# 27_sulayman_as_part_1_mufti_ismail_menk

An episode of [Stories of the Prophets](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1551860812), 21 Jan 2024, 53 min.

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## Transcript

[0:02] This is Miler Mohman Rohi in the name of Allah, the most Gracious,
[0:12] the most merciful heard. The part Excellence presents lessens from the stories of the
[0:31] prophets by Mufti Ismai even Musa mank Saliman his sonam Part one Solomon, Peace
[0:50] be upon him. Part one about Akata milner Rahim al Hamdulla Alamin was Solah
[1:02] to Sadam or alah asharhil health ajimahin nabi in a Muhammad Alah Ali he was
[1:07] Habi, he what tabim woman tabi amban in ilayomiddin you Abad. All praise
[1:12] is due to our las Subhannah huata Alah, blessings and salutations upon the master
[1:18] piece Muhammad Salaalah alih was Alam. We ask alas subhanahwat Alah to bless him
[1:23] and all his wives, to bless his entire family, to bless all his
[1:26] companions, to bless those who have struggled and strived to bring the Dean to
[1:30] us, To bless every single one of us. To bless our offspring those
[1:34] to come up to the end of time. May alas suphanah, howat Alah
[1:38] keep them on the Dean beloved brothers and sisters. Yesterday we spoke about one
[1:42] of the great prophets and kings at the same time, the prophet Dawud adihi
[1:47] Salah to a Saalam David, may peace be upon him. And we also
[1:51] mentioned that when he passed away, his janaza or his funeral was attended by
[1:57] thousands tens of thousands, because he was most loved due to the fact that
[2:01] he was a just man. So we ask a loss of Hanah howat Alah
[2:05] to grant us such goodness and reputation that when we pass away, there will
[2:09] be people who will make an effort to attend the janaza. We don't want
[2:14] to be such that when we pass away people say this man was a bad
[2:17] man. Good riddance Maunah howat Allah protect us. Sometimes we live our lives
[2:23] in such a way that when we die, people become happy that this man
[2:28] is dead because he was a problem. So we need to live our lives
[2:30] in such a way that when we die, people realize that they have suffered
[2:36] a loss and they mentioned the good that we've engaged in. If there's no
[2:40] good we engage in, then what would we like to remain after we have
[2:45] gone Maubanah Howat Alah grant us a lesson alas is wawarriasu laimd wau Inami kunishai
[3:07] in Ah who all fountain movie Sulaiman alai Salam inherited wood. What is the
[3:17] meaning of inheriting? Here he got the prophethood as well as the fact that
[3:23] he became king. When it comes to something monetary and material, the messengers
[3:28] of Alas subhanahwat Alah do not inherit and they do not leave something to be
[3:32] inherited, but everything goes out as charity. This is a hadith of Muhammed
[3:38] Salah was Selam. He says in a Mahashi al Alanura. He says,
[3:44] we the prophets no one inherits wealth from us matarak now hu sa dhaka.
[3:49] Whatever we have left is a charity. It is to be given out to
[3:53] charity. And the same applies to the knowledge of the prophets. Alas Subhana
[3:57] Hawat Alah tells us through the blessed lips of my m Salam that the Mbia
[4:03] have left nothing besides knowledge. Whoever takes from it the maximum will have benefited
[4:10] the most. So it is up for grabs. It's our duty to make
[4:15] sure we benefit the most from taking as much as we can from the knowledge
[4:18] that is left by all the prophets. So Suleiman alihis Salam, inherited daoud
[4:24] Alahi is Salam. And he told his people, Allah has blessed me with
[4:28] the speech of the birds, and he has granted me absolutely everything. So
[4:32] much Allah has granted Suleiman alihi Salah to a Salam. Let's start moving and
[4:36] seeing what Allah gave Suleiman. He gave him knowledge, He gave him wisdom,
[4:41] He gave him prophethood. He gave him the ability to judge between people
[4:45] in the most correct manner. He was a very very sound judge between people.
[4:50] And Allah gave him kingdom over and above that, and lots and lots
[4:55] of wealth. He could communicate not only with the birds and with the animals
[4:58] and with various other each of a loss of Hannah howat Alah. But Allah
[5:01] gave him the power to control the wind. Suleyman Alah salatuasnah. He was
[5:06] the king Solomon Alas of Hannah. Howat Ala grant him mercy, Suleiman,
[5:12] and he was a prophet at the same time, Over and above that,
[5:15] a loss of Hannah. Howat Alah gave him the power to control the jing
[5:21] kind, all of them. Under his authority. He was able to jail
[5:28] them, to imprison them, to punish them, to use them in whatever
[5:30] way he wished. And a loss of Hannah. Howat Alah says, at
[5:33] the same time, our worshiper niit mal abudu inhu a world. He was
[5:41] a very very excellent worshiper of ours. But look at what he had with
[5:46] us. Once we start getting things, sometimes Chipan comes to us and diverts
[5:53] us from the remembrance of a loss of Hannah. Howat Ala these people,
[5:56] the more they got, the closer they became to Allah soub Hannah. Howat
[5:59] Alah. And this is why Ala speaks about how much he granted him,
[6:01] even more more than that. And it is not like Allah did not test
[6:06] them. Al Ala tested these people. Ala says la kadephatan. Sulaim Now
[6:14] al coin Alah CORUSI he just saidumuhbe, we tested Sulaiman alii Salam to the
[6:26] degree that we had his body placed on the strone as though it was completely
[6:32] dead, until he sought forgiveness and turned back to us. Now this is
[6:39] the tsira I've given you of Alfahar Razi. He's also a Mufasid, And
[6:43] this is the tefsira I've given you. There are some narrations which are and
[6:47] I'm saying the word again, Jewish Hebrew narrations that have seeped into our books.
