Buraq __socratesPageHistoryEdit Visual Text BURAQ براق Lit. "The bright one." The animal upon which Muhammad is said to have performed the nocturnal journey called Miraj. He was a white animal, between the size of a mule and an ass, having two wings. (Majma'u 'l-Bihar, p. 89.) Muhammad's conception of this mysterious animal is not unlike the Assyrian gryphon, of which Mr. Layard gives a sketch. [MI'RAJ.] <img src="/images/2012/03/Buraq.tiff" alt="" title="Buraq" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17283" /> THE ASSYRIAN GRYPHON (Layard ii. 459). Based on <a href="https://www.juancole.com/library/dictionary-of-islam-hughes">Hughes, Dictionary of Islam</a> CancelTweetShareRedditEmail
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