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130 With Love to Muhammad sa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn
What is a Ru’ya (Dream/Vision)?
رؤ ا Another thing that should be understood is: What is a
[ru’yā]? Is it not possible to receive orders and commandments
from God through a ru’yā? Regarding a vision of the Holy
Prophet sa , Allāh, the Exalted, says:
ۤ اَرَيْنٰكَ‏ اِلاَّ‏ فِتْنَةً‏ لّ‏ ‏ِلنَّاسِ‏
وَمَا جَعَلْنَا الرُّءْايَ‏ الَّتىِ‏ ْ
… And We made not the vision which We showed
thee but as a trial for men… 125
It is obvious that since this verse is in Sūrah Al-Isrā’, the word
ru’yā here refers to the Isrā’ of the Holy Prophet sa . Even Hazrat
Ibn Abbās ra confirms this when he says:
aموaہa aaاالله
َ aأرِ‏ ‏ْنً‏ ‏َاa‏َ‏ aرؤ
aبِہa
ا aرول aاالله
َ ْ َ َ ۃ أa ْ رِيَ‏
It was an actual eye-witness which was shown to
Allāh’s Apostle sa during the night he was taken on a
journey. 126
Everybody knows that in this ru’yā, Allāh, the Exalted, clearly
showed signs to the Holy Prophet sa . The angel Gabriel as was
with him but only up to a point beyond which the Holy
Prophet sa advanced on his own. This is the greatness of this
ru’yā!!
It is in this vision or ru’yā of the Holy Prophet sa that even
commandments concerning the sharī‘ah were revealed to him.
125
Sūrah Al-Isrā’, 17:61
126
Sahīh Bukhārī, Kitābut Tafsīr,
ّa ت ْ‎‏َۃٍ‏ ِa
ْ ٰ َ کَ‏
و باب :a اaجَ‏ ‏َاaارُّ‏ ْ َ ءْ‏ َ
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aا
لا ‏َاaا‏َّتِ‎‏ٓ‏ ‏ِس aاِ‏ ِ‎‏َّا