Mehraj-Dispute

“Bismillahir Rahmannir Raheem”Al-Hamdu Lillaahi Rabbil ‘Aalameen was Salaatu was- Salaamu ‘Alaa Sayidinaa Muhammadin wa Aalihi wa Asabihi Ajma ‘een (tauheed- risalat- ahkirat and islam-iman-ihsan)

Shabe mehraj

53/12: Will ye then dispute with him concerning what he saw?

Had it been seeing Gabriel only then that would not have been a great challenge because previous Prophets like Moses (ﷺ) had even talked “DIRECTLY WITH ALLAH” which was a far superior thing than seeing Gibriel, hence the vision of Allah was finally reserved for Prophet (ﷺ) as hadith of Ibn Abbas proves

 53/8: Then he approached and came closer

It is written in the book Al Mughni that this coming nearer does not refer to coming closer in sense of bodies not distance as that is the case with bodily creations and Allah is High of such thing being attributed to him. 

That It was Muhammad (ﷺ) who went near Allah, this is said by Ibn Abbas (ra) and Qurzi(ra) too.

It is fundamental Usool of Hadith that If same sahabi says 2 contrary things then “Masbat (proof)” takes over “Nafi (i.e. rejection)”

Prophet Moses had besought to see Allah And the reply given was: Lan tarani “You cannot see Me.” (Al-A’raf 143).

{You shall not see Me},which means you do not have the capability to see me THE USE OF THE WORDING (LAN TARANI) RATHER THAN LAN URA (I.E. I SHALL NOT BE SEEN) IMPLIES THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEE ALLAH {But gaze at the mountain} which is stronger than you are, {And if it stands still in its place} then you shall see Me’, that is, [then] you shall remain fixed [able] to see Me, otherwise, you will not have the capacity [for it]. {And when his Lord revealed (His) glory to the mountain} i.e. When he manifested his light, equivilant to half a nail of little finger as this is mentioned in the sahih hadith of Hakim
[Tafsir al Jalalyn, Page No. 167, Published by Dar Ibn Kathir, Damascus]

And Moses fell down in a swoon. When he recovered his senses he said:”Glory be to Thee! to Thee I turn in repentance, and I am the first to believe.”(7:143)

The Imams are unanimous that Musa (a.s) asking for Tawba does not refer to sins because the Anbiya are infallible/Masoom, and in the opinion of Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jammah the Sight of (Allah) is possible[ Tafsir al Qurtubi, Under 7:143]

Anbiya never ask for something Impossible, had sight of Allah not been possible then Musa

(a.s) would not have asked for it and nor would have Allah linked it to the condition of mountain staying at its place (because Allah does not do illogical things either .. Naudhobillah), the thing is that Musa (a.s) was not capable of seeing Him but Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) was and the vision was only reserved for him.

If Speech of Musa (Alayhissalam) with Allah was not real and it was all Batni (spiritual) thing then you can say the same about Sight of Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam).
But if Speech of Musa (Alayhissalam) was real (obviously which was) then Sight of Sayedena Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) was also likewise.

Will ye then dispute with him concerning what he saw? [53/12]

Our Lord Almighty is challenging the whole world that “WILL YE THEN DISPUTE WITH HIM CONCERNING WHAT HE SAW”, had it been seeing Gabriel only then that would not have been a great challenge because previous Prophets like Musa Kaleemullah had the privilege to talk “DIRECTLY WITH ALLAH” and Ibrahim (alaih salam) was shown the kingdoms of Heaven which was a far superior thing than seeing Gabriel, hence from Nass of Qur’an it now becomes established that vision of Allah was finally reserved for Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) as hadith of Ibn Abbas (RA) and many others prove it

Abdur Razzaq ibn Hammam [The sheikh of Imam Bukhari, the best ever Muhadith as said by Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal] related that Hassan al Basri [He requires no introduction] used to take an oath (By Allah) that Muhammad (ﷺ) saw his Lord.

When I want to talk to allah I say prayers and when I want that he talk to me I recite quran- Hazrath Ali(ra)

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