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Book/Printed Material The Book of Delight at the Discussion of the Night Journey and Ascension of the Prophet Muhammad.

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Title

  • The Book of Delight at the Discussion of the Night Journey and Ascension of the Prophet Muhammad.

Summary

  • This 16th-century manuscript contains an early copy of the mystical work by Najm Al-Dīn Muhammad ibn Ahmad Al-Ghayṭī (died 1573) entitled Kitāb al-ibtihāj bil-kalām 'alà al-Isrā' wal-Mi'rāj (The book of delight at the discussion of the night journey and ascension of the Prophet Muhammad). Islam teaches that in the Isrā' (the night journey), Muhammad traveled from Mecca to Jerusalem on the mythological beast Burāq, and that on that same night occurred the Mi'rāj, Muhammad's ascension to the heavens. The author of the work was a religious scholar who lived in Cairo. This manuscript copy, made before the original author's death, is especially significant for its age, having been created in AH 979 (AD 1571).

Names

  • Ghayṭī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 1504 or 5-1573 or 4 Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1571.

Headings

  • -  Lebanon--Al-Biqāʻ--Baʻlabakk
  • -  630 to 1570
  • -  Muḥammad, Prophet, died 632

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 138 pages ; 22 x 15.9 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Holy Spirit University of Kaslik.
  • -  Content in Arabic.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Lebanese Maronite Order

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667187

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Ghayṭī, Muḥammad Ibn Aḥmad, 1504 Or 5-1573 Or 4 Author. The Book of Delight at the Discussion of the Night Journey and Ascension of the Prophet Muhammad. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1571] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667187/.

APA citation style:

Ghayṭī, M. I. A. (1571) The Book of Delight at the Discussion of the Night Journey and Ascension of the Prophet Muhammad. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667187/.

MLA citation style:

Ghayṭī, Muḥammad Ibn Aḥmad, 1504 Or 5-1573 Or 4 Author. The Book of Delight at the Discussion of the Night Journey and Ascension of the Prophet Muhammad. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1571] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667187/>.