[6:54] And the narration which states that Sulaiman Alih is Salam pass through seven hundred
[7:00] of his wives in that evening, hoping that he would impregnate them so that
[7:04] each one of them could give birth to a child who would fight in the
[7:08] cause of Allah. That is a fabricated narration. It is a wrong narration.
[7:13] It is blasphemous for us to quote it, and it is even more
[7:15] blasphemous for us to believe it. So let us understand whenever we have an
[7:20] israiliriwayah, which means a narration that came to us from the Hebrew scriptures,
[7:25] if it has in it any disrespect for them, the bee throw it straight
[7:30] out of the window. If it has any blasphemy in it, we throw
[7:33] it straight out. Because the umbar and the profits of alas Subpanah hawata Alah
[7:38] were higher than that. So we need to know that we should never fall
[7:43] prey to one thing to know more and more details, details beyond what Allah
[7:47] and his messenger have mentioned, because in that case, we could be without
[7:50] knowing blaspheming the messengers of Alla Subhanah Hawat Alah by believing things that were not
[7:56] a reality. And I'm sure there are a lot of people who might also
[7:59] have learned, and they are scholars of Dean who might be mentioning some of
[8:03] these narrations without realizing that it is wrong to trust those narrations that have seeped
[8:09] through our books which blaspheme our own messengers and the kings and those whom Allah
[8:13] has called excellent worshippers. So we don't agree with that. What Alpha Hera
[8:18] Razi says is alas Suhanah at Allah tested Sulayman. He gave him everything that
[8:22] we just mentioned now, and on top of that he made him sick and
[8:28] ill. So when Sulayman married the Mardan Shadidan, he was sick, a
[8:31] very severe sickness, very severe illness. Mankind and the doctors could not help
[8:37] him. Jinkind and all of them could not help him. The birds and
[8:43] in his entire army of birds could not help him. It is reported that
[8:46] they flew across finding herbs from various corners of the globe and brought for him.
[8:50] Couldn't help him until he couldn't move, and he was as a dead
[8:54] person on his own throne, and his kingdom was now almost as though it
[9:00] was taken from him because he was more or less totally immobile. And a
[9:03] loss of Hannah, how alas say is from and then he turned to us
[9:11] and he sought forgiveness and for Arab. He continued seeking a loss of Hannah.
[9:16] How Alice forgiveness and a loss of Hannah. How Ala makes mention of
[9:20] how we forgave him Whaila katsu naima alkina alah Corsi. He just said,
[9:33] pa, really, what have any mulkan barini I had in bardi in he
[9:48] made the dua, oh Allah forgive me. Look at how he started it.
[9:52] Oh Allah, forgive me, my beloved brothers and sisters. When we
[9:56] started dua, we first declared the praise of Allah and express our dependence on
[10:03] him. Then we send salutations upon Muhammed Salallah Ali he was Alam. Then
[10:07] the first thing we do is seek forgiveness. Then when our slate is clean,
[10:11] now we ask what we want. This is the method of making du
[10:13] al. So we ask Allah to grant us a lesson from Suleiman Aleih is
[10:18] Aalam. He says, oh Allah, forgive me, and now I'm asking
[10:22] you. You're Allah to grant me kingdom that you have never granted anyone.
[10:26] You will not grant anyone after me, and no one before him had been
[10:31] granted what he got. Suleiman alih is Salam and Alas Supanah Howat Alah loved
[10:37] the way he called out, and Allah loved the fact that when he was
[10:39] sick and ill, he continued engaging in repentance. It did not make him
[10:45] lose hope in the mercy of Alas Supannah hawat Alah. Today, when we
[10:48] become sick and ill, what happens make Dah? After we make do you
[10:52] seek for one month, two months, three months? Then you lose hope?
[10:56] You say, Allah, what's the problem I'm making to Ah? You
[10:58] are not curing me? Audu, We ask Allas protection. We lose hope
[11:01] very quickly. So if you do not lose hope, then there is mercy
[11:05] upon mercy, gift upon gift from Alas Suphannah hawat Alah. What is the
[11:09] worst case scenario. The worst case scenario is we pass away and we go
[11:13] back to allahshanahwat Alah, even a more beautiful place the place we came from.
[11:18] Alasuphana howat Alah grant is a good death. So in Sunaiman Ali Selam
[11:22] made this do a. He says, oh Allah, forgive me and grant
[11:26] me mulk. Mulk includes the kingdom and the authority more than anyone that you
[11:33] will ever grant after me. No one should have this after me. Allah
[11:37] Alas of hahnahawat Ala responded, Listen what Allah says, fassakarnalahurri ha tjeri amri
[11:46] Raja and hazu our sa. We immediately gave him the control of the wind.
[11:56] It blew according to his command and instruction. Wherever he wanted to go.
[12:00] It went amazing, amazing, and alasses was shiat in a culabn Inoranina
[12:15] philosa alases. We gave him control over all the gin kind, those that
[12:22] could build so quickly magnificent buildings, and those that could dive into the oceans
[12:28] and extract from it anything he wanted and he asked for so leiman Adhana.
