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Encyclopedia of Religion entry forAl-BurakLiterally " the bright one." This Is the name given to the animal on which Mohammed made his supposed journey to heaven. " After this, a white animal was brought for me to ride upon. Its size was between that of a mule and an ass, and it stretched as far as the eye could see. The name of the animal was Buraq. Then I mounted the animal, and ascended until we arrived at the lowest heaven, and Gabriel demanded that the door should be opened " (Mishkatu ‘l- Masabih, quoted in T. P. Hughes, Dict. of Islam, 1885). citations: Encyc. of Rel., Canney
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