Stories from Qurran
Index
(1) Hazrat suleman and hoopoe
(2) Hazrat suleman and queen of saba
(3) Queen bilqees and her throne
part 1 Hazrat suleman and hoopoe
The hoopoe was an expert bird who used to show Hazrat Sulayman (A.S) where water was if he was out in open land and needed water.
The hoopoe would look for water for him in the various strata of the earth, just as a man looks at things on the surface of the earth.He would know just how far below the surface the water was. When the hoopoe showed him where the water was, Hazrat Sulayman (A.S) would command the Jinn to dig in that place until they brought water from the depths of the earth. One day Hazrat Sulayman (A.S) went to some open land and checked on the birds, but he could not see the hoopoe. Hazrat Sulayman (A.S) said: "What is the matter that I see not the hoopoe Or is he among the absentees'' "You are telling us that the hoopoe can see water beneath the ground,
but any boy can put seed in a trap and cover the trap with dirt, and the hoopoe will come and take the seed, so the boy can catch him in the trap
I will surely punish him with a severe torment "By plucking his feathers and exposing him to the sun. and leaving him exposed to be eaten by ants.
"When the hoopoe came back, the other birds said to him: "What kept you Hazrat Sulayman (A.S) will surely punish you with a severe torment unless you brings him a clear reason. The hoopoe said, "Then I am saved.''
But the hoopoe stayed not long, he was absent for only a short time. Then he came and said to Sulayman:
`I have come to know something that you and your troops do not know.'and I have come to you from Saba' with true news. I found a woman ruling over them, "This is Bilqis bint Sharahil, the queen of Saba'.''she has been given all things, all the conveniences of this world that a powerful monarch could need.she has a great throne,a tremendous chair adorned with gold and different kinds of jewels and pearls.
The historians said, "This throne was in a great, strong palace which was high and firmly constructed. In it there were three hundred and sixty windows on the east side, and a similar number on the west, and it was constructed in such a way that each day when the sun rose it would shine through one window, and when it set it would shine through the opposite window.
And the people used to prostrate to the sun morning and evening. The hoopoe said that he found her and her people worshipping the sun instead of Allah,so they had no guidance. They did not know the way of truth, prostrating only before Allah alone and not before anything that He has created, whether heavenly bodies or anything else. Since the hoopoe was calling to what is good, and for people to worship and prostrate to Allah alone, it would have been forbidden to punish him..
Index
(1) Hazrat suleman and hoopoe
(2) Hazrat suleman and queen of saba
(3) Queen bilqees and her throne
part 1 Hazrat suleman and hoopoe
The hoopoe was an expert bird who used to show Hazrat Sulayman (A.S) where water was if he was out in open land and needed water.
The hoopoe would look for water for him in the various strata of the earth, just as a man looks at things on the surface of the earth.He would know just how far below the surface the water was. When the hoopoe showed him where the water was, Hazrat Sulayman (A.S) would command the Jinn to dig in that place until they brought water from the depths of the earth. One day Hazrat Sulayman (A.S) went to some open land and checked on the birds, but he could not see the hoopoe. Hazrat Sulayman (A.S) said: "What is the matter that I see not the hoopoe Or is he among the absentees'' "You are telling us that the hoopoe can see water beneath the ground,
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but any boy can put seed in a trap and cover the trap with dirt, and the hoopoe will come and take the seed, so the boy can catch him in the trap
I will surely punish him with a severe torment "By plucking his feathers and exposing him to the sun. and leaving him exposed to be eaten by ants.
"When the hoopoe came back, the other birds said to him: "What kept you Hazrat Sulayman (A.S) will surely punish you with a severe torment unless you brings him a clear reason. The hoopoe said, "Then I am saved.''
But the hoopoe stayed not long, he was absent for only a short time. Then he came and said to Sulayman:
`I have come to know something that you and your troops do not know.'and I have come to you from Saba' with true news. I found a woman ruling over them, "This is Bilqis bint Sharahil, the queen of Saba'.''she has been given all things, all the conveniences of this world that a powerful monarch could need.she has a great throne,a tremendous chair adorned with gold and different kinds of jewels and pearls.
The historians said, "This throne was in a great, strong palace which was high and firmly constructed. In it there were three hundred and sixty windows on the east side, and a similar number on the west, and it was constructed in such a way that each day when the sun rose it would shine through one window, and when it set it would shine through the opposite window.
And the people used to prostrate to the sun morning and evening. The hoopoe said that he found her and her people worshipping the sun instead of Allah,so they had no guidance. They did not know the way of truth, prostrating only before Allah alone and not before anything that He has created, whether heavenly bodies or anything else. Since the hoopoe was calling to what is good, and for people to worship and prostrate to Allah alone, it would have been forbidden to punish him..
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