[12:31] And he had also the authority to tie up this gin in such a way
[12:37] that they would be slave for him doing whatever he wants, all tied up
[12:43] in a line in a uniform fashion. So he had them in his army,
[12:46] and he had the wind in his army. And he was a king
[12:48] at the same time and a warrior. He was a mujahid. He was
[12:52] a warrior. He had one of the biggest armies in history, in living
[12:56] memories of an Allah in history. In fact, we ask Allah subanah hawata
[13:01] Allah to grant us a lesson what a powerful man, so humble, so
[13:05] just, And we are going to see the justice of Suleiman aleaih Salam this
[13:09] evening. We will see how he addressed even the smallest members of his army
[13:13] with utmost respect. Subhana lah. We today we think we can speak to
[13:20] those who work for us in the house as though they are a piece of
[13:22] debt. Allah protect us. When Sulaiman was granted the father and the virtue
[13:28] of Allah subhanah hawat Allah, on top of that, it made him realize
[13:31] how insignificant he is. When he was sick and ill and nobody could do
[13:37] anything, he realized the Allah b Aba Mati haadel Mulk. With the greatness
[13:41] of all this that I have, still nobody can kill me. Besides you.
[13:46] I am totally dependent upon you. We Allah, imagine today when we
[13:50] have wealth, we have this, we rely on flying overseas and doing this,
[13:54] and I'll get the top treatment in this and that. Not knowing sometimes
[13:56] we forget that without the health of Allah. Sudhanahwatalah. It is Allah who
[14:01] guides the surgeon's hand, and it is Allah who guides the doctor to give
[14:05] you the correct medication. Sometimes medication of the doctors has been detri mental.
[14:11] We ask Allah to guide us and guide not only the doctors, but every
[14:13] single one of us in whatever field we are in. So so leiman Alah
[14:18] Salah to a Salam makes this to our and Alas says, we gave him
[14:20] the the wind, We gave him the gin kind and Alas says all kinds.
[14:24] Then Alas says had Altauna sink is also leman, this is what we've
[14:37] given you. Do as you wish with whatever we've given you. Nobody can
[14:41] take back what Allah has given. Falah decides to give you something as yours,
[14:46] Walah decides to take it away, it is gone. Never ever,
[14:50] can anyone give us something that Allah doesn't want to give us? At Allah
[14:56] anion in Lanyon Fahouka in Labin, the prophet Sam says, you should know
[15:05] that if the entire nation gets together in order to let some form of benefit
[15:09] reach you, it will never reach you unless Allah wants it to get to
[15:13] you. And if the entire population gets together in order to let some harm
[15:20] reach you, it will never reach you unless Allah intends it to reach you.
[15:26] We ask Allah to grant a strength, so Sulaiman ali sala to a
[15:28] salam. After this, he used to control the wind while in sulay Man
[15:35] and nih rodo shahra waa shahlahuaien what a powerful verse of Allah Alas is for
[15:46] sulay Man. We granted him the power of using the wind that covered a
[15:52] journey of one month in one morning, and Alas says, in the afternoon
[15:58] it covered the any of another month. So in one day you would cover
[16:02] the journey of two months. That's what Alas is, what would happen.
[16:06] He had this heath, He had a laid sort of a wooden plank.
[16:12] One wonders exactly how it was. We only know the word that is used
[16:15] here to describe it, say more or less a mattress or a platform.
[16:21] His army or members of his army were instructed to sit on it, and
[16:25] he told the wind to take it. It would take there. It would
[16:27] take them a journey of two months in one day, drop them off and
[16:33] come back Laho akaba. And what would happen? The wind would blow it.
[16:36] Imagine he instructed the wind laho akabar. Look at the power of Soliman
[16:41] Ali salatua Salam. On top of that, he was a very humble man,
[16:45] extremely humble. Then a last suhanahwat Ala tells us what Hushi or Ali
[16:51] sulaim man and Juno the wominal jeanal see what Toirifamu. We had gathered for
[17:04] Sulaiman al Salam on a certain occasion, his army, from mankind, from
[17:11] jing kind, and from the birds, and they were all together moving in
[17:17] a certain direction. They were in such an order use their own means.
[17:22] They were in a proper order, the order of a military commander, which
[17:26] means, you know, when the soldiers are marching, they have a specific,
[17:30] beautiful order. So we had the the human beings, the jing kind,
[17:36] the birds, the other creatures of a loss of Hanahuatla. On this
[17:38] occasion, the three are mentioned and alases hat in in Karatnamla. Yeah,
[17:51] and youmans a quin Ankomauiman com sulaim you know wha humla show. When they
[18:07] passed the valley of the Enns, Sulayman with his huge army, my so
[18:14] big, a massive army. As he is passing the valley of the nz
[18:18] he notices one end one calling out to the rest of the ens O nation
[18:26] of Nts. Go into your dwellings because sulay Man is coming with his army.
[18:32] He'll probably trample over you without even knowing what has happened. And Sulayman
[18:37] heard this. He was granted the ability to hear the enz You know.
[18:42] It amazes me. I have sat and watched ens very very carefully. They
[18:48] are so cooperative. When you have left the crumb on the floor, what
[18:52] will happen? One end will notice it and go back to call the rest.
[18:57] He will share. Not like us, you find something, you quickly
[19:00] hide it from everyone else. I hope they did not see it. No,
[19:03] that is insane. But the ants they care for one another. They
[19:06] have an ummah. They have really a feeling and that ant will go and
[19:10] call the rest. They will all come on the end too. What does
[19:14] that mean? They use one highway. All of them use the same road
[19:18] to get to that item. They won't break the road. Have you seen
[19:21] it? I'm sure you have. They're all you're wondering where are they're going.
[19:23] They're all going in one way and there's two way traffic. So you
[19:26] find those going, those coming back, those that are coming back. Look
[19:30] at them carefully. They hit the head of the one coming for me.
[19:33] I don't know the language. They're probably saying, is it's still there?
[19:36] You're saying, yes, it's there. We don't know the language, but
[19:41] Sulaiman alai Salam knew the language. So he understood. He understood it beautifully,
[19:47] and he called out to this numbler. Now he's speaking to an end.
