Isra’ and Mi’raj begins at sundown

Name: Isra’ and Mi’raj begins at sundown
Start: 2026-01-15T00:00:00-06:00
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January 15, 2026

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.

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Date:: January 15, 2026
Event Category:: aa other faith traditions

“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