Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

All this exasperated the unbelievers. They could not bear the
Believers’ firm îmân, their believing right away whatever he said,
their gathering around him and protecting him. In order to rout
and disgrace Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam’, they
attempted to test him.
“O Muhammad ‘’alaihissalâm’! You claim to have gone to
Jerusalem. Tell us now! How many doors and how many windows
does the masjid have?” were some of their questions. As the
Prophet answered each, Hadrat Abû Bakr said, “Right, O
Rasûlallah! It is true, O Rasûlallah!” But in actual fact, out of his
embarrassment, Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ would
not even look at a person in the face. Afterwards, he stated: “I
had not looked around in the Masjid-i aqsâ. I had not seen what
they asked about. At that moment Jabrâil ‘’alaihissalâm’ brought
Masjid-i aqsâ before my eyes. [Like watching television], I saw,
counted, and answered their questions at once.” He said that he
had seen travellers riding camels on his way and that he hoped,
inshâallah, that they would arrive on Wednesday. On
Wednesday, just before sunset, the caravan arrived in Mekka.
They said that something had happened like the blowing of the
wind and that a camel had fallen down. This situation
strengthened the Believers’ îmân but aggravated the unbelievers’
enmity. The book entitled Rûh-ul-bayân, quoting from the book
entitled Tafsîr-i Husaynî, and the book entitled Bahr, in the
section dealing with imâmat, say: “A person who does not believe
that Rasûlullah was taken from the city of Mekka to Jerusalem
[to Beyt-ul muqaddes] will be a disbeliever. One who does not
believe that he was taken to the heavens and to unknown places
will be dâl and mubtadi’. ” That is, he will be a heretic.
8 — RAJAB MONTH AND NIGHT OF RAGHÂIB: First
Friday night of the month of Rajab is called Night of Raghâib.
Every night of Rajab is already valuable. Every Friday night is
valuable, too. When these two valuable nights come together,
they become all the more valuable. The value of the night of
Raghâib is stated in various hadîth-i-sherîfs.
Rajab had been valuable since the time of Hadrat Adam. It
had been a sin to war in this month. The month had been
respected by all ummats. Rajab means majestic, great, honoured,
valuable. It is written in the Persian book entitled Anîsulwâ’izîn:
“During the time of Hadrat ’Îsâ, a youngster fell in love with a
lovely girl. He was mad with desire to have her. A long time later
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