al-Isra' wal-Mi'raj (al-Sha'rawi)

Al-Isra' wa'l-Mi'raj is a book by Muhammad Mutawalli al-Sha'rawi, published by Dar al-Jeel (Beirut) in 2003, presenting the event inside the frame of the da'wa: it is, in his words, "a momentous event among the events of the Islamic call — preceded by the sending of the Prophet ﷺ and followed by the Hijra", the three events the call passed through ^{3 4}.

Al-Sha'rawi opens with Sura al-Isra' and its first verse, then builds on the place of Mecca and Quraysh in Arabia and the three stages of the call — the Prophet's own conviction, convincing his nearest kin, and warning the whole sphere — and on the double protection of Abu Talib outside and Khadija at home, preparing thereby for the event at its moment of crisis ^{5 6 7}. In the body of the book he distinguishes the Isra', established by explicit text, from the Mi'raj, established by the implication of obligation; presents the journey's two mounts — the Buraq to Bayt al-Maqdis then the ascent to the lowest heaven; reports what some narrations carry of the Prophet witnessing the punishment of sinners; and closes on the point that prayer was prescribed in the Mi'raj ^{8 9 10 11}.

• Text from the Dar al-Jeel 2003 edition extracted on the harvest drive (sharawi/out/lionsunna-isra-miraj); collation of the later chapters against the Azhar edition listed on the card is still pending.