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Lake Zamkaft ...

The Lake Zamkaft, is in basic terms, the ocean of nur [Arabic: نور] the Prophet Muhammad, Arabic, محمد, flew over while on the Barak, during the Isra and Miraj [Arabic: الإسراء والمعراج‎]. Nur, نور, in this case, means in encapsulated translation, light, thereat, the flight was over the Ocean of light.

All of these words, Zamkaft, Barak, Isra, Miraj, may be alternate transliterations, therefore English spellings. These words are notable in the Arabic language. It is quite easy to find information about the Barak, the winged horse creature, and the Isra and Miraj on Wikipedia articles, and many other sources, see  1. Zamkaft, currently [May 2012] is rarely found.

Lake Zamkaft is described as an intensely green ocean of nur, or light. As the Prophet محمد flew to closer and further hieghts toward nearness of his Lord الله‎ during the Isra and Miraj, the intensity of light likewise increased. Eventually, after flying over the Zamkaft on the Barak, the story is, the Barak approached a certain nearness to the Lord, at which he said, to effect 'I can go no further, lest my wings shall fall off', that is burnt off due to the intensity of the light.

Isra wa Miraj, in brief summary, can be translated as journey and ascension, whereas, 'wa', in context can be interpreted as the linking conjunction between Isra and Miraj, commonly perhaps over-simplified to the word 'and'.

Regarding links to other Wikipedia articles, there are many conceptions held in the Muslim world, that there are prohibitions of depictions of the Prophet Muhammad [Arabic: محمد], and usage of the word 'God' or 'god' in situ or in lieu of الله‎, therefore, in keeping with the neutral policy of Wikipedia, the links are not provided, because, on those English language Wikipedia wepages, are such depictions and usage of the word.

Questions sometimes lay, in whether Buraq should be spelled with a 'q', at the end, signifying the transliteration of the Arabic letter transliterated as 'Qaf', or a 'k' at the end, signifying the letter tranliterated as 'Kaf', two separate letters. Differences in meaning arise with each one. Whether spelled with a 'q' or 'k', the totality of what being is referenced, the winged being with similarities of a horse, is the same, so, not a big to-do.

Note: There is often an apostrophe, or similar marking, found in the words Isra and Miraj, signifying the pronunciation of the Arabic letters, or representations of forms, transliterated as 'Hamza' and 'Ain'. For the purpose disambiguation, as two distinct letter forms are often represented by the same English character, the apostrophes are left out in some documentation.

For more on the meaning of 'nur', the best source insofar Wikipedia, is "After a second statement of the Quran's status as a clear sign from Allaah, the famed Ayat an-Nur appears. This is often referred to as "the Light Verse", or "the Parable of Light", a mystical group of lines that has been the subject of much scholarship and reflection", found on [<2>], which talks about the Surah, or ayat in the Quran, the webpage describes as the 'Light Verse'. An-nur, evident, has at root, nur.

Prophet Muhammad is often followed with Peace and Blessings upon him, which is a translation of what is preferably written in Arabic.

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3. 'COMMEMORATING THE PROPHET'S RAPTURE AND ASCENSION TO HIS LORD' 