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===Ibn Majah=== | ===Ibn Majah=== | ||
{{Quote|{{cite web|url=http://sunnah.com/urn/1251930 |title=Sunan Ibn Majah Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 194|publisher= |author= |date= |archiveurl= |deadurl=no}}|It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that: The Prophet said: "When Allah decrees a matter in heaven, the angels beat their wings in submission to his decree (with a sound) like a chain beating a rock. Then "When fear is banished from their hearts, they say: 'What is it that your Lord has said?' They say: 'The truth. And He is The Most High, The Most Great." He said: 'Then '''the eavesdroppers (from among the jinn) listen out for that, one above the other, so (one of them) hears the words and passes it on to the one beneath him. The Shihab (shooting star) may strike him before he can pass it on''' to the one beneath him and the latter can pass it on to the soothsayer or sorcerer, or it may not strike him until he has passed it on. And he ads one hundred lies to it, and only that word which was overheard from the heavens is true."}} | {{Quote|{{cite web|url=http://sunnah.com/urn/1251930 |title=Sunan Ibn Majah Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 194|publisher= |author= |date= |archiveurl= |deadurl=no}}|It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that: The Prophet said: "When Allah decrees a matter in heaven, the angels beat their wings in submission to his decree (with a sound) like a chain beating a rock. Then "When fear is banished from their hearts, they say: 'What is it that your Lord has said?' They say: 'The truth. And He is The Most High, The Most Great." He said: 'Then '''the eavesdroppers (from among the jinn) listen out for that, one above the other, so (one of them) hears the words and passes it on to the one beneath him. The Shihab (shooting star) may strike him before he can pass it on''' to the one beneath him and the latter can pass it on to the soothsayer or sorcerer, or it may not strike him until he has passed it on. And he ads one hundred lies to it, and only that word which was overheard from the heavens is true." (Sahih)}} | ||
===Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal=== | ===Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal=== | ||
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===Muhammad Husayn Haykal=== | ===Muhammad Husayn Haykal=== | ||
{{Quote|1= {{cite book |title= The Life of Muhammad|page= 154|last= Haykal|first= Muhammad Husayn|year = 2008|date= |url= |location= |publisher= |isbn= |accessdate= }} |2="He led a fantastical steed, Boraq ('Lightning'), with a human head and two eagles' wings; it approached Mahomet, allowed him to mount and was off like an arrow over the mountains of Mecca and the sands of the desert toward the North . . . The Angel accompanied them on this prodigious flight. On the summit of Mt. Sinai, where God had spoken to Moses, Gabriel stopped Mahomet for prayer, and again at Bethlehem where Jesus was born, before resuming their course in the air. Mysterious voices attempted to detain the Prophet, who was so wrapped up in his mission that he felt God alone had the right to stop his steed. When they reached Jerusalem Mahomet tethered Boraq and prayed on the ruins of the Temple of Solomon with Abraham, Moses, and Jesus. '''Seeing an endless ladder appear upon Jacob's rock, the Prophet was enabled to mount rapidly to the heavens. "The first heaven was of pure silver and the stars suspended from its vault by chains of gold;''' in each one an angel lay awake to prevent the demons from climbing into the holy dwelling places and the spirits from listening indiscreetly to celestial secrets.}} | {{Quote|1= {{cite book |title= The Life of Muhammad|page= 154|last= Haykal|first= Muhammad Husayn|year = 2008|date= |url= |location= |publisher= |isbn= |accessdate= }} |2="He led a fantastical steed, Boraq ('Lightning'), with a human head and two eagles' wings; it approached Mahomet, allowed him to mount and was off like an arrow over the mountains of Mecca and the sands of the desert toward the North . . . The Angel accompanied them on this prodigious flight. On the summit of Mt. Sinai, where God had spoken to Moses, Gabriel stopped Mahomet for prayer, and again at Bethlehem where Jesus was born, before resuming their course in the air. Mysterious voices attempted to detain the Prophet, who was so wrapped up in his mission that he felt God alone had the right to stop his steed. When they reached Jerusalem Mahomet tethered Boraq and prayed on the ruins of the Temple of Solomon with Abraham, Moses, and Jesus. '''Seeing an endless ladder appear upon Jacob's rock, the Prophet was enabled to mount rapidly to the heavens. "The first heaven was of pure silver and the stars suspended from its vault by chains of gold;''' in each one an angel lay awake to prevent the demons from climbing into the holy dwelling places and the spirits from listening indiscreetly to celestial secrets.}} | ||
===Miscellaneous=== | |||
Quran 50:1 says "''Qaf''. I swear by the glorious Koran!" but the book never explains what ''Qaf'' is. | |||
{{Quote|[[w:Al-Tha'alibi|Al-Tha’alabi]], c.961-1035 A.D., ''Arais al-Majalis'' (a Qisas Al-Anbiya collection), pp. 7-8|“Allah, highly exalted, created a great mountain of a green chrysolite, to which the sky owes its greenness. It is called Mount Qaf, and it encompasses all the earth. It is by this mountain that Allah swore when He said, ‘Qaf by the glorious Qur’an.”}} | |||
{{Quote|Abd al-Wahhab al-Najjar, ''Qisas al-Anbiya'', p.5.|“Abdallah Ibn Salam inquired of Muhammad, saying, ‘What is the highest peak in the world?’ Muhammad said, ‘It is Mount Qaf.’ He asked, ‘And what is it?’ Muhammad said, ‘It is of green chrysolite, to which the sky owes its greenness.’ He said, ‘You have spoken the truth, Messenger of God. And what is the height of Mount Qaf?’ Muhammad answered, ‘It is a journey of five hundred years!’ He asked him further, ‘How long does it take a man to cover its circumference?’ He answered, ‘It is a journey of two thousand years.” }} | |||
{{Quote|{{cite web|url=http://altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?tMadhNo=0&tTafsirNo=73&tSoraNo=50&tAyahNo=1&tDisplay=yes&UserProfile=0&LanguageId=2 |title=Tanwir al-Miqbas min Tafsir Ibn Abbas 50:1 |publisher= |author= |date= |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620160146/http://altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?tMadhNo=0&tTafsirNo=73&tSoraNo=50&tAyahNo=1&tDisplay=yes&UserProfile=0&LanguageId=2 |deadurl=no}}|And from his narration on the authority of Ibn ‘Abbas that he said in the interpretation of Allah’s saying (Qaf.): ‘(Qaf.) He says: it is an azure mountain overlooking this world, and the colour of the sky takes from it; Allah swore by it, (By the glorious Qur’an) and He swore by the glorious, noble Qur’an.}} | |||
{{Core Science}} | {{Core Science}} | ||