How many times was the Ascension with Rasool-Allah -saww ?

How many times was the Ascension with Rasool-Allah -saww ?’ So he -asws said: ‘Twice, and Jibraeel -as paused him -saww at a pausing stop and said to him -saww : ‘(Be) in your -saww place, O Muhammad -saww , for you -saww have paused in a pausing stop, no Angel has paused at all, nor any Prophet -as . Your -saww Lord -azwj is performing Salat ’. فقال: يا جبرئيل، و كيف يصلي؟ قال: يقول: سبوح قدوس أنا رب الملائكة و الروح، سبقت رحمتي غضبي He -saww said: ‘O Jibraeel -as !

And how does He -azwj perform Salat ?’ He -as said: ‘He -azwj is Saying: “Glorious! Holy am I -azwj , Lord -azwj of the Angels and the Spirit! My -azwj Mercy precedes My -azwj Anger!”’. فقال: اللهم عفوك عفوك- قال- و كان كما قال الله: قابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنى He -saww said: ‘O Allah -azwj ! Your -azwj Pardon! Your -azwj Pardon!’ He -asws said: ‘And it was just as Allah -azwj Said: So he was (at a distance of) two bows or nearer [53:9] ’.

فقال له أبو بصير: جعلت فداك، و ما قاب قوسين أو أدنى؟ Abu Baseer said to him -asws , ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws ! And what is (the meaning of): two bows or nearer [53:9] ’. قال: «ما بين سيتها إلى رأسها، فقال: كان بينهما حجاب يتلألأ- و لا أعلمه إلا و قد قال: زبرجد- فنظر في مثل سم الإبرة إلى ما شاء الله من نور العظمة He -asws said: ‘What is between its bottom to its top’.

And he -asws said: ‘And between them was a shining Veil’ – and I (the narrator) do not know it except and he -asws had said: ‘Aquamarine’. (He -asws said): ‘So he -saww looked into like an eye of the needle towards whatever Allah -azwj so Desired from the Light of the Magnificence. فقال الله تبارك و تعالى: يا محمد، قال: لبيك ربي. قال: من لامتك من بعدك؟ قال: الله أعلم.

قال: علي بن أبي طالب أميرالمؤمنين، و سيد المسلمين، و قائد العز المحجلين Then Allah -azwj Blessed and Exalted Said: “O Muhammad -saww !” He -saww said: ‘At Your -azwj service, my -saww Lord -azwj !’ He -azwj said: “Who is for your -saww community from after you -saww ?” He -saww said: ‘Allah -azwj is more Knowing’.

He -azwj Said: ‘Ali Bin Abu Talib -asws , is the Emir of the Momineen, and Chief of the submitters, and Guide of the resplendent!” قال: ثم قال أبو عبد الله (عليه السلام) لأبي بصير: «يا أبا محمد، و الله ما جاءت ولاية علي (عليه السلام) من الأرض، و لكن جاءت من السماء He (the narrator) said, ‘Then Abu Abdullah -asws said to Abu Baseer: ‘O Abu Muhammad! By Allah -azwj ! The Wilayah of Ali -asws did not come from the earth, but it came from the sky’’.

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