[19:49] Look at this akaba fat abasamadink coy stopped his whole army, his entire
[20:02] army. He stopped him, and he smiled at the statement of the end.
[20:06] What did he say, Colra beauzi and a skorn k laty And I'm
[20:17] tiring you. Allah, oh Allah, grant me the ability and the acceptance,
[20:26] the ability to be able to render the correct gratitude enough thanks to you,
[20:32] your Allah for what you have given me and my father. He's not
[20:36] saying, I thank you your allah. Ah, grant me the ability to
[20:40] thank you, which means it's not lip service. When we want to thank
[20:44] Allah. We said, handelah, you ask someone, how's your business?
[20:45] He says, sugar? Why shall my sugar? What is sugar? Sugar
[20:48] means I thank you. But if you are sinning and you are not reading
[20:52] your solar, what sugar is? That? Is that gratitude? Here is
[20:56] Suleiman fulfilling the instruction of Allah. He's saying, your Allah, show me
[21:00] how I can thank you, your Allah. Look at the difference with us
[21:03] and with him. Yet we've got nothing compared to his kingdom or Lahi.
[21:07] If we had to speak to the wind, as I said yesterday, they
[21:10] would take us to the mad hospital. It's true. Please don't try it
[21:12] out there. So alas sunnahwat Alah says he made this. Do ay Allah,
[21:18] grant me the ability to thank you, to be thankful to you,
[21:22] you Allah, for what you have bestowed upon me and my father, my
[21:26] parents. And on top of that, ya Allah am Ala Sali tarlbahuy Allah,
[21:33] keep me from those who only do pure deeds that will please you at
[21:37] all times. Protect me from bad and evil. Let me be from your
[21:41] humble worshippers and slaves. And here he is speaking to the ends, and
[21:47] he's hearing the statement of the ens. Wha adrl hil ni be rahmati kafi
[21:52] in bad ink salihi, and through your mercy, grant me entry into the
[21:57] circle of worshipers who pious. Look at the power of the dua. We
[22:03] can also we are allowed to use the same words in our dua. We
[22:07] are allowed to ask Allah using the exact words of Suleyman Adei Isalam. Nothing
[22:11] wrong with that. We should in fact use those words. Yeah Allah,
[22:14] grant us the ability to be thankful to you for what you have given us
[22:18] and our parents. And yeah Allah, make us from those who are pious
[22:21] who do good deeds, and grant us entry into the circle of people who
[22:25] are the pious and the chosen that you have selected. Alasu Hannah howat Alah
[22:29] granted to us, So alas Suhnah howat Alas is. Thereafter, there was
[22:34] an occasion where he was inspecting his army. Imagine this man powerful king,
[22:41] powerful solid king. Sulaiman alih is Salam. He's inspecting his army. Allah
[22:45] gave him a lot of power. The jinure frightened of him. Mankind frightened
[22:51] all the creatures, but they loved him at the same time because he was
[22:53] a just man. He did not oppress anyone. What a fact cad toyra
[23:00] for mani Allah a kind, I mean a rah. As he inspected his
[23:08] army, he noticed that the hoopoo bird was missing one bird, one little
[23:15] bird was missing. Imagine what type of an eye he must have had.
[23:18] So Leiman ali Alam that he's noticing from a huge army one little bird missing,
[23:25] Subhanama, and he says, what is happening here? I don't see
[23:27] the hoopoo bird? Is he absent? What is it questioning? Now?
[23:34] Look at his statement? So Leiman adh is Alam was a man of few
[23:37] words, but powerful words. Few words but very powerful. He says,
[23:45] another shady and a bahan alaian sulfanim mob. This hoopoo bird shall be punished
[24:00] severely, or we might even execute it unless it comes with a clear,
[24:07] acceptable excuse. Why is it absent? We need to know? Look at
[24:12] what he is saying. He didn't just get upset and said I to be
[24:15] executing it. No, he says, we will execute it or we will
[24:18] punish it, but if it has come with an acceptable excuse, we will
[24:22] accept the excuse. So the hoopoe bird appears and he asks what happened famcatharoya
[24:32] rabaid f ca, how to be male and to help me to come you
[24:38] sever being ever in healthy. The hoopoe bird, at a bit of a
[24:45] distance speaks to Soliman ah Salam and says, I have come to you with
[24:51] knowledge that you do not have. Now look at the power of the word
[24:55] for Soleiman Alam. He had so much knowledge. He was powerful. He
[25:00] had armies that could check upon his enemy before they even knew that he existed.
[25:07] La hu akaba. What that means is he would send the jin kind
[25:12] or the other creatures of a las subhanahuatlah to go and have a peep at
[25:17] what was happening and come back with information before those people even knew that this
[25:21] man had an army and so on. So when someone is now telling him
[25:25] a little bit is saying I know something you don't know. He was really
[25:29] inquisitive. He wanted to know what is it you know that I don't know.
[25:32] Talk to me. Let's see. He says, I have come to
[25:34] you from Saba. I'm coming from Yamana Siba known in Arabic as Sabah,
[25:41] and I have brought you with I've brought you some solid information, very authentic,
[25:45] reliable news. What is the news? He says, in Juma tamliko
[25:53] muti at mikulnishailaha ausu. Now, I have seen a woman who has a
[26:02] kingdom there. She rules over her people. She's been granted a lot by
[26:07] Allah. She's got lots of wealth and authority. Yes, Sulaiman has wealth
[26:11] and authority of another level. But he is now making mention of a woman
[26:15] who has authority and wealth, and on top of that, she has a
[26:19] very very great throne. Her throne is so beautiful, meaning her palace where
[26:25] she would sit on her throne is something amazing. Then he says something else.
