The Ascension: Isra, Miʿraj and the Question of Divine Vision
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- What is clarified by “fī al-yaqaẓah bi-shakhṣihi”?
- Which distinction between Isra and Miʿraj is correct?
- Which stage is directly stated in Qur’an 17:1?
- Why is the distinction definitive, widely reported, and individual necessary here?
- What follows from “to wherever Allah willed”?
- Why does a soul-only interpretation depart from the formulation?
- Which inference from “ruʾyā” in Qur’an 17:60 requires caution?
- What issue arises when interpreting the report attributed to ʿĀʾishah?
- What was alleged in the classical objection about kharq and iltiʾam?
- Which meanings correctly pair kharq and iltiʾam?
- What was the aim of the classical “bodies are alike” premise?
- Why does the text speak of divine power over “possibles”?
- How do possibility and occurrence differ in assessing a miracle?
- What is the key reply to the objection from extreme speed?
- How should the classical description of rejection as innovation be handled?
- What distinguishes vision with the heart from vision with the eyes?
- Which view concerning divine vision is preferred in the passage?
- How should the differing interpretations of reports from Ibn ʿAbbās be handled?
- How does the heart-vision position relate to bodily Ascension?
- What is appropriate for a weakly supported detail of the Ascension?
- What does rational possibility alone fail to establish?
- How does the Qur’anic Isra relate to a particular account about the Throne?
- What does “lā bi-ʿaynihi” mean in the preferred statement?
- What caution is necessary concerning the classical theory of spheres?
- What is not implied by ignorance of the precise mechanism?
- Which statement best integrates the lesson?
- Qur’an 17:1 expressly describes the journey from the Sacred Mosque to al-Aqṣā.
- Establishing the Ascension makes every transmitted detail definitive.
- The claim that old cosmological principles make the Ascension impossible also needs proof.
- Preferring vision with the heart necessarily makes the bodily journey a dream.