The secrets of Meraj and the vision of Allah Taala

Seeing Allah Ta’ala – What the Imams of the Ummah say 

Imam Shihabuddin Khafaji (May Allah shower His Mercy on him) writes in Naseem Ur Riyadh Fi Sharh Ash Shifa Qazi Iyaz:

Translation:  The most authoritative opinion is that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) saw Allah Ta’ala with His physical eyes in the night of Meraj, as the majority of the Sahabah agree.

Imam Nawawi (May Allah shower His Mercy on him) has written in Sharh Sahih Muslim:

Translation:  The authoritative opinion with the majority of the Ulema is that in the night of Meraj, the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) saw Allah Ta’ala with His physical eyes.  (Sharh Muslim Lin Nawawi, Kitab Ul Iman)

Imam Rabbani, Mujaddid Alf Thani, Hadhrat Shaykh Ahmed Sirhindi Farooqui (May Allah shower His Mercy on him) writes in a letter:

Translation:  This night, the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) went beyond the circles of time and space and He (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) left the confines of space and found the immemorial (Azal) and the eternal (Abad) to be one and saw the beginning and the ending united in one point.  (Maktoobaat-e-Imam Rabbani, Daftar Awwal, Maktoob number 283)

The Imam writes about Meraj as a physical journey: