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Islamic tradition states that in 620, Muhammad experienced the ''[[Isra and Mi'raj]]'', a miraculous night-long journey said to have occurred with the angel [[Gabriel]]. At the journey's beginning, the ''Isra'', he is said to have traveled from [[Mecca]] on a [[Buraq|winged steed]] to "the farthest mosque." Later, during the ''Mi'raj'', Muhammad is said to have toured [[Jannah|heaven]] and [[Jahannam|hell]], and spoke with earlier prophets, such as [[Islamic view of Abraham|Abraham]], [[Islamic view of Moses|Moses]], and [[Jesus in Islam|Jesus]].{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} [[Ibn Ishaq]], author of the first [[Sirah Rasul Allah|biography of Muhammad]], presents the event as a spiritual experience; later historians, such as [[Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari|Al-Tabari]] and [[Ibn Kathir]], present it as a physical journey.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

Some western scholars{{who|date=May 2014}} hold that the Isra and Mi'raj journey traveled through the heavens from the sacred enclosure at Mecca to the celestial ''al-Baytu l-Maʿmur'' (heavenly prototype of the Kaaba); later traditions indicate Muhammad's journey as having been from Mecca to Jerusalem.<ref>Sells, Michael. ''Ascension'', [[Encyclopedia of the Quran]].</ref>{{page needed|date=May 2014}}

==== Last years before Hijra ====