![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 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,...
Muhammad In Mecca This article covers the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in Mecca. Muhammad was born and lived in Mecca for the first 52 years of his life (570–632 A.D.). Orphaned early in life, he became known as a prominent merchant, and as an impartial and trustworthy arbiter...
17. Surah Al Isra (The Night Journey) AKA Surah Bani Israil (The Children of Israel) Name The Surah Al Isra or Surah Bani Israil takes its name (Bani Israil) from verse 4. But this name is merely a distinctive appellation like the names of many other surahs and not a...