BROTHER, Does Mi'raj mean tortuous ascending?
? The following portion of the article says it is. But google translate says Mutraaj means tortuous rising. I am confused.Following is a portion of Brother Kaheel's article. Please some explain the matter, wether Mi'raj means tortuous ascending or not with proof from a dictionary. Please help me I want to strengthen my base in Islam.
http://kaheel7.com/eng/index.php/astronomu-a-space/366-traveling-to-the-past-between-science-and-quran[The miracle of Mi’raj (the tortuous rising)
Here, too, we remember the incident of Mi'raj, when the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him, ascended the sky and saw the fire torturing its companions, he saw them in reality, but unbelievers denied this idea, because their limited minds didn't imagine it.
Therefore, Allah Almighty said about this miracle: ((His) sight never swerved, nor did it go wrong! * For truly did he see, of the Signs of his Lord, the Greatest!) (Sûrat An-Najm verses 17-18). And this indicates that the Holy Prophet had seen ,really seen, the miracles in the sky at the night of Mi'raj, in contrary to what some claim that he has seen it in a dream!
It is strange that there is a scientific miracle in the word (Mi'raj), it was unnamed "ascend" or flight "or otherwise, but the Holy Prophet called this miracle Mi'raj (i.e. the tortuous rising), because the movement of objects in space can never be straight, but they have to be tortuous, because of the dense gravitational fields around galaxies and its groupings.
I have in mind in this attempt by some skeptics of the Book of Allah, in this attempt they wanted to write a book like the Qur'an, but the errors appeared directly even in the title of this book! Because they called it: "The True Criterion", according to language dictionaries, the word (Criterion) means "that which distinguishes between right and wrong, and therefore we may not say: “True Criterion†or “False Criterion†because the word “Criterion†by itself is to distinguish between true and false!
Look, dear reader, how these people made a mistake in the title of the book, and they have the techniques of the twenty first century, scientists, money and digital computers. And the question is: How could an illiterate man in the seventh century compose a big book (as claimed by atheists) like the Qur'an without committing any scientific or linguistic error, if he wasn't the Messenger of Allah?
Clarification
the information contained in this article absolutely doesn’t mean that scientists will be able to see the future. No one knows the unseen except Allah who says: (With Him are the keys of the unseen, the treasures that no one knows but Him. He knows whatever there is on the earth and in the sea. Not a leaf doth fall but with His knowledge: there is not a grain in the darkness (or depths) of the earth, nor anything fresh or dry (green or withered), but is (inscribed) in a record clear (to those who can read)) (Sûrat Al-An'am verse 59)
But scientists can imagine that the knowledge of the unseen is possible, but reaching this knowledge is not necessary, just as they can imagine that the vision of the past is scientifically possible, they don't have to see it, therefore this research is an evidence that the Qur'an does not talk about things that are not logical , but the Qur'an's speech is within scientific logic, and this is an evidence of the sincerity of Allah's saying about his book: (Had it been from other Than Allah, they would surely have found therein Much discrepancy) (Sûrat An-Nisa' verse 82).
Here we have to pause
If the Holy Prophet had brought things from himself, then he could have made mistakes in naming the Mi'raj miracle, why did he call it "Mi'raj" (i.e. the tortuous rising) in line with the universal truth, that is, the tortuous movement of the objects in space?
If the Prophet wanted to invent falsehood against Allah as some skeptics claim, why does he attribute everything in this Qur'an to Allah? Why is he talking about the future in the past tense? And how did he make sure that people will accept from him this new uncommon style?
If Muhammad, peace be upon him, wanted to lie to people, how would he be aware of that he will be last of the prophets? How did he assure that no prophet will come after him, if he wasn't truly the prophet of Allah? And how did he assure that Islam will spread to all parts of the world: (It is He Who has sent His Messenger with Guidance and the Religion of Truth, that He may proclaim it over all religion, even though the Pagans may detest (it)) (Sûrat As-Saff verse 9).
Finally
We ask Allah to give the best reward to all who contribute in providing a new idea through which we can provide useful and helpful article, and one of those people, dear brother "Mohammed Lujain zein" which drew our attention to this idea, and we would like to ask all readers to contemplate the Qur'an thoroughly and try to write articles about the wonders of the Quran, or at least provide useful ideas, in order to receive reward from Allah. Because it’s him who said: (And whatever good ye send forth for your souls before you, ye shall find it with Allah) (Sûrat Al-Baqara verse 110).]
