Miraj
[meer-ahj] /ˈmɪər ɑdʒ/
noun, Islam.
1.
Muhammad’s miraculous ascension from Jerusalem, through the seven heavens, to the throne of God. The site from which he ascended is now the shrine of the Dome of the Rock.
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