Wikipedia's first sentence called it “horse of the archangel gabriel”. Today it says “name of the mare”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “In Islamic tradition”. It now reads “Mythological horse of an Angel in Islam In Islam”.
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Haizum ( ) is the horse of the archangel Gabriel . It is a white, flaming, spiritual horse that has wings like that of a pegasus and can fly swiftly from one cosmic plane to another in a second. Haizum was God 's gift to Gabriel for pleasing Him.1Also, based on the Authentic Hadith reported In Sahih Muslim , Haizum is the name of an Angel from the 3rd Heaven , whom Allah (God) sent among other angels as reinforcements to help the Muslim veterans who took part in the legendary Battle of Badr .2Zoometaphors in English, German, and Lithuanian: a corpus study (PhD). University of California , Berkeley .3
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The opening as it stood in 2010
In the Abrahamic religions , Haizum is the horse of the archangel Gabriel . It is a white, flaming, spiritual horse which has a pair of wings like that of a pegasus and can fly swiftly from one cosmic plane to another in a second. Haizum was God 's gift to Gabriel for pleasing Him. In Islam , a legend based on sura 20:88 relates that when the dust from the hoofprints of Haizum was thrown into the mouth of the Golden Calf . v t e
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In Islamic tradition, Haizum is the horse of the archangel Gabriel . It is a white, flaming, spiritual horse which has a pair of wings like that of a pegasus and can fly swiftly from one cosmic plane to another in a second. Haizum was God 's gift to Gabriel for pleasing Him. A legend based on sura 20 :96 relates that the dust from the hoofprints of Haizum was thrown into the mouth of the Golden Calf . v t e
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In Islamic tradition, Haizum ( ) is the horse of the archangel Gabriel . It is a white, flaming, spiritual horse that has wings like that of a pegasus and can fly swiftly from one cosmic plane to another in a second. Haizum was God 's gift to Gabriel for pleasing Him. A legend based on sura Ta-Ha , 96 relates that dust from Haizum's hoofprints was thrown the golden calf ’s mouth.
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The mare Haizum in Islam In Islam , Haizum is the name of the mare (female horse) of an Angel from the 3rd Heaven , whom Allah (God) sent among other angels as reinforcements to help the Muslims in fighting the polythiests in the Battle of Badr .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “horse of the archangel gabriel”. Today it says “name of the mare”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “In Islamic tradition”. It now reads “Mythological horse of an Angel in Islam In Islam”. Read the current article and compare.
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horse of the archangel gabriel
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name of the mare
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