Praise is due to `Allaah, the owner of the universe. May `Allaah raise the rank of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ the greatest of the Messengers. `Allaah, the glorified and exalted, is the One Who created the Skies and the Earth and Who exists without being bound to place or time. On the 27th of Rajab, two years before the hijrah (migration), `Allaah granted that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ journey at night (`al-`israa`) in body and soul from `Al-masjid `al-haraam in Makkah to `Al-masjid `al-aqsaa in Jerusalem and make the ascension (`al-mi^raaj) through the skies.