[26:32] Wajahakamahays jodoun anshan sim doni la was and alahoma chipan armadahum for so the
[26:41] humani is sami for hum laya tado. He says, But I saw them
[26:45] worshiping the sun. Besides Allah, they were worshiping the sun out there when
[26:49] it comes out in the morning, they worshiped it as until it's set.
[26:55] They continued worshiping the sun in different ways, in different forms it. Some
[26:59] narrations make men of how there were different windows in the palace, three hundred
[27:03] and sixty five windows, or windows enough for a day of every year,
[27:06] and so on. All these narrations that have come to us again from those
[27:08] Israeli rewayat whether they are true or not. Only allah No's the crux is
[27:12] she worshiped the sun, and she did not worship alas sub Hannah. Howat
[27:18] Alah? And what this hoopo bird is saying again blaming Chaipan. Chaipan is
[27:22] the one who beautified for them this so they are not guided, which means
[27:27] Chipan can take away our guidance. When we are sitting, we need to
[27:30] ask ourselves even as musliman Cha'than comes to us to take our emaun away,
[27:36] He comes to us to take our akida and our belief away. He comes
[27:40] to us to take our Salah away. So we go out and engage in
[27:44] backbiting. And we've given as a gift the Salah to the person whom we
[27:48] have backbitten about so we lost the Salah. So we need to be careful
[27:52] of Chaipan, and we need to constantly thank a lass subnah howat Alah for
[27:56] what he's best out upon us. Like I always say, the rust we've
[28:00] developed within our spirituality needs to be shining. It needs to be shined,
[28:03] needs to be removed, and we need to have pure shining spirituality. May
[28:07] allow subanahwa to Alah grant us goodness, and may he grant us guidance at
[28:11] all times, protecting protection from Chaipan. So after that he says they do
[28:18] not worship Allah. They have refused. Chapan has misguided them from prostrating for
[28:26] the sake of Allah, who is not only the owner of the skies and
[28:29] the earth and whatever is in, but the one who removes whatever goodness is
[28:33] in the skies and the earth, and he makes it apparent to us,
[28:37] who takes the light out of the skies and the earth for us, and
[28:41] he grants us so much goodness, the owner of absolutely everything. Look at
[28:44] what Chapan has done. He has made them deny Allah and worship the sun.
[28:48] And at this juncture, when we read the Arabic verse, we all
[28:52] fall prostrate for the sake of to Allah subanahwa to Allah and for Allah subhanahwat
[28:56] Alah. Because when we hear how the Queen of Sheiba and her people did
[29:03] not prostrate for Allah because Chaipan led them astray, we are automatically saying,
[29:07] yeah, Allah, we will fall prostrate to you ya Allah. So this
[29:12] is why we have something known as saj tilaa. I've explained it in the
[29:17] past and here I've just repeated it in brief now suleiman alah salah to a
[29:21] Salam. He wanted to call her to Allah, but he realized that the
[29:26] description of this woman, she has kingdom, she has lots of wealth,
[29:30] she has power, she has people, she has her army, she has
[29:34] authority, she has so much. So we Allah has blessed me with much
[29:38] more. Let me use what Allah has given me to show her that if
[29:45] you worship Allah, you will even have more than what you have right now.
[29:51] So he did not give her Daaah directly. Besides in the first letter,
[29:56] and in that first letter he wrote a letter in a very beautiful manner
[29:59] because he did not know who was on the other side precisely. He only
[30:03] had the information. Now very importantly, when the bird came in. Look
[30:07] at how a bird is so small, so small, and the army is
[30:11] huge in our armies. If there was a bird, people wouldn't even notice
[30:17] if it went here. People are slaying human beings left, right and center
[30:21] across the globe and they are not even bothered there. Look at Suleiman's respect
[30:25] for one bird, small little component of his army. And he says,
[30:30] Okay, I've heard what you said. I need to make sure that what
[30:34] you've said is true. I need to find out whether you're just fooling me
[30:40] or whether you're telling the truth. So what did he say? He says,
[30:48] Subhana lah so ley man Ade Salatua Salam is now speaking to the bird.
[30:52] He says, I will see whether what you have come with in terms
[30:56] of information is true or false. Take this letter that I am writing,
[31:04] and go and give this letter to her and see what happens. What was
[31:11] in the letter alas subhanahwat Ala makes mention of it in Suratunamala. The Sura
[31:17] is named after the wondertle ant because I know we have not paused so long
[31:21] when it comes to the story of the end. But I have made mention
[31:23] of how important it is for us to cooperate with one another to defend one
[31:27] another. This is the only way we will be protected whenever there is harm
[31:33] coming from one direction. We need to realize that we are part of one
[31:36] major family. As I said moments ago, we are part of one big
[31:38] family. We need to have a genuine feeling for one another, feeling in
[31:44] humanity, feeling in religion. So if you don't share the religion with the
[31:48] person, at least you are a member who shares humanity with them. We
[31:52] ask Alas suhanahawa to Alah to make our hearts humanitarian and to make us from
[31:56] those who are keen on teaching people goodness. When you see a person astray,
[32:00] instead of thinking of how to plot against them, think of how they
[32:05] could see the light and come to the right path. This is the lesson
[32:07] we learned from the ends. So Alas subana Ala says, here call as
[32:16] actaminel cady solemn Alan says, we will see whether you are telling the truth
[32:25] or you are a liar. If have bkita for elam to matawanild, go
[32:37] with this letter of mine to this queen and place it there and move back
[32:43] slightly and see what they do as a result of that particular letter. What
[32:47] happened, calla tia you Alamela or in ulpia elia kitau. Carry the letter
[33:00] got there and this woman sees the letter. She called all her people,
[33:04] She called all her chiefs. She says, oh, my people, I
[33:07] have received a letter, an honored letter. It has two lines in it
[33:12] in Nahum sulaimn nowa in Nahu bis mila Rahman Rahim a letter lai awa toni
[33:22] Muslim, that is Suliman. He says, this is from Sulaiman in the
[33:28] name of Allah, most gracious, most merciful, do not be haughty over
[33:32] us and come to us surrendering. That is it. We want you to
[33:37] surrender to us. And he started in the name of Allah, meaning in
[33:42] the name of my maker. Now there is a little technicality there. Some
[33:46] might ask, why didn't he say bis Mila Rahman Rahim, this is from
[33:50] Sulayman. Why did he say this is from Suleiman bis Mila Raman Rahim.
