BY JEHANGIR A. MERCHANT (…) While the Hoy Qur’an doesn’t speak of the event any more than what we have quoted, the version of the event in the books of Hadith is more detailed. However, the mysterious words and phrases mentioned in the quoted Qur’anic verses such as the Sacred Place of Worship (al-masjid al-haram), the Far…
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Articles on Mi’raj by Jehangir A. Merchant on Simerg com and by Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S. Ali on Amaana org
An Esoteric Interpretation of the Mi’raj and the Prophetic Tradition ‘I Have a Time with God’ (li ma’a Allah waqt) Jehangir A. Merchant While Muslim artists created marvellous miniatures depicting the Prophet’s mi’raj (ascension) between arrays of fanciful clouds in gold and radiant colours with delightful angels serving him, Muslim poets in their admiration of…
The Parable of Moses and Khidr in the Holy Qur’an: An Ismaili Interpretation
Source: Simerg.com AN INNER MEANING OF SURAH KAHF, VERSES 60-82 By Jehangir A. Merchant ***** “It is He Who has sent down to you the Book: in it are verses basic or fundamental (of established meaning); they are the foundation of the Book: others are allegorical.” Holy Qur’an, Sura Ali ‘Imran, 3:7 The Holy Qur’an…