سُبۡحَٰنَ
ٱلَّذِيٓ
أَسۡرَىٰ
بِعَبۡدِهِۦ
لَيۡلٗا
مِّنَ
ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ
ٱلۡحَرَامِ
إِلَى
ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ
ٱلۡأَقۡصَا
ٱلَّذِي
بَٰرَكۡنَا
حَوۡلَهُۥ
لِنُرِيَهُۥ
مِنۡ
ءَايَٰتِنَآۚ
إِنَّهُۥ
هُوَ
ٱلسَّمِيعُ
ٱلۡبَصِيرُ
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Glorified be He Who carried His servant by night from the Inviolable Place of Worship to the Far distant place of worship the neighbourhood whereof We have blessed, that We might show him of Our tokens! Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Seer.
— M. Pickthall
Exalted1 is He who took His Servant [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] by night from al-Masjid al-Ḥarām to al-Masjid al-Aqṣā,2 whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him of Our signs. Indeed, He is the Hearing,3 the Seeing.4
— Saheeh International
Glory to (Allah) Who did take His servant for a Journey by night from the Sacred Mosque to the farthest Mosque, whose precincts We did bless,- in order that We might show him some of Our Signs: for He is the One Who heareth and seeth (all things).
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Which was revealed in Makkah
The Virtues of Surat Al-Isra'
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The Virtues of Surat Al-Isra'
Imam Al-Hafiz Abu `Abdullah Muhammad bin Isma`il Al-Bukhari recorded that Ibn Mas`ud said c
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