Floating Rock (Miraj Sharif)

'The Miracle' of Floating Rock in Jerusalem? Or is it a hoax?


It is a widely spread picture in the internet, especially within muslim community. Some call this floating rock, some flying rock or stone. Some even call this a miracle of Allah, of the Prophet or Islam. What make the picture an 'attention grabber' are also the stories that accompanied the emails or blogs about it.

Here are several summaries of the stories:

It is said that the rock is in Jerusalem. It was the rock where the Prophet Muhammad stood when he begin the ascend to heaven during the Israk Mikraj event. The rock was said wanted to follow the Prophet ascending to heaven, but the Prophet stop it. So it stopped the ascend and staying afloat until now.
The true story of the 'floating rock'
After sometime of believing that the picture is not true without able to prove it, I finally come accross an arabic forum where the members discussing this. Thanks to image search engines, I can show you the pictures below that show the original rock in several viewing angles. The pictures show why the 'floating rock' is almost so convincing that many people reject to accept that such is only a manipulated image. The rock itself is unique, and is supported by at least three rock structures below it. The supporting rocks seem to be a continuous part of the rock that unite it with the ground. The supporting rocks are relatively very small compared to the size of the rock above them.

That fact explains why it is easy to manipulate the rock to be 'floating'. By photographing the rock at the right angle, one can have a picture where the supporting rock can be erased without manipulating other part of the whole image. Such small manipulation was enough to produce the miraculous 'floating rock'.

I also learned that the rock is actually located in Al Ahsa, near Tuwaithir village in the eastern part of Saudi Arabia. You can see what the place looks like and the many unique rocky structures it has here, in Panoramio. There is also another reference to the original rock in flickr.

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[azamoo97]

Salaam brother nice video i just wanted to know and want you to guide and explain me that the miracle of the floating rock is real right because you have used the term and the word "but " which doubts my mind thanks and Allah bless you and keep up the good work regards your beloved muslim brother Azam Zafar.........

[atharjee1]

@azamoo97

Yes dear brother, i am trying my best to locate the real stone (if it is right incident on Miraj Night) but i found nothing still now about it in any Hadis Sharif or other islamic books.

[puredreadful]

@sni619 you are talking utter shit. if your gonna make stuff up at least make it believable. there is no sound in space as it is a vaccuum, and he was an astronaut, not an astronomer. fucking dumb idiot.

[SoRealTube]

@sni619 I have heard this before, I can't believe this. As a proud muslim I would & can not believe this statement. I would need a quote from Neil saying this himself. Article please.

[swingfire0011]

Photoshop is a wonderful thing

[1slamicLife]

We can't call our slaves of Muhammad ( sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). We are only servants of Allah. Even the Prophet was a servant and Messenger of Allah. I hate it when people read naats without even thinking what they are saying. 0:51

[ironman04566]

i think it is in KABUL?

[sayfrndship]

its islam - inpak . info website

[sayfrndship]

its few days ago,i was asked question about this stone, i asked mufti sb but he said there is no such thing from Muhmmad life, or in any book. so all to u, if someone say this is right story ask him proof, if he give then ok,otherwise its just story. jazakAllah

[sayfrndship]

aoa, to all,

[sayfrndship]

HI

[gpd784]

That rock is floating in space along with the rest of us.