[33:54] It is reported, and this is obviously the hd had of some of the
[33:58] scholars. They say, had he written Allah's name first, if she had
[34:02] got angry and upset, she might have cursed Allah. So he wrote his
[34:07] name first. Had she got angry and upset. She would rather curse Sulaiman
[34:09] than to curse alasu hana at her. So this is also wisdom when you're
[34:15] writing. He wrote his name in Nahum in Sulaiman and this is Bismila Rahman
[34:19] Rahim. And he says very short statement, nam Muslimir, do not be
[34:24] haughty over us and come surrendering to us. Now she's asking her people what
[34:30] should we do? Why? She is worried. She has kingdom, she
[34:32] has power, she has authority, she has well, she has everything.
[34:36] But for someone to warn her and to threaten her and to tell her something,
[34:39] there must be some power. She did not know existed. She didn't
[34:45] know anything. So what happened? She looks at all her people klatya almla
[34:52] oh aftuni amri. She decides to consult. She says, oh, my
[34:57] people, give me some decision regarding this matter. Marcon took amron hat her.
[35:06] I don't want to make a final decision without you people being involved,
[35:09] and without your witness and so on, So tell me. So they looked
[35:13] at her, they said, Carlokula, see shaded well amro inlaiki found Moni.
[35:24] They looked at her and they said, look, we are people with
[35:27] lots of power. We have a strong army. So now you decide what
[35:30] you want us to do, which means if you want us to fight,
[35:32] we will go. We have a powerful army. But she was very clear
[35:37] she did not know the size of the army of Sulayman, because she now
[35:43] knows that if we are going to fight an army and they are stronger than
[35:47] us, look what she says, kla in al Muluka either the hallo cornat
[35:58] is that allah wakadli kaiaphilon. She stopped and she says, you know,
[36:05] when the kings and the big and the haughty walk into a city with an
[36:08] army, they turn it upside down, and those who are the leaders are
[36:13] the most disgraced from amongst them. Thereafter, I want to avoid that scenario
[36:17] today on the globe. Take a look at what happens when huge armies walk
[36:22] in. Those who are the leaders are the ones who are actually the most
[36:24] disgraced. So this woman understood it many many years back, that do not
[36:30] confront this army. Let us try and make peace with the army. Let
[36:34] us see who these people are so he says. She says, or in
[36:38] Morcilla, el him be head here Fana the atu myology on mor Salon.
[36:46] I'm going to send him a gift, one of a very very valuable gift.
[36:51] I will send him with a few messengers from amongst you, and you
[36:54] can go. And when you go there, you should just have a peep,
[36:59] you know, so there are actually you have a peep and see the
[37:01] size of his army and bring back information for us. See how he reacted
[37:05] and what happens. So alas with hannahat Ala says, these two people obviously
[37:08] they were messengers. They left with the gift. We will get to what
[37:14] Soleiman and his Salam says. As these people left with the gifts, news
[37:17] got to Sulayman from who from the hoopo burden from all his other members of
[37:22] the army, that these people are sending you a gift, and this is
[37:24] what is happening. So he says, right, let's display the army,
[37:28] the entire army. So in the army now they were lions, they were
[37:31] tigers, the animals, birds, gin kind, mankind, the wind,
[37:37] everything, they all and these people are walking towards where Suleiman ah his salam
[37:42] Is and they're looking. And on top of that, his kingdom was displayed
[37:46] for them. So the gift they had, they sought lots of things similar
[37:51] to that and even better strewn around. So to them this is valueless.
[37:55] Yet for them that side there it held a lot of value. They shook
[37:59] their heads. No ways, we want to face all these with our little
[38:02] army that we have. There they went to Soliman Ahsaalam. It is reported
[38:07] they were actually feeling guilty to give this little gift because of how minute it
[38:13] became. Suddenly, when they saw the strone of Suliman and they saw his
[38:16] army, they looked around him. They were shocked. They were amazed subhana
[38:22] lah. And as they tried to put forward this gift Suleiman alisala to a
[38:27] salam response Phalam aulayi man a call tom dunanibi man. When they got to
[38:38] Suleiman, he said, what you want to bribe me with some wealth?
[38:42] Here? You want to give me some wealth, You want to give me
[38:45] money, You want to give me some merchandise, something you think is valuable.
[38:50] Famatani allah haumi tacom. What Allah has given me is far better than
[39:00] anything you have but uh had yati kunda frajo. Indeed, you people are
[39:07] excited, you're getting happy regarding your gift. You don't know. I know
[39:12] the whole plan, I know the whole plot. I know absolutely everything.
[39:15] And you see our army. We have absolutely everything been given by alas subhanahwa
[39:19] Alahlahim. Go back to them, go back fellatianij no dilakalah. We are
[39:31] going to come to them with an army that they will never ever be able
[39:37] to overcome. Impossible. Well, I know region Mina avilla wall whom save,
[39:45] and we will remove them from Sheba. We will remove them from it
[39:51] in a disgraced manner, whilst they will be belittled Las subhanahwat allah projectors.
