Definition, Meaning & Anagrams | English word BURAQ

Definitions of BURAQ

1. (Islam) The horse-like creature that Muhammad is said to have ridden during the Night Journey.

Examples of Using BURAQ in a Sentence

• Various scholars and writers, such as ibn al-Faqih, ibn Abd Rabbih, and Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, have suggested places where Buraq was supposedly tethered in stories, mostly locations near the southwest corner of the Haram.
• Muhammad alighted, tethered Buraq and performed prayer, where on God's command he was tested by Gabriel.
• Buraq Hajib, also spelt Baraq Hajib (died 1234), was a Khitan who founded the Qutlugh-Khanid dynasty in the southern Persian province of Kirman the early 13th century after the conquest of the sinicised Qara Khitai (Western Liao dynasty) by the Mongol Empire.
• After its fall, a small part under Buraq Hajib established a local dynasty in the southern Persian province of Kirman.
• It was founded by Buraq Hajib, who emigrated from the Qara Khitai (Western Liao dynasty) during the collapse of the realm.
• Chaza Charafeddine photographed all homosexual male and transgender models for the project based on her inspiration from the indistinct gendering of the Buraq.

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