Most Compassionate the rightful claim of a woman and her complaint to Him, and through the name of Truth (Right) takes it seriously, affording it the greatest importance.” Thus, the Being outside the sphere of contingency of the universe Who hears and sees a minor incident among creatures, must of necessity hear and see all things, and so makes a particular aim universal. And the Being Who is Sustainer of the universe of necessity sees the suffering of insignificant creatures within the universe who are wronged and hears their cries. One who does not see their suffering and does not hear their cries for help cannot be the Sustainer. In which case, it establishes two mighty truths with the phrase,

For God is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.

And, for example:

Glory be to [God] who did take His servant by night from the Sacred Mosque to the Farthest Mosque, whose precincts We did bless, in order that We might show him some of Our signs, for He is indeed All-Hearing, All-Seeing.(17:1)

Here, after mentioning the Noble Messenger’s (Upon whom be blessings and peace) journey from the Sacred Mosque in Mecca to the Farthest Mosque in Jerusalem, which was the start of his Ascension, the Qur’an says: “for He is indeed All-Hearing, All-Seeing.” The pronoun “He” refers either to Almighty God or to the Prophet (UWBP). If it refers to the Prophet (UWBP), it is like this: “There was within this particular journey a general journey and universal ascension, during which, as far as “the Farthest Lote-tree and distance of two bow-strings,” he heard and saw the dominical signs and wonders of divine art which were apparent to his eyes and ears in the universal degrees of the divine names.” It shows that the particular and insignificant journey was like a key to a journey which was universal and an assembly of wonders.

If the pronoun refers to Almighty God, it is like this: “He invited one of His servants to journey to His presence; and in order to entrust him with a duty, sent him from the Sacred Mosque to the Farthest Mosque, where He caused him to meet with the prophets who were gathered there. Then after showing that he was the absolute heir to the principles of all their religions, conveyed him through His realms in their inner and outer aspects as far as ‘the distance of two bow-lengths.’”

He was certainly a servant and he journeyed on an ascension that was particular, but he held a trust that was related to the whole universe, and a light that would change the universe’s colour. Since he had with him a key to open the doors of eternal happiness, Almighty God described this Being