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'''Al-Burāq''' (البُراق "lightning") is a mythological steed comparable to the Greek Pegasus, believed to be a creature from the [[heaven]]s which transported the various [[Islam|Islamic]] prophets. | '''Al-Burāq''' (البُراق "lightning") is a mythological steed comparable to the Greek Pegasus, believed to be a creature from the [[heaven]]s which transported the various [[Islam|Islamic]] prophets. | ||
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During his visit to the heavens, prior to meeting with [[Allah]], Muhammad met with various prophets, including Musa (Moses) who allegedly wept because there would be more Muslims in heaven than [[Antisemitism|Jews]].<ref>"''Moses said, 'I weep because after me there has been sent (as Prophet) a young man [Muhammad] whose followers will enter Paradise in greater numbers than my followers.' ''"- {{Bukhari|5|58|227}}</ref> | During his visit to the heavens, prior to meeting with [[Allah]], Muhammad met with various prophets, including Musa (Moses) who allegedly wept because there would be more Muslims in heaven than [[Antisemitism|Jews]].<ref>"''Moses said, 'I weep because after me there has been sent (as Prophet) a young man [Muhammad] whose followers will enter Paradise in greater numbers than my followers.' ''"- {{Bukhari|5|58|227}}</ref> | ||
The journey is an event which is now celebrated by Muslims every year,<ref>Khadija Bradlow - [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article2279985.ece A Night Journey through Jerusalem] - Times Online, August 18, 2007</ref> and is the title of one of the [[surah|chapters]] of the [[Qur'an]] ([[the Holy Qur'an: Al-Isra (The Night Journey)|Al-Isra, "The Night Journey"]]). [[Sahih]] sources further tell us that the event was a | The journey is an event which is now celebrated by Muslims every year,<ref>Khadija Bradlow - [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article2279985.ece A Night Journey through Jerusalem] - Times Online, August 18, 2007</ref> and is the title of one of the [[surah|chapters]] of the [[Qur'an]] ([[the Holy Qur'an: Al-Isra (The Night Journey)|Al-Isra, "The Night Journey"]]). [[Sahih]] sources further tell us that the event was a literal journey and not a dream.<ref>"''Ibn Abbas added: The sights which Allah's Apostle was shown on the Night Journey when he was taken to Bait-ulMaqdis (i.e. Jerusalem) were actual sights, (not dreams).'' - {{Bukhari|5|58|228}}</ref> | ||
The Buraq was also said to transport [[Ibrahim]] (Abraham) when he visited his wife [[Hagar]] and son [[Isma'il]] (Ishmael). According to tradition, Abraham lived with one wife in [[Syria]], but the Buraq would transport him in the morning to Mecca to see his family there, and take him back in the evening to his Syrian wife.<ref>''Journeys in Holy Lands'' p. 117</ref> | The Buraq was also said to transport [[Ibrahim]] (Abraham) when he visited his wife [[Hagar]] and son [[Isma'il]] (Ishmael). According to tradition, Abraham lived with one wife in [[Syria]], but the Buraq would transport him in the morning to Mecca to see his family there, and take him back in the evening to his Syrian wife.<ref>''Journeys in Holy Lands'' p. 117</ref> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
* [[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Islamic Silliness]] | *[[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Islamic Silliness]] | ||
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