By: Safiyyah Sabreen Syeed | Date: January 16, 2026 | Safiyyahsabreen.substack.com
When we analyse the ahadith and Quranic ayaat related to Isra and Mi’raj, we can see that the Prophet ﷺ is shown the fine-grained structure of reality in this journey. The Quran refers it to Ayatal Kubra (the greatest signs). The Prophet (saw) sees the fundamental structure of the universe. He witnesses how behind all this visible multiplicity is an unseen, unspoken yet magnificent unity (Tawhid). There is just one order and one command center – the Divine.
But there’s so much more. How does he (saw) interact with time? The warping and dilation that he reports is mind bending. In contemporary terms we would say that as if the time dimension became a space dimension for him (saw) as he travelled through future events. The whole journey is a journey through the future of the universe.
