The non-fool scientists such as Albert Einstein[r.a] had been aware about a Shi'a-Hadith that says:
"..At the time of Ascension of the prophet Muhammad[S.A.A.W.A] a jug fell down and it's waters was raining out..
Then the prophet went to the first heaven and me two cousins, prophet Jesus and Yahya[pbu both] then the second heaven met one other prophet and Aaron and Moses and up to the 7th heaven that met Abraham peace be upon all, then went to the up to the Throne and met God and talked directly with Him and returned back, then the jug, the waters was raining out yet!!!"
Means the Time was curved/paused!!
Well,
The Sunni Muslims say that the prophet went to heaven in dream!
But Shi'a-Islam says and insist that one of the signs of our Shi'as is believe the same BODILY ASCENSION!
Sorry but the Night Journey or al'Isra' wal-Mi'raj, both from the Qur'an (sura al-Isra) and from the Hadith (Sahih al-Bukhari) are nothing more than fairytale.
From what I understand about al-Isra passage about travelling from the mosque in Mecca to al-Masjid al-Aqsa, translated to the "Furthest Mosque", which have been interpreted since the early 8th century as Mosque in Jerusalem.
The biggest problems with this:
- Muhammad has never been to Jerusalem.
- There was never a mosque in Jerusalem, during Muhammad's lifetime.
Construction of the mosque in Jerusalem did start construction until very late 7th century, during Abd al-Malik's reign and completed in al-Walid in 705 CE. The person who made this interpretation was a biographer Ibn Ishaq.
So, the mosque never existed until it was completed in 705 CE.
Another thing, is that the direct distance between Mecca and Jerusalem is 1238 km; but there are no direct route, so the distance is even greater.
There are no such mean of transport to travel that distance, in the single night.
According to this hadith, Gabriel brought the steed no bigger than a mule, called Buraq to travel there. The Qur'an make no mention of any steed, and even Gabriel isn't mention in this sura or chapter.
The al-Mi'raq part of this fairytale is Muhammad ascension to 7 heavens, meeting prophets and even God himself before the Throne of God is only narrated in the hadith, not in the Qur'an.
The whole story of this Night Journey is fake, invented and embellished. It has been copied and adapted from the 2nd book of Enoch, who also ascended to the heavens, 10, not 7 heavens, before reaching the throne of God.
Enoch was one of the ancestors of Noah, Noah's great grandfather. He was supposed taken to heavens by 2 angels, and Enoch supposedly became the "Scribe of God", supposedly writing about the creation and the prophecy of the Flood.
The story of Muhammad's ascent to heaven is no more believable than that of Enoch, but at least, 2 Enoch was more original. Muhammad is just a copycat, to glorify Muhammad.
But the mortals' ascent to heavens didn't originate from any Abrahamic religions.
The earliest that I can think of, is the Epic of Etana. A clay tablet was found dated to some time in the 1st half of the 2nd millennia BCE (between 1895 and 1595 BCE), written in Old Babylonian.
I won’t say anything more about Etana (because I know that Muslims have the tendencies to ignore or hate Sumerian and Babylonian cultures and pagan religions), other than that Etana flew to heavens and met the gods, flying on the back of a large eagle. At least, Etana’s story the eagle naturally have wings, steeds, like horses, donkeys and mules don’t have wings, so impossible creatures.
My points that all mortals ascent to heavens to meet the god/gods, are myths, including the one about Muhammad.