*Hazrat Sulaiman, peace be upon him — Part 1*[Solomon]
Allah the Exalted made Hazrat Sulaiman the successor of Hazrat Dawud and, through wisdom and prophethood, appointed him as heir, and further bestowed His grace and bounty upon him.
The command of Allah is: _“And Sulaiman inherited from Dawud. And he said, ‘O people, we have been taught the speech of birds, and we have been given from all things. Indeed, this is evident bounty.’”_
And gathered for Sulaiman were his armies of jinn, men, and birds, and they were set in ranks. Until, when they came to the valley of the ants, an ant said, _“O ants, enter your dwellings lest Sulaiman and his soldiers crush you unknowingly.”_
Hearing her words, he smiled and said, _“My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and to do righteous deeds that will please You. And admit me by Your mercy into [the ranks of] Your righteous servants.”_
He took a muster of the birds and said, _“Why do I not see the hoopoe — or is he among the absent? I will surely punish him with a severe punishment or slaughter him, or he must bring me a clear reason.”_
But he was not absent long, and the hoopoe came and said, _“I have encompassed in knowledge that which you have not encompassed, and I have come to you from Saba with certain news. Indeed, I found a woman ruling them, and she has been given of all things, and she has a great throne. I found her and her people prostrating to the sun instead of Allah, and Satan has made their deeds pleasing to them and averted them from the way, so they are not guided — [leading them] to not prostrate to Allah, who brings forth what is hidden in the heavens and the earth and knows what you conceal and what you declare. Allah — there is no deity except Him, Lord of the Great Throne.”_
Sulaiman said, _“We will see whether you were truthful or were of the liars. Take this letter of mine and deliver it to them. Then leave them and see what response they return.”_
The queen said, _“O eminent ones, indeed, a noble letter has been delivered to me. It is from Sulaiman, and it reads: ‘In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Do not exalt yourselves against me, but come to me in submission.’”_
After hearing the letter, she said, _“O eminent ones, advise me in my affair. I would not decide a matter until you are present.”_ They said, _“We are men of strength and of great military might, but the command is yours, so see what you will command.”_
She said, _“Indeed, kings — when they enter a city, they ruin it and make the honored of its people humbled. And thus do they do. But indeed, I will send them a gift and see with what the envoys return.”_
So when the envoy came to Sulaiman, he said, _“Do you provide me with wealth? But what Allah has given me is better than what He has given you. Rather, it is you who rejoice in your gift. Return to them, for we will surely come to them with armies which they cannot resist, and we will surely expel them from there in disgrace, and they will be humbled.”_
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