Title: Understanding Buraq through Hadith, History and Physics
Speakers: Muhammad Ibrahim Fawad, Muhammad Maaz Arif
Summary: Buraq is characterized in Islamic history as a speedy, luminous, non-material creature larger than a donkey but smaller than a mule that carried the Prophet Muhammad from Makkah to Jerusalem and was employed by prior prophets. It explores its physical descriptions in hadith, its lightning-fast pace, and speculates on scientific concepts like light-speed travel, temporal dilation, and higher dimensions to explain the Isra and Mi’raj journeys. It mentions that Buraq is not composed of regular stuff, can cancel inertial forces, and has appeared to prophets in changed sacred sites. Historical accounts, similarities to mythological creatures, and explanations of popular beliefs (such as wings or a human face) are also given.