Who did the Prophet Muhammad meet in the third heaven?

There are different accounts of what occurred during the Miʿraj, but most narratives have the same elements: Muhammad ascends into heaven with the angel Gabriel and meets a different prophet at each of the seven levels of heaven; first Adam, then John the Baptist and Jesus, then Joseph, then Idris, then Aaron, then ...
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Which prophet is in the fifth heaven?

In each of the heavens were different prophets. Idris was in the second heaven, Aaron was in the fourth, another in the fifth, Abraham in the sixth, and Moses in the seventh.
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How many prophets did Muhammad Meet in heaven?

Muhammad and Jibrīl enter the first heaven and proceed through all seven levels until they reach the throne of God. Along the way they meet the prophets Adam, Yaḥyā (John), ʿĪsā (Jesus), Yūsuf (Joseph), Idrīs, Hārūn (Aaron), Mūsā (Moses), and Ibrāhīm (Abraham) and visit hell and paradise.
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Where did Muhammad meet the angel?

Mountain of Light (Jabal al-Nūr), near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, where Muhammad experienced the presence of the archangel Gabriel and where the process of the Qurʾānic revelation began. Muhammad was not initially aware that Gabriel was his intermediary, and the Qurʾān mentions him by name only three times.
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Who met the Holy Prophet at the first during miʿrāj?

In Miraj, the second part of the Journey, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) ascended to seven stages of heaven with the angel Jibreel. In each stage, the Prophet met and spoke to different prophets. At the first stage, he met Adam who is described as a tall and handsome man with long hair by Ibn Ishaq.
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What happened on Meraj?

Lailat al Miraj celebrates the Prophet Muhammad's nighttime journey from Mecca to Jerusalem, where he then ascended to heaven. While sleeping in the Ka'bah, the sacred shrine of Mecca, Muhammad was visited by the archangels Jibril and Mikal. The archangels purified his soul and filled him with wisdom.
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What was the original name of Madina?

Yathrib. Before the advent of Islam, the city was known as Yathrib (pronounced [ˈjaθrɪb]; يَثْرِب), supposedly named after an Amalekite king, Yathrib Mahlaeil.
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Who is the biggest angel in Islam?

Israfil (Arabic: إِسْـرَافِـيْـل, Isrāfīl; or Israfel or Rāfā'īl) is the angel who blows the trumpet to signal Qiyamah (the Day of Judgment) in Islam. Though unnamed in the Quran, he is one of the four archangels in Islamic tradition, along with Mīkā'īl, Jibrā'īl, and Azrael.
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Who are the 4 main angels in Islam?

Important angels in the Qur'an
  • Mika'il – The Angel Mika'il (known as Michael in Christianity) is a friend to humanity. ...
  • Izra'il – The Angel of Death, who takes the souls from bodies when people die.
  • Israfil – The angel who will be present on the day of resurrection .
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Who is angel of death in Islam?

Azrael, Arabic ʿIzrāʾīl or ʿAzrāʾīl, in Islam, the angel of death who separates souls from their bodies; he is one of the four archangels (with Jibrīl, Mīkāl, and Isrāfīl) and the Islamic counterpart of the Judeo-Christian angel of death, who is sometimes called Azrael.
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Who was the first person to go to heaven alive?

Catholicism. Sacred Scripture teaches that Enoch and Elijah were assumed into heaven while still alive and not experiencing physical death.
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What is Buraq in Islam?

Described as “a white animal, half-mule, half-donkey, with wings on its sides . . . ,” Burāq was originally introduced into the story of Muḥammad's night journey (isrāʾ) from Mecca to Jerusalem and back, thus explaining how the journey between the cities could have been completed in a single night.
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What is the third heaven in the Bible?

A third concept of Heaven, also called shamayi h'shamayim (שׁמי השׁמים or "Heaven of Heavens"), is mentioned in such passages as Genesis 28:12, Deuteronomy 10:14 and 1 Kings 8:27 as a distinctly spiritual realm containing (or being traveled by) angels and God.
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Did Jesus have a wife?

"Christian tradition has long held that Jesus was not married, even though no reliable historical evidence exists to support that claim," King said in a press release.
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How many angels of Allah do we have?

No one knows how many in number the angels are, their manner of being or their natures except for Allah. In Islam they are marked by their several attributes. This means that there are nineteen angels guarding the Hellfire — they maintain it, guard it, kindle it and are entrusted with its affairs.
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Who built the Kaaba?

Some say that it was built by the angels. Others say the father of humankind, Adam built the Kaba but over many centuries it fell into disrepair and was lost in the mists of time, to be rebuilt by Prophet Abraham and his son Ishmael. All agree that the Kaba was either built or rebuilt by Prophet Abraham.
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Who wrote the Quran?

Muslims believe that the Quran was orally revealed by God to the final prophet, Muhammad, through the archangel Gabriel incrementally over a period of some 23 years, beginning in the month of Ramadan, when Muhammad was 40; and concluding in 632, the year of his death.
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Which prophet did Allah directly speak?

Musa. Musa taught that there is one God at a time when Muslims were practising idolatry. Musa is thought to have been the only prophet that Allah spoke to directly. Musa is known as Moses in Judaism and Christianity.
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Who put the Black Stone in the Kaaba?

Muhammad. According to Islamic belief Muhammad is credited with setting the Black Stone in the current place in the wall of the Kaaba.
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Where is Harut and Marut now?

Harut and Marut (Arabic: هَارُوْت وَمَارُوْت, romanized: Hārūt wa-Mārūt) are two angels mentioned in Quran 2:102, who are said to have been located in Babylon.
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Who was the first woman accept Islam?

The first converts to Islam at the time of Muhammad were: Khadija bint Khuwaylid - First person to convert and first free female convert.
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Can non-Muslims go to Mecca?

Can non-Muslims do the hajj? No. Although Christians and Jews believe in the God of Abraham, they are not allowed to perform the hajj. Indeed, the government of Saudi Arabia forbids all non-Muslims from entering the holy city of Mecca at all.
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What is the old name of Makkah?

Islamic tradition identifies Bakkah as the ancient name for the site of Mecca.
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