience you may return to Him from whom you had departed by the sloth of disobedience.”
–St. Benedict of Nursia, The Rule of Saint Benedict