Virtues of the Quran's Chapters and Verses
Special Virtues of the Qur'an's Chapters and Verses 15
عَنْ طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم انْتُهِيَ بِهِ إِلَى سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى وَهِيَ فِي السَّمَاءِ السَّادِسَةِ إِلَيْهَا يَنْتَهِي مَا يُعْرَجُ بِهِ مِنَ الأَرْضِ فَيُقْبَضُ مِنْهَا وَإِلَيْهَا يَنْتَهِي مَا يُهْبَطُ بِهِ مِنْ فَوْقِهَا فَيُقْبَضُ مِنْهَا قَالَ { إِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَى} قَالَ فَرَاشٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ . قَالَ فَأُعْطِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ثَلاَثًا أُعْطِيَ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسَ وَأُعْطِيَ خَوَاتِيمَ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ وَغُفِرَ لِمَنْ لَمْ يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ شَيْئًا الْمُقْحِمَاتُ .
Talḥah reported from Murrah, from ʿAbdullāh, who said: When the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) was taken on the Night Journey, he was brought to the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary, which is in the sixth heaven. To it comes whatever ascends from the earth, and it is taken from there; and to it comes whatever descends from above it, and it is taken from there. He said: ‘When the Lote Tree was covered by that which covered it.’ He said: ‘Golden moths.’ He said: The Messenger of Allah was given three things: the five prayers; the concluding verses of Sūrat al-Baqarah; and forgiveness of the overwhelming sins for whoever among his community associated nothing with Allah.
Translation notes
قَالَ فَأُعْطِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ثَلاَثًا أُعْطِيَ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسَ وَأُعْطِيَ خَوَاتِيمَ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ وَغُفِرَ لِمَنْ لَمْ يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ شَيْئًا الْمُقْحِمَاتُ .
The word الْمُقْحِمَاتُ is a difficult description of the sins in this clause; the English witness renders it as “serious sins,” but its precise force is not established by this wording alone.
What sense of الْمُقْحِمَاتُ is supported in this report, and is “overwhelming sins” an adequate provisional rendering?
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ،
The Arabic chain names ʿAbdullāh without a patronymic; the English witness expands this to ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar.
Is the witness’s identification of ʿAbdullāh as Ibn ʿUmar supported for this chain, or should the identity remain as stated in Arabic?