Thus, He says:

“Taught to him by one mighty in power,
possessed of steadfast strength; then he rose
while he was on the highest horizon.
He drew near and descended,
until he was two bow-lengths away—or even closer—
and He revealed to His servant what He revealed.
The heart did not deny what it saw.
Will you then dispute with him about what he saw?
Indeed, he saw him on another descent
by the Lote-tree of the Furthest Boundary,
near which is the Garden of Refuge,
when the Lote-tree was covered by what covered it.
The eye neither swerved nor overstepped;
verily, he beheld some of the greatest signs of his Lord.” (Q. 53:5-18)

And He says:

“Truly this is the word of a noble messenger,
possessed of power, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,
obeyed there and trustworthy.
Your companion is not mad.
Indeed, he saw him on the clear horizon.
He is not withholding knowledge of the unseen,
nor is this the word of an accursed devil.” (Q. 81:19-25)

He has therefore stated that the bearer of the Qur’an is a noble messenger, endowed with strength, securely stationed with the Lord of the Throne, obeyed there and trustworthy. It is impossible for such attributes to be mere transient qualities residing in human souls—especially according to those philosophers who deny that human supplication can have any effect upon the celestial realm. Moreover, Allah affirms that the Prophet saw him by the Lote-tree of the Furthest Boundary, near the Garden of Shelter, and that he saw him upon the clear horizon; yet what takes place within the Messenger’s own soul occurs in neither of those locations.

At most, such philosophers claim that all this was a figment of his imagination, existing only within himself and not in external reality—thus reducing the Messenger to the level of any ordinary person.