Kitab al-Miraj

Kitab al-Miraj

The Kitab al Miraj (Arabic: كتاب المعراج "Book of Ascension") is a Muslim book concerned with Muhammad's ascension into the Heavens (known as the "Miraj"), following his miraculous one-night journey from Mecca to Jerusalem (the Isra). The book is divided into 7 chapters, and was written in Arabic using the Naskh script.

It is believed to have been written by Abu'l-Qasim 'Abdalkarîm bin Hawâzin bin 'Abdalmalik bin Talhah bin Muhammad al-Qushairî al-Nisaburi أبو القاسم عبد الكريم بن هوازن بن عبد الملك بن طلحة بن محمد القشيري (b. 376 - d. 465 A.H.).

In the second half of the thirteenth century, the book was translated into Latin (as "Liber Scale Machometi") and Spanish, and soon thereafter (in 1264) into Old French. [I. Heullant-Donat and M.-A. Polo de Beaulieu, "Histoire d'une traduction," in "Le Livre de l'échelle de Mahomet", translated by Gisèle Besson and Michèle Brossard-Dandré, Collection "Lettres Gothiques", Le Livre de Poche, 1991, p. 22.] Its Islamic depictions of Hell are believed by some scholars to have been a major influence on Dante's 14th Century masterpiece, the Divine Comedy, including Miguel Asin Palacios, and Enrico Cerulli .

References

* [http://www.soufisme.org/site/article.php3?id_article=33 Traces de soufisme en Europe occidentale]
* [http://kblibrary.bih.nic.in/Vol15/Bp040.htm Bibliographic reference to the Miraj from Khuda Bakhsh Library in Patna, India]
* [http://www20.brinkster.com/gurupak/Miraaj%20-%20The%20Ascension%20to%20Heaven.htm THE NIGHT JOURNEY OF MUHAMMAD (Peace Be Upon Him) TO HEAVEN]

Footnotes

ee also

*Isra and Mi'raj


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