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Miniature of the Mi'raj (Miracle of Mi'raj) of the Prophet Muhammad
(منمنمة المعراج معجزة المعراج للنبي محمد)

Title	Miniature of the Mi'raj (Miracle of Mi'raj) of the Prophet Muhammad
Title Original	منمنمة المعراج معجزة المعراج للنبي محمد
Author	unknown
Author Original	مجهول
Publication Date:	Sixteenth century AD
Publication Place	Shiraz, Iran (?) - Khninko Museum
Subject	Opaque watercolor and gold on paper — Unknown
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	الطول : 33.5 سم ، العرض : 20.5سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	436 ГРВ
Record ID	object;EPM;uc;Mus21;4;ar
Library Location	Khninko Museum
Date	Sixteenth century AD
Notes	The Mi'raj is the scene of the great Prophet Muhammad's ascension to heaven to reach the throne of God. The iconography of the scene has become firmly established in the traditions of Iranian painting since the fifteenth century. The accompanying composition of the Miraj with poetic praise of God and His Messenger traditionally opened the door to writing manuscripts of historical, biographical and poetic works of classical Persian literature. In the center of the scene we see the Prophet Muhammad riding the magnificent, shining animal, a horse with the head of a woman. The Prophet Muhammad is usually depicted surrounded by a large glowing halo around his head and his face is covered with a veil, which may have been added later to the image. In front of the Prophet we see the angel Gabriel showing him the way. Above the angel there is a lion, which is the heavenly personification of Ali, the first imam considered by the Shiites. Angels bearing gifts fly around the Prophet. Between the figures against the blue sky there are dense Chinese clouds. The subject of the miniature brings together two important miracles in Islam: Al-Isra (Sura No. 17), which tells the story of the Prophet’s journey by night, flying from Mecca to Jerusalem, and the Ascension, which was narrated in the hadith, which is the story of the miracle of the Prophet’s ascension to heaven to reach the throne of God.
Sample Text	“Miraj Miniature (The Miracle of Mi’raj) of the Prophet Muhammad” in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uc;Mus21;4;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	Prepared by:Antonina MAKAREVYCH,Hanna RUDYK
Seçili bibliyografya	Amir-Moezzi, Mohammad Ali (dir),Le voyage initiatique en terre d'Islam: Ascensions célestes et itinéraires spirituels, Louvain: Cerf, 1996.Bilenko, H. and Rudyck (Rudyk), H.,Oriental Collection, guidebook, Kyiv: The Khanenko Museum, 2005.Gruber, Christiane and Colby, Frederick (eds),The Prophet’s Ascension: Cross-Cultural Encounters with the Islamic Mi‘raj Tales, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2010.Krachkovskaya, V., "Musulmsnskoye iskusstvo v sobranii Khanenko (Muslim Art from the Khanenkos' Collection)", in Bartold V.V. (ed),Zapyski Kollegii Vostokovedov (Notes of the College of Orientalists)at Asian Museum of USSR Academy of Sciences, Vol II, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, 1927.Rudyk, H. (ed),Charisma of Iran. Persian art of 12th–19th centuries from museum collections of Ukraine, Kyiv: The Khanenko Museum, 2017.

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Miniature of the Mi'raj (Miracle of Mi'raj) of the Prophet Muhammad

(منمنمة المعراج معجزة المعراج للنبي محمد)

Author unknown

Author Original مجهول

Publication Date Sixteenth century AD

Publication Place Shiraz, Iran (?) - Khninko Museum

Subject Opaque watercolor and gold on paper — Unknown

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions الطول : 33.5 سم ، العرض : 20.5سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 436 ГРВ

Record ID object;EPM;uc;Mus21;4;ar

Library Location Khninko Museum

Date Sixteenth century AD

Notes The Mi'raj is the scene of the great Prophet Muhammad's ascension to heaven to reach the throne of God. The iconography of the scene has become firmly established in the traditions of Iranian painting since the fifteenth century. The accompanying composition of the Miraj with poetic praise of God and His Messenger traditionally opened the door to writing manuscripts of historical, biographical and poetic works of classical Persian literature. In the center of the scene we see the Prophet Muhammad riding the magnificent, shining animal, a horse with the head of a woman. The Prophet Muhammad is usually depicted surrounded by a large glowing halo around his head and his face is covered with a veil, which may have been added later to the image. In front of the Prophet we see the angel Gabriel showing him the way. Above the angel there is a lion, which is the heavenly personification of Ali, the first imam considered by the Shiites. Angels bearing gifts fly around the Prophet. Between the figures against the blue sky there are dense Chinese clouds. The subject of the miniature brings together two important miracles in Islam: Al-Isra (Sura No. 17), which tells the story of the Prophet’s journey by night, flying from Mecca to Jerusalem, and the Ascension, which was narrated in the hadith, which is the story of the miracle of the Prophet’s ascension to heaven to reach the throne of God.

Sample Text “Miraj Miniature (The Miracle of Mi’raj) of the Prophet Muhammad” in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uc;Mus21;4;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi Prepared by:Antonina MAKAREVYCH,Hanna RUDYK

Seçili bibliyografya Amir-Moezzi, Mohammad Ali (dir),Le voyage initiatique en terre d'Islam: Ascensions célestes et itinéraires spirituels, Louvain: Cerf, 1996.Bilenko, H. and Rudyck (Rudyk), H.,Oriental Collection, guidebook, Kyiv: The Khanenko Museum, 2005.Gruber, Christiane and Colby, Frederick (eds),The Prophet’s Ascension: Cross-Cultural Encounters with the Islamic Mi‘raj Tales, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2010.Krachkovskaya, V., "Musulmsnskoye iskusstvo v sobranii Khanenko (Muslim Art from the Khanenkos' Collection)", in Bartold V.V. (ed),Zapyski Kollegii Vostokovedov (Notes of the College of Orientalists)at Asian Museum of USSR Academy of Sciences, Vol II, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, 1927.Rudyk, H. (ed),Charisma of Iran. Persian art of 12th–19th centuries from museum collections of Ukraine, Kyiv: The Khanenko Museum, 2017.