How to answer those who say: how can be reasonable that the prophet ascended to heaven on a mule 1400 years…

Answer

In the name of Allah, be informed, my son, that it is mentioned in the narrations and the holy verses that Allah (SWT) created an animal called (Al-Buraq) which has wings to fly like flying creatures. That wing-animal was created for the one who created those who created airplane at our time. After all and as per the narrations in this regard, the prophet’s (PBUH&HF) riding on that animal is concerned with his travel from Mecca to Jerusalem then back to Mecca. This is what is referred to by the holy verse ((Glory be to Him who made his servant go on a night from the Sacred mosque to the remote mosque)). So, where have you been drawn, my son? Regarding Al-Mi’raj (the ascension) in which the celestial creatures was seen, we only know that Allah wanted the prophet (PBUH&HF) to see the miracles of Allah so that he (PBUH&HF) became very close to Allah. We do not know more than this. My son, have you thought of how the throne of Balqis reached from her palace to the prophet Solomon (PBUH) in the blink of the eye? Did the humans expect that one day would come where one who is on one side of the world could contact whomever on the other side? There is a saying by one of the Imams (PBUH), which is: (a time will come where one in the east will be able to speak and see the other on the west). The ignorant people used to mock that and we have seen this through our own eyes.