Mi'raj = a Journey from Jerusalem to heaven
What kind of facility that brought the prophet Muhammad SAW from Jerusalem to Heaven ?
From some literature of Islam, this facility called as Bouraq. It is a kind of Pegasus. Pegasus is a flying horse in mythology. Nobody knows whether this sacred animal ever exists or not.Bouraq could be an image to explain the journey of the prophet Muhammad SAW, called Mi'raj. Only the image of Bouraq that could be accepted as the explanation of Mi'raj Journey to people who lived in time of the prophet . The real form of this sacred facility became the secret of the prophet Muhammad SAW.
It is explained in Qur'an, that the first Human, the prophet of Adam lived in heaven before went down to this Earth because of sin. Heaven is a long distance place from earth. The distance of heaven from earth could be more that 50,000 years of Horse Speed from Earth. The number of 50,000 years found in Qur'an.
What kind of facility which has brought the prophet of Adam and his wife Hawwa from heaven to Earth ?...
Is this facility similar to the facility which has brought the prophet Muhammad SAW from Earth to Heaven ?...this is the mystery.
As Moslem community, it is impossible to accept that heaven lain on this Earth in ancient time.
Mi'raj Journey
The journey of Mi'raj took time for about 9 hours back and forth. It happened on the night when people of Mecca and Jerusalem were busy in their night dream.
There are many opinions about the journey of Mi'raj. Whatever people thought of this journey, as a believer we must accepted this journey as reality. If there are too many discrepancies about the information of this journey, it should be from human. Sometimes people cannot keep information without trying to modify it. I believe that the discrepancies about Mi'raj information were from human error. Many information has been modified, and even hadits been modified. As we knew from some analysis of the trusted people of Islam, it shown that there are about 2000 fake hadits. We cannot just say that Mi'raj is not real. Mi'raj is real, only people made it unreal. This is because many people did not keep the information well enough. Some information was lost because of war and politic, some information was modified because of politic and kind of that. We cannot just say that discrepancies information about Mi'raj is enough to justify that Mi'raj is unacceptable reality. We must realize that we could be lost of some important information which contains the truth. As human we must accept that we are the place of error.
I will try to calculate this journey based upon the Qur'an and Hadits. May be we will have some new imagination about the future life of human after death. As explained in early article, human is not death, death is only kind of process to enter the next journey of life.
From Hadits and Qur'an:
Time of Mi'raj = 9 hours ( night journey from 8 : 00 pm to 5 : 00 am ).
The distance of this earth to Sidrat Al-Muntaha = 50,000 years of average horse speed. ( QS : 70 : 4 )
The distance of the Earth from the first planet where the soul of the believers live = 1000 years of average horse speed. ( QS : 32 : 5 )
The average Horse Speed assumed = 60 Km/Hr.
1 year = 365 days
1 day = 24 Hours
1 Hour = 60 minutes
50,000 years of average horse speed = 50,000 x 365 x 24 x 60 = 26,280,000,000 km.
1000 years of average horse speed = 1000 x 365 x 24 x 60 = 525,600,000 km.
From above calculations, we have this state :
The distance from Earth to Sidrat Al-Muntaha = 26.28 Billion Kilometers.
The distance from Earth to The First Planet of the soul believers = 525.6 Million Kilometers.
Mi'raj Journey :
It is assumed that the journey from Earth to Sidrat Al-Muntaha = 3 Hours
The journey from Sidrat Al-Muntaha to Earth assumed = 3 Hours ( back time )
Time consumed to drop by = 3 Hours.
The formula of this calculation is the very basic speed formula : V = S / t,
V = Speed ( Km/Hr ); S = Distance ( Km ); t = Time ( Hr ).
From above data, we can calculate the speed of Bouraq :
S = 525,600,000 km.
t = 3 Hr
v = s / t = 26,280,000,000 km / 3 Hr = 8,760,000,000 Km / Hr or 8.76 Billion Km / Hr
The Speed of Bouraq = 8.76 Billion Km/Hr
Let us calculate the time consumed by Bouraq between Earth and The First Planet of the soul believers.
S = 525,600,000 Km ; V = 8,760,000,000 Km / Hr ;
v = s / t ; t = s / v
t = 525,600,000 / 8,760,000,000 = 0.06 Hr
Time in second :
0.06 x 60 minutes = 3.6 minutes or 3.6 x 60 seconds = 216 seconds.
Milky Way Galaxy :
Diameter of Milky Way Galaxy = 100,000 light years
Light Speed = 300,000 Km / Hr
100,000 light years in Km :
100,000 years x 365 days ( days / year ) x 24 Hour ( times a day ) x 300,000 km ( Speed of Light / Hr ) = 262,800,000,000,000 km.
Milky Way Diameter in Km = 262,800,000,000,000 km.
Time consumed by Bouraq across the Milky Way Galaxy in straight line :
The Speed of Bouraq in Galaxy = 8.76 Billion Km/Hr
s = 262,800,000,000,000 km ; v = 8,760,000,000 km / Hr.
t = 262,800,000,000,000 / 8,760,000,000 = 30,000 Hr
Time in years : 30,000 / ( 365 days / year x 24 Hour/day ) = 30,000 / 8760 = 3.424 Years.
