The meaning of his saying: "Then I was brought a mount that was smaller than a mule and larger than a donkey, white in color, called al-Buraq, which places its step at the farthest point of its vision."
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The Shaykh : Al-Buraq is a mount that is smaller than a mule and larger than a donkey, white in color, which places its step at the limit of its vision, meaning its sight. Is its step short or long?
The student: It is long.
The Shaykh : Very long, because we do not know where the limit of its vision is either; it may be looking far away. For this reason, it covered the distance between Makkah and Bayt al-Maqdis in a very short time. Yes.
The reader:Mishkat al-Masabih 5862
The Shaykh : Pay attention now.
The student: It is long.
The Shaykh : Very long, because we do not know where the limit of its vision is either; it may be looking far away. For this reason, it covered the distance between Makkah and Bayt al-Maqdis in a very short time. Yes.
The reader:
I was then brought a beast smaller than a mule and larger than a donkey, which was white, was called al-Buraq, and stepped a distance equal to the range of its vision. I was mounted on it, and Gabriel went with me till he came to the lowest heaven. He asked that the gate be opened, and when he was asked who he was he replied that he was Gabriel. He was asked who was with him and replied that it was Muhammad. He was asked whether he had been sent for, and when he replied that that was so, the words were uttered, `Welcome; his coming is good,' and the gate was opened. When I entered Adam was there, and Gabriel said, `This is your father Adam, so give him a salutation. I did so, and when he had returned my salutation he said, `Welcome to the good son and the good prophet.' Gabriel then took me up till he came to the second heaven. He asked that the gate be opened, and when he was asked who he was
دون البغل وفوق الحمار، أبيض يقال له البراق يضع خطوه عند أقصى طرفه فحملت عليه فانطلق بي جبريل حتى أتى السماء الدّنيا فاستفتح قيل من هذا قال جبريل، قيل: ومن معك؟ قال: محمّد، قيل وقد أرسل إليه؟ قال: نعم، قيل: مرحباً به فنعم المجيء جاء، ففتح فلما خلص فإذا فيها آدم فقال هذا أبوك آدم فسلِّم عليه فسلّمت عليه، فرد السلام ثم قال مرحباً بالابن الصالح والنبي الصالح، ثم صعد بي حتى أتى السّماء الثانية فاستفتح قيل: من هذا؟ ..The Shaykh : Pay attention now.