[39:59] So what happened? These people started going back. They got back to try
[40:04] and convince this woman to say, there is a problem. What is the
[40:08] problem. This man has such a big army. There is no ways we
[40:13] will be able to overcome his army. Impossible. They began to describe it
[40:17] to her in such a way that they made her frightened, and she was
[40:22] convinced that something needs to happen. They told her, you need to go
[40:24] yourself to him and try and make peace. So we do not want to
[40:30] surrender to him, but we don't want to fight him either, and he
[40:31] left us with only one option, either fight or you come surrendering. So
[40:38] Alasu anahwat Alas made mention of what happened thereafter. So Leiman alahis Salam had
[40:45] a meeting with all his army with the main chiefs Carlaya, Helmela, Pamela,
[40:54] Tuni musliman As. They were planning to leave and they were lanning now
[41:00] to come towards so Leiman Ali Salah to a Salan. So Leiman tells these
[41:04] people, all my people, which one of you can bring her whole throne?
[41:07] Seeing that that was the biggest possession of hers, we said moments ago,
[41:13] one of the main possessions she had, beautiful throne of hers with that
[41:16] little palace that she had where she used to sit on the throne. So
[41:20] Leiman says, which one of you can bring that throne to me here before
[41:24] they arrive here in submission, they are coming. Before they come here,
[41:29] bring the whole throne, lift it up and bring it here. Amazing,
[41:34] Carla free to me in Ljin and Tinka Kamela tacoma mi nacamik. Well in
[41:42] a hell, I mean Ifrid, who was one of the most powerful gin.
[41:45] He says, I will bring it to you before you get up from
[41:50] where you are seated. So Leiman used to sit from the morning to the
[41:53] afternoon, so which means in one morning, I'll have it right in front
[41:57] of you everything And you know what, I am so trustworthy that all the
[42:00] different diamonds and the different jewelry, and all the beautification and adornment, I
[42:06] will bring it in such a way that it will remain intact. Just lift
[42:08] it all off, fly it down here, and drop it down, meaning
[42:12] bring it exactly where you want it. So theiman adah salam. As he's
[42:16] still pondering, another one speaks, Karlin levy in minlkitab, and I think
[42:29] folk the one who had knowledge of the book, the one who had knowledge
[42:34] of the Book of Revelation of a Lass Sudhana awad Alah. We are not
[42:37] so sure exactly who that was, but it is someone who had knowledge granted
[42:40] from a Lass Sudhnah awat Alah. What does he say? He says,
[42:45] yes, so they man, I will bring exactly what this one wanted to
[42:49] bring before you get up, but I will bring it to you before your
[42:53] eye returns as it blinks next and as he blinked, lahu a kabar.
[43:00] It was in front of him. Now she had left, She had left
[43:06] the place, and her entire palace, if you'd like to say, was
[43:09] lifted as it was and brought dead in front of Suleiman Alai sala to a
[43:15] Salam phalammara ahumastaking when he saw it in front of him, What did he
[43:22] say? What? What would we say? Look at what Suleiman alai sala
[43:25] to a Salam says Pau Lahadan fatly Robbie near Bluani ashku amak for this is
[43:37] from the virtue of my rob He has granted me this amount of power that
[43:40] we've brought something semi impossible right in front within the blink of an eye.
[43:46] Allah is testing me to see whether I am from amongst those who show gratitude
[43:52] and gratefulness, or I am from amongst those who are ungrateful. And he
[43:57] continues to say, wamasha kara for in amayes coron n f s whoever is
[44:02] thankful, it will benefit him, wamakafara for in arabignie Kim and whoever is
[44:10] ungrateful, they are not going to harm Allah. Allah is independent and most
[44:15] and full of honor, which means a loss. Subhannah. Howat Alah doesn't
[44:19] need us to be grateful. We need to be grateful to all Subhanah,
[44:22] howat Ala. When we are grateful, it will benefit us, not a
[44:25] love Subhanah, howat Alah. This evening we heard in the dua that was
[44:30] ended by the chef. What did we hear? He says, subahanah man
[44:36] takaram, we praise a loss, Subhanah, howat Alah, who is so
[44:38] full of honor that he did not forget any one of us. He's given
[44:44] us all. Imagine the gratitude that we owe a love he's given every one
[44:50] of us. Whatever he's granted us, has Allah forgotten anyone here, subhana
[44:53] Lah amazing. So this is the power of a los Subhanah, howat Alah.
[44:58] Now, so le Man ade has Slam wanted to do something else,
[45:00] parnakla shaha nodadi antaklin a lad so Leiman says, change, slightly, modify
[45:13] and renovate her palace, so that meaning her throne and its surroundings, so
[45:19] that we want to see whether she notices that it is hers or she doesn't
[45:22] even know. So her throne came in and it was modified, which means
[45:30] it was renovated, so it was made more posh. One narration, again
[45:34] a Jewish narration, makes mention that whatever she had had in mind that I'm
[45:37] going to fix this, I'm going to do that. I'm going to do
[45:39] that. So Leiman Alai Salatua Salam already had everything done and it was sitting
[45:44] there waiting. She had left, and as she comes in, the question
[45:46] is asked to her. But before I make mention of how she walked in
[45:50] and how she came in. So Leiman Alai Salam instructed the building of another
[45:54] palace within moments. What was that palace his own throne where he was going
[45:59] to receive her, And he says, build it for me on the water,
[46:05] on the water, in such a way that its floor when I receive
[46:08] her, will be made of strong glass but very very thin, and she
[46:15] will be able to see the fish, and she will be able to see
[46:20] the various sea life underneath her feet. And it was made for him blink
[46:24] of an eye, everything was made put day. Remember, he had the
[46:28] armies to do this for him, and as it was put there. Now
[46:32] she comes phalamaja At. As she walked in, she was asked a question.
