Burāq
Burāq. The winged beast which the Prophet Muḥammad is said to have ridden during the miraculous Night Journey and the Ascension (mi-ʿrāj). The name burāq is connected with the Arab. root baraqa (‘to lighten’, ‘to flash’) and suggests that the beast received its name ‘the lightning flash’ on account of its speed.
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