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A Mindanaoan Muslim Buraq [1] sculpture. The sculpture incorporates the indigenous okir motif.. The Buraq (Arabic: الْبُرَاق / æ l ˈ b ʊ r ɑː k / "lightning") is a supernatural equine-esque creature in Islamic tradition that served as the mount of the Islamic prophet Muhammad during his Isra and Mi'raj journey from Mecca to Jerusalem and up through the heavens and back by night. [2]
The Verse of Light (Arabic: آیة النور, romanized: āyat an-nūr) is the 35th verse of the 24th surah of the Quran . It has often been closely associated with Sufi thought, primarily because of al-Ghazali's commentary on it, entitled Mishkat al-Anwar (Niche of the Lights). [1]
13-14 Thunder and lightning indicates the unceasing works of angels who regulate the clouds and rains in their task given by God. [5] ۩ 15 Idolaters invoke their gods in vain; 16 All nature worships the Creator; 17 The separation of infidels from true believers typified in the flowing stream and the melting metal; 18-22 True believers ...
(Quran, 24:43). The preceding verse, after mentioning clouds and rain, speaks about hail and lightning, "...And He sends down hail from mountains (clouds) in the sky, and He strikes with it whomever He wills, and turns it from whomever He wills." In India, the Hindu god Indra is considered the god of rains and lightning and the king of the ...
Nūr (Arabic: النور) is a term in Islamic context referring to the "cold light of the night" or "heatless light" i.e. the light of the moon. This light is used as a symbol for "God's guidance" and "knowledge", a symbol of mercy in contrast to Nar, which refers to the diurnal solar "hot light" i.e. fire. [1] In the Quran, God is stated to be "the light (Nūr) of the heavens and the earth ...
Surah al-Isra suggests that the Quran itself bestows barakah (magical blessings) upon hearers and heals them. [35] In An-Naml (Surah 27), Solomon is described as having the power to speak with animals and jinn, and command birds and devils, (which according to Islam, he only possesses with God's permission).
[Quran 36:65–66] ˹They will be told,˺ "This is the Day of ˹Final˺ Decision which you used to deny." ˹Allah will say to the angels,˺ "Gather ˹all˺ the wrongdoers along with their peers, and whatever they used to worship instead of Allah, then lead them ˹all˺ to the path of Hell [ṣirāṭ al-jahīm].
[2] [3] The Verse of Loan, the longest single verse in the Quran, is in this chapter. The sūrah encompasses a variety of topics and contains several commands for Muslims such as enjoining fasting on the believer during the month of Ramadan ; [ 4 ] forbidding interest or usury ( riba ); and several famous verses such as The Throne Verse , Al ...