Persian · noun · Faith & Sacred History
Shab-e-Mehraj
शब-ए-मेराज
said SHAB-e-mey-RAAJ
also written: shab e meraj, shab-e-miraj
Meaning
The Night of Ascension, when the Prophet was taken up through the heavens, observed in Rajab.
Literally: Persian/Arabic: the night (shab) of the Ascension (miraj).
See it in the verse
Shab-e-Mehraj in Iqbal’s couplets
Isi roz-o-shab mein ulajh kar na rah ja
Ki tere zaman-o-makan aur bhi hain
Ki tere zaman-o-makan aur bhi hain
Do not stay tangled in only these days and nights — there are other times and other places that are yours.
Aspiration · Hope · Restlessness
Silsila-e-roz-o-shab, naqsh-gar-e-haadsat
Silsila-e-roz-o-shab, asl-e-hayat-o-mamat
Silsila-e-roz-o-shab, asl-e-hayat-o-mamat
The chain of day and night is the sculptor of all events; the chain of day and night is the root of life and of death.
Action · Self-Knowledge
Milega manzil-e-maqsud ka usi ko suragh
Andheri shab mein hai cheete ki aankh jis ka charagh
Andheri shab mein hai cheete ki aankh jis ka charagh
Only that traveller finds the trace of the intended destination whose lamp, in the dark night, is the eye of a leopard.
Courage · Aspiration · Self-Knowledge
Mujhe aah-o-fughan-e-nim-shab ka phir payam aaya
Tham ai rah-rau ki shayad phir koi mushkil maqam aaya
Tham ai rah-rau ki shayad phir koi mushkil maqam aaya
The cry of the midnight again brought me its message: pause, traveller, for perhaps another hard pass has arrived.
Adversity · Courage · Awakening
Related words
ARABIC
Miraj
The Ascension of the Prophet Muhammad through the heavens; figuratively, a spiritual summit.
ARABIC
Rajab
The seventh month of the Islamic calendar, one of the four sacred months.
PERSIAN
Shab-e-Qadr
The Night of Power in Ramadan when the Quran began to be revealed, better than a thousand months.