Posted: Mar 30, 2012 8:15 pm
"ISRA" or"The Night Journey" and "al-Aqsa"mosque mentioned in Quran
Homer Jay has reproduced a political article; notwithstanding the political conflict between the two obvious parties in the area, and that they have to decide among themselves; I will restrict myself to Muhammad's vision mentioned in the article and named "The Night Journey" which is "ISRA" mentioned in Quran, I will just reflect on it.
It is true that Al-Aqsa was built in the time of Omer- the Second Caliph, when Muhammad had already died. Since it was far-off from Medina or Mecca, I think just for that it was named like that.
Muslims have built mosques around the world and have sometimes named them "al-Aqsa", I have seen some of them; and one of them may be viewed from the following link:
Minaratul Masih and Masjid Aqsa
http://www.themuslimtimes.org/2012/02/c ... asjid-aqsa
I wanted to give a photo of it here; but don't know how to insert a photo in the post here.
HomerJay wrote:"the Jerusalem mosque was named "al-Aqsa." It means "the furthest mosque" in Arabic, but has far broader implications, since it is the same phrase used in a key passage of the Quran called "The Night Journey." In that passage, Mohammed arrives at "al-Aqsa" on a winged steed accompanied by the Archangel Gabriel, from there they ascend into heaven for a divine meeting with Allah, after which Mohammed returns to Mecca
Homer Jay has reproduced a political article; notwithstanding the political conflict between the two obvious parties in the area, and that they have to decide among themselves; I will restrict myself to Muhammad's vision mentioned in the article and named "The Night Journey" which is "ISRA" mentioned in Quran, I will just reflect on it.
It is true that Al-Aqsa was built in the time of Omer- the Second Caliph, when Muhammad had already died. Since it was far-off from Medina or Mecca, I think just for that it was named like that.
Muslims have built mosques around the world and have sometimes named them "al-Aqsa", I have seen some of them; and one of them may be viewed from the following link:
Minaratul Masih and Masjid Aqsa
http://www.themuslimtimes.org/2012/02/c ... asjid-aqsa
I wanted to give a photo of it here; but don't know how to insert a photo in the post here.