[46:39] She walked in. Now she's looking at something looking very much like her
[46:43] own throne. Krii la ahaka the rosho? Is this what your throne looks
[46:49] like? Now she's looking. Now, listen to what went through her mind.
[46:52] She says, my throne is there. We took so long to get
[46:57] here. It be mine. If it is mine, how did it get
[47:01] here? And if it is not mine, how is it copied? So
[47:06] exactly? So she's confused one of two things. It's either mine or not
[47:10] mine. If it is mine, how did it get here? And if
[47:13] it's not mine, how is it copied? Exactly? Carl it. Now
[47:16] already she is being tackled her brain. Remember, she used to worship the
[47:21] sun, the sun, and she knows Suleiman he is a Muslim. He
[47:25] worships Allah. From the moment he wrote Bismillah in the name of Allah,
[47:30] the Maker, the Creator. She knew exactly this one is on a different
[47:34] religion. Now her belief is being questioned because there's someone much more powerful than
[47:39] her. Her men already told her. And now she's shocked again, and
[47:45] the greatness of her kingdom is being questioned because she sees someone with greater kingdom.
[47:51] So she says, and now who who? It seems like this is
[47:57] mine? It seems like it. So she noticed that there are certain differences.
[48:00] But then again she was uncertain how to respond. And Suleiman Alihisla to
[48:06] a Salam says, al elm mikobli wakuna mus Nimi. We were granted the
[48:15] knowledge of Islam before her, and we surrendered to alasu hahnahwat Ada. So
[48:20] he is now expressing that all this is because we have surrendered to the creator
[48:24] of the universe, whoever created it, we have surrendered to him. He's
[48:28] granted us some power. Subhana la qui la la had funness. Sal It
[48:35] was told to her to enter the other palace, the place where Suleiman Alisla
[48:38] to a Salam was, and also Hannah, howat alas is palammara at ho
[48:45] has he but hoh, look, yeah, wakasha ansa. When she saw
[48:51] it with that glass and with the water underneath it, she thought it to
[48:54] be water. So she lifted slightly her garment until part of her legs showed.
[49:02] Sulayman Alai sala to a Salam, says in Nahu soran momarad mir tawary,
[49:10] No need to do that. It is just a flaw that is made
[49:14] of very fine, fixed strong glass. Subhana Lah, look at this.
[49:20] No need. Now she's again baffled, completely baffled, and she's thinking to
[49:25] herself, how big my kingdom is, and how huge this kingdom of Sulayman
[49:32] alais sala to a salam is, Subhana Lah. All her kingdom and all
[49:38] her knowledge, Everything that she had in comparison to what Sulayman Alai has Salah
[49:45] to a Salam had was totally eclipsed. It was nothing, not even a
[49:52] fragment. So now she starts pondering, my people are there. I have
[49:57] Sulayman. I've been worshiping the sun. It hasn't helped me a lot.
[50:00] And it is now time to see what this man does. Humble down to
[50:07] earth to lay man, praying thanking Allah. His character is exemplary. He's
[50:10] not haughty, he is very just amongst all his army. He is such
[50:15] a powerful person, such a good man. And this is when she's seen
[50:20] everything, she decided, this is the moment I need to surrender. How
[50:23] did she surrender, she says, amazingly, as her heart remember she was
[50:30] worshiping the sun. The light of that sun was being eclipsed in her heart.
[50:37] Slowly she'd seen this sign, that sign, the other sign. Yet
[50:39] he is such a pious man. He's a worshiper of Allah. He engages
[50:44] in prayer so much so many actions from alas hannahat Allah, showing his gratitude
[50:49] to Allah. And a new light began to beam from her heart, that
[50:53] light which nothing can eclipse or be in valantunov see wa Aslam to ma as
[51:01] sulaimn Ali la hiram bin Alami. Oh my Maker, oh my Creator,
[51:09] I have oppressed myself, I have done wrong all along. I surrendered to
[51:14] you, together with the sulaimn for the one who has created the entire creation
[51:19] of bul Alami. She surrendered, laho Akamar, laho akama. Just by
[51:25] looking. She surrendered. When she surrendered, her entire army surrendered, everybody,
[51:31] all her people surrendered. They were almost Liman under Suleiman alah sala to
[51:36] a Salah. And this is the gift of a las supannahwat Alah upon those
[51:39] who believe. So we ask a lass sup hanahwat Alah to grant us a
[51:44] turning point. I still have much more to say in Charlotte. Tomorrow we
[51:47] will continue with the story of Suleiman Alahisalam. But before we depart, a
[51:52] very very important point. Here. You have a woman who has seen the
[51:55] kudra of a lass suhnahawa t alah, the power of Allah. She has
[51:59] seen the signs of Allah, and that moved her to turn to surrender to
[52:04] a lass of Hannah. Howat Allah Allah He We see the miracles of Allah
[52:08] every day and every night. We see the grandeur, the greatness of alas
[52:13] sub Hannah how Allah around us, but still we find ourselves dillydallying on the
[52:17] wrong path. May alas Supanah, how Alah grant us a lesson from this
[52:21] woman. And may alas Supannah what Alah make us surrender to him? And
[52:25] may alas Supanah, how Alah grant us the ability to be thankful to Him
[52:29] at all times and to obey all his commands and abstain from his prohibitions until
[52:32] we meet tomorrow. Insha Allah Solallah, who is Selam Abarakhal Andhammad Suhanahlahid Hamni
[52:37] Subhanahklahamo of a hamdik Kamana. Two week of the plomony

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