![A unique Buraq[1] sculpture of Mindanaon Muslims in the Philippines. The sculpture is accompanied with indigenous okir motif.](https://slife.org/wp-content/uploads/Buraq_sculpture_from_Mindanao_Philippines-520x398.jpg)
Buraq
Buraq Al-Burāq (البُراق al-Burāq “lightning”) is a magical equid in Islamic mythology: a creature from the heavens that transported the prophets. Most notably hadith literature recounts that Buraq carried the Islamic prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Jerusalem and back during the Isra and Mi’raj or ‘Night Journey’. Etymology The Encyclopaedia of Islam,...