The Mi'raj is the highest form of religious experience in the life of our Holy Prophet Muhammad (s.a.s.). In it the Prophet perceived the hidden realities and intensely felt the communication with Allah. Every event in the religious life of the Prophet contains certain meanings and values which, when properly understood, have the effect of moulding our lives. His spiritual separation with the world on this night denotes the goal which is an inconceivable but real existence beyond the reach of our sensory and mental faculties and which we should all be seeking.

Mi'raj in its literary sense stands for an instrument or device of ascendance, that is, a staircase or a ladder. Proverbially it signifies the spiritual journey of our Holy Prophet in which he had the glimpse of Nur-i-Ilahi. The Holy Qur'an describes this journey in the first ayat of Sura Bani Israel:

"Glorified be He Who carried His servant by night from the Inviolable Place of Worship to the Far Distant Place of Worship the neighborhood whereof We have blessed, that We might show Him of Our tokens! Loa! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Seer."

Mi'raj took place on the 27th day of Rajab, some 19 months before the Prophet migrated from Mecca to Medina.

It is said that while the Holy Prophet was asleep, Angel Jibraeel presented himself before the Prophet with a winged horse called the 'Burakh; and asked him to mount it. Our Holy Prophet was first carried away to Masjid-i-Aqsa where he offered his prayer, "hereafter, he was shown the Seven Heavens. In addition to witnessing many marvels he had the Vision of Allah's Nur.