The Full Spiritual Enlightenment Of The Prophet Muhammad
In 621 AD, the Prophet Muhammad achieved full spiritual enlightenment. He described the experience to his followers in symbolic detail in the form of an actual trip. Briefly, he was awakened by the archangel Gabriel who accompanied him from Mecca to Jerusalem and then to the first heaven (spiritual station, veil or rank in Sufi terms, chackras in oriental terms) where he met Adam.
In the second through the seventh heavens, Muhammad met the prophets from Noah to Jesus. Muhammad then proceeded without Gabriel to God's throne piercing through the veils that separate the human soul from the Creator. The differences between heaven and earth vanished in the presence of God and Muhammad vanished as a separate entity. Only God, the Creator, the One remained.
Muhammad was commanded to order all Muslims to pray at least five times daily. He then returned to Mecca with Gabriel.
Sufis consider Muhammad's mystical experience as the ultimate human spiritual achievement. This is referred to as the "Fully Human" Station or Rank. The Sufi spiritual path guides the seeker through the heavens to his spiritual potential using meditations from the Qur'an.
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Revised on 10/3/99
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