The events of and Mi’raj are referred to briefly in the Qur’an. For greater detail, they have been discussed in Hadith literature, reported sayings of the which supplement the Qur’an. Of the hadith, two of the best known are by Anas ibn Malik, who would have been a young boy at the time of Muhammad’s journey of Mi’raj.

Qur’an[edit]

Within the Qur’an itself, “Sura Al-Isra”, the 17th chapter (sura) was named after the Isra. In it, the first verse[4] briefly describes the Isra. There is also some information in a later verse[5] and another Sura An-Najm, which some scholars say is related to the Isra and Mi’raj.[6]