LessonsThe Ascension: Isra, Miʿraj and the Question of Divine VisionQuiz

بِشَخْصِهِ
In his own person, meaning with body and soul.

This expression distinguishes the account from one confined to a purely spiritual ascent. A person's shakhṣ normally refers to the whole person rather than the soul alone, and it explicitly includes bodily as well as spiritual ascent.

Affirming a bodily ascension does not require claiming to know every physical mechanism involved. Establishing that an event occurred and identifying all the intermediate processes by which it happened are two separate questions.

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In his person: body and soul

The Ascension: Isra, Miʿraj and the Question of Divine Vision

بِشَخْصِهِ
In his own person, meaning with body and soul.

This expression distinguishes the account from one confined to a purely spiritual ascent. A person's shakhṣ normally refers to the whole person rather than the soul alone, and it explicitly includes bodily as well as spiritual ascent.

Affirming a bodily ascension does not require claiming to know every physical mechanism involved. Establishing that an event occurred and identifying all the intermediate processes by which it happened are two separate questions.