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The Prophet's AscensionChristiane Gruber and Frederick Colby (eds.)

Islam and Sufism

The Prophet's Ascension

Cross-Cultural Encounters with the Islamic Mi'raj Tales

by Christiane Gruber and Frederick Colby (eds.)

Essays on the Mi'raj in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Malay and European literature and in Islamic painting. The volume shows how the ascension story crossed languages, media and religious boundaries.

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