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==Muhammad==

==Muhammad==

According to the Koran:

According to the Koran:{{cquote|

{{cquote|Glory be to Him, who carried His servant [Muhammad] by night from the Holy Mosque [in Mecca] to the Further Mosque the precincts of which We have blessed, that We might show him some of Our signs. He is the All-hearing, the All-seeing.<ref>Koran 17:1, Arberry, A.J. ''The Koran Interpreted: A Translation'' (1996).</ref>}}

Glory be to Him, who carried His servant [Muhammad] by night

from the Holy Mosque [in Mecca] to the Further Mosque

the precincts of which We have blessed,

that We might show him some of Our signs.

He is the All-hearing, the All-seeing.<ref>Koran 17:1, Arberry, A.J. ''The Koran Interpreted: A Translation'' (1996).</ref>}}

This ambiguous verse is conventionally interpreted to mean that Mohammad was miraculously transported to a "Further Mosque," in Arabic ''al-Masjid al-ʾAqṣā'', as part of a one night journey in 621 and briefly ascended to heaven there. The al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem is one of only three that are suggested as destinations for Islamic pilgrimage. The other two pilgrimage mosques are in Mecca and Medina.

This ambiguous verse is conventionally interpreted to mean that Mohammad was miraculously transported to a "Further Mosque," in Arabic ''al-Masjid al-ʾAqṣā'', as part of a one night journey in 621 and briefly ascended to heaven there. The al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem is one of only three that are suggested as destinations for Islamic pilgrimage. The other two pilgrimage mosques are in Mecca and Medina.