Shab-e-Me'raj, the gift
presented to Hadhrat
Muhammadﻪﻠﻟ١ﻰﻠﺼ ﻫﻲﻠﻌﻤﻠﺳﻭ was prayer. Hadhrat
Muhammadﻪﻠﻟ١ﻰﻠﺼ ﻫﻲﻠﻌﻤﻠﺳﻭ was blessed with seeing Allah
on the night of Me'raj and for a
believer, his prayer, is his
Me'raj (means of seeing Allah).
This is the reason why we are
told to concentrate fully during our prayer. 'Worship
Allah as though you
can see him and if you cannot
reach this state, then worship
Him with utmost humility
knowing that Allah indeed is watching you.' (Muslim) It has
been narrated by
Hadhrat Abu
Hurairahﻲﺿﺭﻪﻠﻟ١ ﻪﻨﻋ that the Prophet of
Allahﻪﻠﻟ١ﻯﻞﺼﻬﻴﻠ ﻌﻤﻠﺳﻭ said: 'A person is closest to Allah
when he is in the state of
prostrating, and for this reason
you should do dua (pray) for
as long as possible in this
position.' (Mishkaat Shreef, page 84, ba hawala Muslim)
From this we learn that the
night of Me'raj, for the Prophet
of Allah ﻪﻠﻟ١ﻯﻞﺼﻬﻴﻠﻌﻤﻠﺳﻭ , is also the night of Ascent and
it
is also a night of Ascent for his
Ummah. Mujadad-e-Islam
Hadhrat
Maulana Shah Ahmad Raza Khanﺓﻢﺣﺮﻬﻠﻟ١ﻪﻴﻠ ﻋ narrates: 'The prophet of
Allahﻪﻠﻟ١ﻯﻞﺼﻬﻴﻠ ﻌﻤﻠﺳﻭ didn't receive respect because
of things; instead things gained
their respect due to him.
Things that had no virtue,
Allah has connected them to
the Holy Prophetﻪﻠﻟ١ﻰﻠﺻﻪ ﻴﻠﻌﻤﻠﺳﻭ to increase their virtues and
value. The birth of the
Messenger of Allah
ﻪﻠﻟ١ﻰﻠﺼﻬﻴﻠﻌﻤﻠﺳﻭ was in the month of Rabi-ul-Awwal not
in Ramadan.He passed away
on a Monday not on a Friday
and he was born in his house
not in the Ka'aba. The month
he was born in, the day he was born on and his house has
become blessed and
virtuous.'
Nobody can ever put a value
on the night when the prophet
ﻪﻠﻟ١ﻰﻠﺼﻬﻴﻠﻌﻤﻠﺳﻭ got to meet and see Allah with his
own eyes. Nobody can ever
describe the night in which
Allah showered His Beloved
with numerous blessings.