Or 3 years + ( 0.424 x 12 Months ) = 3 years + 5 Months => about Three years and five months.
The speed of Bouraq and The Speed of Light :
The speed of light = 300,000 Km/Hr
The speed of Bouraq = 8,760,000,000 Km / Hr
8,760,000,000 / 300,000 = 29,200
Bouraq Speed is 29,200 above the light speed.
Calculating the time consumed by Bouraq in inter galaxy journey :
There is a galaxy called NGC-4414
The distance of this Galaxy from Earth = 60,000,000 light year
Time consumed by Bouraq from Earth to NGC-4414 Galaxy:
v = 8,760,000,000 km / Hr or 8.76 Billion Km / Hr
t = 60,000,000 Years ,if V ( Light )= 300,000 Km / Hr.
If V ( Bouraq ) = 8,760,000,000 Km / Hr, t_Bouraq = ?
1 year = 365 days ; 1 day = 24 hours ; 1 Year = 365 x 24 = 8,760 Hr.
60,000,000 light year = 60,000,000 x 8,760 hr = 525,600,000,000 Hr
t_Bouraq = t / n
n = v_Bouraq / v_light ; v_Bouraq = 8,760,000,000 km / Hr and v_Light = 300,000 km / jam.
n = 8,760,000,000 / 300,000 = 29,200
t_bouraq = t / n = 525,600,000,000 hr / 29200 = 18,000,000 Hr or 2,054.794 years or ( 2054 + ( 0.794 x 12 ) = about 2,054 years 9 Months and 16 days.
The distance of Galaxy NGC-4414 from Earth in Kilometers :
t = 18,000,000 hr ; v = 8,760,000,000 km / hr
v = s / t ; s = v x t ;
s = 8,760,000,000 km / hr x 18,000,000 hours = 157,680,000,000,000,000 km.
Time consumed by Bouraq from Earth to Galaxy NGC-4414 = 2,055 years ( rounded )
"I believe that these calculations still need some adjustments to be accepted as logical calculation. please make it better !."
From above calculation, we may have some images in our mind about the journey of human in this universe. Human will have no ended journey in eternity life. There are many places and spaces, and these places and spaces could be unlimited number.
Once again that Human will not die, death is only a process of entering the new journey. The journey of eternity. The journey that will never end. this is the Qur'an Concept.
Bouraq could only be Galaxy facility and there could be some other facilities which are able to travel among Galaxy in unpredictable speed.
Back to the focus, Mi'raj.
Let us question once again, what could be the form of Bouraq ?...a flying Horse ?...
According to Qur'an that God will not change the Rule of this universe, the rule of this nature.
Someone who travels outside the Earth must have enough oxygen stock to survive alive. Bouraq is not as simple as the Sacred Pegasus. There is something more than that mythology flying horse. This could be technology. A high technology far above human technology. An inter Galaxy journey facility.
Who could be the owner of this facility ?..the Angels ?..
What is the meaning of wings to The Angels ?...physical wings or range of authority ?...
If the meaning of wings to The Angels is range of authority, then Bouraq could be belonged to The Angels. The Angels are the hands of God, they must have a wide range of authority. A kind of inter galaxy authority. They work in high speed ( Qur'an has explained this ).
Who brought the soul to the seven planets after death ?..who brought the souls to Mahshar at the day of judgment ?...The Angels…
Who brought the prophet Muhammad SAW from Earth to Heaven ?...The Angels.
And who brought the prophet of Adam from Heaven to Earth ?...The Angels.
Who could be The Angel ?...the flying being with two wings ?...
Note :
The day of judgment and the day of resurrection are different.
The day of judgment is the day of Mahshar. All souls will be gathered here.
The day of resurrection is the day when the souls of the death who meet the end of the day in Earth alive and then brought to Mahshar. The day of resurrection only pointed to the rest of the people in Earth at the end of the day. Not pointed to all souls. The day of judgment pointed to all souls.
Some people thought that the soul of human has no form after death, this is not true. Soul is resemble to its human form but soul is far better than human, more perfect. Soul will arise soon after death. The Angels will help Human to split the soul from the body at the end of life on Earth ( this state explained in Qur'an ).the concept that say the soul has no form after death, will presume that the day of resurrection is the day when the souls back to the new body. I think that , it is only a kind of misinterpretation. The new body is the soul itself. Human will have this new body sooner after death.
A really good explanation! One of the most scientific explanation I've ever read on the phenomenon of Mi'raj. My hand calculation also shows that an "ordinary" speed of light will not be sufficient to reach that amount of distance within such a limited time.
One thing I still wonder is whether the different phenomenon such as time dilation takes place during the travel. 8 billion km/h has such a significant difference with (already relativistic) speed of light, that it will also greatly affect the time dilation between two frame of reference, so the relativistic theory says.
Anyway, great job putting those figures in place. I hope this article will enlighten more curious believers.
Inshallah.