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One night, as the Prophet [s] was
sleeping, the angel Jibra'il came to
him and woke him. “
Come O,
Muhammad! For the Lord of all the
worlds is calling.”
As
Nabi
Muhammad [s] stepped
outside he saw a most wondrous
creature, a shining steed, with sil-
very wings, a heavenly horse like
none he had ever seen.
“
Now mount the Buraq and let us be
on our heavenly way!
” Jibra'il said.
No sooner did Prophet Muhammad
[s] mount the heavenly steed, the
Buraq, but it streaked away, fast as
lightning, into the starry night sky.
He could see the houses below,
growing smaller and smaller, and
the palmy oasis and the wavy sand
dunes, one after the other. The
desert looked like a huge ocean in
