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The
Buraq (
Arabic: البُراق
al-buraaq, meaning
lightning;
Turkish:
Burak), is according to
Islamic tradition a creature from the heavens that carried
Muhammad from
Mecca to
heaven and back during the
Isra and Miraj (Night Journey), which is the title of one of the chapters of the
Koran.
Description
An excerpt from a
Sahih Muslim hadith (supplemental tradition to the Koran) describes a buraq:
» “I was brought by the Buraq, which is an animal white and long, larger than a donkey but smaller than a mule, who would place its hoof at a distance equal to the range of vision.”
The Journey to seventh heaven
12 years after Muhammad became a prophet, he was at his cousin's house (Ummu Hani' binti Abu Thalib's home) doing the 5th prayer (
Isha'a) and after that, he went to the
Masjid Al-Haram mosque (in
Mecca). While Muhammad was resting between
Baitullah and
Hijir Ismail, suddenly the angel Jibril (
Gabriel) came to Muhammad.
Before doing the Isra, Jibril cut open Muhammad's chest and took Muhammad's heart and cleansed it with
Zam-zam water (according to Islam, holy water) and after that Jibril returned it to Muhammad's chest, leaving no wound. After that, came the Buraq, which Muhammad mounted. In company with Jibril, they traveled to the "farthest mosque". When they arrived, Muhammad entered with Jibril, and attended the Tahiyyatul Masjid prayer.
They then rose into the first heaven, then the second, then the next, until the seventh, where Jibril left Muhammad to continue to Sidratul Muntaha to meet Allah. Muhammad was a short distance ("a shoulder to hand length") from Allah, but didn't see his face. Allah showed Muhammad the terrible scenes of hell and its pain. Then Muhammad came down to Mecca and told his cousin (Ummu Hani') about it, as well as preaching the story to all of his followers.
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