Did the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) see his Lord on the night of the Ascension?
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The twenty-fourth question of Fatwa No. ( 5611 ):
Q24: Did Muhammad see his Lord, Blessed and Exalted is He, on the night of the Ascension?
A24: Our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) did not see his Lord in this world with his own eyes, according to the correct opinion of the scholars on this matter. Rather, he saw Jibril (peace be upon him) in his true form, spanning the horizon. This is what is meant by the saying of Allah the Exalted:
(5) Taught to him by one intense in strength - (6) One of soundness. And he rose to [his] true form (7) While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon. (8) Then he approached and descended (9) And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer. (10) And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed. (11) The heart did not lie [about] what it saw. (12) So will you dispute with him over what he saw? (13) And he certainly saw him in another descent (14) At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary - (15) Near it is the Garden of Refuge - (16) When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it]. (17) The sight [of the Prophet] did not swerve, nor did it transgress [its limit].
عَلَّمَهُ شَدِيدُ الْقُوَى (5) ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَاسْتَوَى (6) وَهُوَ بِالأُفُقِ الأَعْلَى (7) ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّى (8) فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَى (9) فَأَوْحَى إِلَى عَبْدِهِ مَا أَوْحَى (10) مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَى (11) أَفَتُمَارُونَهُ عَلَى مَا يَرَى (12) وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ نَـزْلَةً أُخْرَى (13) عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى (14) عِنْدَهَا جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوَى (15) إِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَى (16) مَا زَاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَى
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