Where does “الإسراء والمعراج” come from?

الإسراء والمعراج (Arabic) comes from Arabic إسراء, from Arabic أَسْرَى, from Arabic ر, from Arabic رَأَى — to see.

الإسراء والمعراج (Arabic): night journey and ascension

Definitions

  1. night journey and ascension

Ancestry of “الإسراء والمعراج”, step by step

الإسراء والمعراج traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic إسراء

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicإسراءnocturnal journey, night travel
2Arabicأَسْرَىto travel by night
3Arabicرsecond-person masculine singular active...
4Arabicرَأَىto see

via Arabic وَ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicوَand
2Semitic*wa—

via Arabic معراج

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمعراجladder, stairway
Every word from Arabic رَأَى →Every word from Arabic ر →Every word from Arabic أَسْرَى →