The Isra, Muhammad's Night Journey, 621 AD
A Persian miniature taken from the Siyer-i Nebi is a Turkish epic about the life of Muhammad, completed around 1388. The Ottoman ruler Murad III commissioned a lavish illustrated copy of the work. The calligrapher Lutfi Abdullah completed the work in 1595. The Prophet Muhammad is always shown veiled. The Isra and Mi'raj, are the two parts of a Night Journey, according to Islamic tradition, the prophet Muhammad took during a single night around the year 621, described as both a physical and spiritual journey. In the journey, Muhammad travels to "the farthest mosque" where he leads other prophets in prayer. The illustration depicting the Isra is captioned: " During the night journey, Muhammad led patriarchs, Old Testament prophets and angels in prayer in a celestial mosque."
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