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A study companion for the Seerah of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, drawn from Sheikh Yasir Qadhi’s lecture series and the classical sources it cites.

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Surah Adh-Dhariyat · 51:56

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لي-عبد-ون

“I have created jinn and men for no reason but to worship Me.”

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Night Journey & Ascension to Heavens 1 — Episode 21
“Allah said, "I have created jinn and men for no reason but to worship Me (لي-عبد-ون)" [see Quran, 51:56].”
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Al-Isra wal-Mi'raj (The Night Journey and Ascension)

~c. 1 year before the Hijrah (~621 CE)·debatedDate debatedThe exact year and month are not established from any Companion or early Successor. Opinions range from one to five years before the Hijrah; Ibn Ishaq and most early writers say one year before. Some scholars held that there were two separate journeys, to reconcile differing reports, but most hold there was one, since Allah says "laylan", a single night, in Surah al-Isra 17:1. Several details in the account were not found in the classical sources checked: the state of the Temple site under Roman rule, the house of Aqil, Abu Jahl finding him first and calling it sorcery, the claim that more Companions narrate this night than the rest of the Makkan period, the report that Khadija RA died before the prayer was made obligatory, and the statement that the prayer was the one obligation given without Jibril AS as intermediary.

Cited to explain the word "abd" (servant) used of the Prophet ﷺ in Surah al-Isra 17:1.

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