Sidrat al-Muntaha
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Sidrat al-Muntahā (Arabic: سدرة المنتهى ) is a lote tree that marks the end of the seventh heaven, the boundary where no creation can pass, according to Islamic beliefs. On the 27th of Rajab during the Isra and Mi'raj Muhammad, being the only one allowed, travelled with the archangel Gabriel to the Sidrat al-Muntaha where it is said that God assigned the five daily prayers to all Muslims (El-Sayed El-Aswad 84). Only the 14 Infallibles can go into the Sidrat al Muntaha.
In the Bahá'í Faith, the Sidrat al-Muntahā (usually transcribed as "Sadratu'l-Muntahá" in Bahá'í writings; see Bahá'í orthography) is a metaphor for the Manifestation of God.[1]
References
- 1 El-Sayed El-Aswad. Religion and Folk Cosmology: Scenarios of the Visible and Invisible in Rural Egypt. Praeger/Greenwood. United States: 2002. ISBN 0-89789-924-5
- 2 Ayoub, Mahmoud. The Qur'an and Its Interpreters: The House of 'Imran. SUNY Press. Albany, NY: 1992. ISBN 0-7914-0993-7
External links
- GLOSSARY OF ISLAMIC TERMS
- Sidrat al-Muntaha
- Miracle of Isra and Miraj
- Sadratu'l-Muntahá - The Tree beyond which there is no passing, Bahá'í compilation
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