When is Isra and Mi'raj 2025?
Isra and Mi'raj 2025 was on or about Monday, January 27, 2025.
Dates follow the Umm al-Qura calendar. Many communities wait for the new moon to be seen, so the day can be one day later where you live.
Remembers the Night Journey of the Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Jerusalem and his ascent to heaven.
How the date is set: 27 Rajab in the Islamic calendar.
The date in other years
A short history
The Israʾ and Miʿraj (Arabic: الإسراء والمعراج, romanized: al-’Isrā’ wal-Miʿrāj, lit. 'The Night Travel and Ascension') or Ascension of Muhammad refer to an evolving body of Islamic narratives concerning the night journey, during which the Islamic prophet Muhammad ascends to the heavens, witnesses the afterlife, and returns. The subject holds a pivotal position in shaping many religious-political stances, even today. However, the basis for the issue in the Quran—an indisputable point of reference in the Islamic world—consists solely of two statements with unspecified subjects and addressees; verses 1-18 of Surāh an-Najm and some verses of the 17th chapter of the Quran, later commonly called Surāh al-’Isrā’. The framework and the details are elaborated and developed in various miraculous accounts, some of which are based on hadith —reports of the teachings, deeds, and sayings of…
From Wikipedia’s article Isra' and Mi'raj, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Sources
- Umm al-Qura calendar (Saudi Arabia), as published in the ICU calendar data Dates
- Wikipedia: Isra' and Mi'raj Short history (CC BY-SA 4.0)