Zia Sheikh – Ramadan Khatira Irving Masjid 6272016

Zia Sheikh
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The transcript describes a test from Islam that is based on sh arc and sh arc, and being conducted by individuals and groups. The test is being tested by others, and being tested by Islam. The transcript describes a woman who gives the most, while the man who gives the most gives the most. The transcript describes a woman who gives the most, while the man who gives the most gives the most, and a woman who gives the most while the son takes over after them. The transcript describes a sermon and a conversation between Allah A.S. and Allah A.S. about Islam, and discusses the importance of appreciation for blessings, including everything, and peace. The speaker also mentions that Allah A.S. gives blessings to people and that peace is something that is pleasing to Allah A.S. A.S. A.S. is also mentioned as providing blessings to people.
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We're going to be talking about a few

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verses in Surah Saad which talk about two

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tribulations or tests that Sulaiman a.s. was

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faced with and the riwayat that are associated

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with them and what conclusions we can draw

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from those particular verses.

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Allah a.s. prior to these verses talked

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about Dawood a.s. and he was a

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king in his own right.

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Allah a.s. had blessed him with a

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kingdom and then in these verses Allah a

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.s. talks about Sulaiman a.s. and says

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As a son, Sulaiman a.s. came, he

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was a prophet, he also was a king.

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He was a wonderful slave of ours, a

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wonderful servant.

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The word ni'ma in Arabic, whenever you use

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that, it's a compliment to somebody.

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So here, Allah a.s. is complimenting Sulaiman

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a.s. and saying What a wonderful servant

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he was, meaning he was obedient to Allah

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a.s. and he was often in repentance.

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So, he started off the story by complimenting

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him in the first place and the story

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itself, if we look at the different riwayat

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associated with it, we'll see why Allah a

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.s. complimented him in the first place, why

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he was complimenting him in the first place,

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so that we do not get any misunderstanding

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or misinformation or we do not lose the

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status of Sulaiman a.s. in our heart

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by hearing the story associated with it.

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So, one of the riwayat that are presented

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about this situation was that Sulaiman a.s.

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was blessed with, as we heard right now,

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with a kingdom and in that kingdom, obviously,

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he has anything that he could want and

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amongst those things was beautiful horses, war horses

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that were soft and gentle to the touch

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and gentle to the master but when they

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were pushed into battle, then they were the

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most ferocious and the most hardworking of the

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horses, which in Arabic is known as So,

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one day what happened was that he was

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looking at these horses and enjoying their company

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and this is one riwayat, I'm going to

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mention one riwayat and then another riwayat which

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is more appropriate.

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So, according to this riwayat, he was playing

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with the horses, complimenting them and he was

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enjoying their company for so long that he

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forgot, he lost track of time and because

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of that he missed his Asr prayer or

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the prayer that he used to do at

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Asr time he missed it and then he

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realized his mistake and he had the horses

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brought back and he sacrificed them all.

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That's one riwayat.

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Another riwayat, it suggests or another understanding of

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the same verses it suggests that the horses,

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basically he was spending time with them and

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he forgot to compliment Allah SWT or praise

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Allah SWT for all the blessings that he'd

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been given and then when they were disappeared

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from view, he brought them back again and

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he started stroking them, started stroking them with

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his hand out of love for them and

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out of appreciation of the blessings that Allah

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SWT had given him.

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So, we'll go through the verses and translate

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according to both of those riwayats.

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Suleiman A.S. was presented at the time

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of the evening, these wonderful horses.

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So, he said that I gave priority to

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the love of Al-Khair.

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Al-Khair here is worldly things and remember

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we've mentioned before that wealth has been mentioned

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in the Quran not in derogatory terms but

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in complimentary terms.

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So, Al-Khair, it means goodness.

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Al-Fadl is also the wealth has been

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used as long as the wealth is used

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for good purposes, it is Khair.

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So, he said that I gave priority to

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or loved or gave priority to the love

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of Al-Khair from the remembrance of my

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Lord until they had disappeared from view, until

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the horses had disappeared from view.

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He ordered, he said return them back to

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me.

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And he started and there are two interpretations

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of this particular verse.

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He started making Masah.

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Masah means to basically smite their necks.

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Smite their necks and their Aanaq meaning the

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shins.

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So, he started smiting them meaning sacrificing them,

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killing them.

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That's one opinion.

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And then the second opinion is that he

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started stroking them.

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As we make Masah of the head, we

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moisten our hands and we make Masah of

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our head.

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We stroke our heads with water, right?

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So, Masah can also mean that he took

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his hands and he out of love for

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them he started stroking their necks and the

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shins as the owners of the horses do.

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He started stroking them.

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So, according to this understanding, the love that

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Suleiman A.S. is showing for the horses

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it is out of the fact that Allah

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SWT blessed me with these things and I

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should show appreciation for the blessings that Allah

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SWT has given me and not that he

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destroyed them or killed them or sacrificed them.

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So, these are two Riwayat.

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So, what is the lesson we learn from

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this?

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The lesson we learn is that we have

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all been blessed with worldly things and it's

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not necessary that we are tested in a

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bad way from Allah SWT to assume that

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it's a test from Allah SWT.

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The fact that Allah SWT blessed us with

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a nice house or a nice car and

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beautiful children and a wonderful wife.

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This is not...

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You don't have to have the kids May

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Allah SWT protect our kids from fall into

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an illness to realize that they're a blessing

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or our wives to leave us to understand

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that she was a blessing or our house

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to fall down to understand that it's a

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blessing but in their presence and while they're

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there to appreciate them this is also a

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gratitude to Allah SWT and this is something

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that we should all do.

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So, being tested by Allah SWT can be

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in such a way that Allah blessed you

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with that thing and you have it.

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This is a test from Allah SWT.

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As Allah says in another verse وَنَبْلُوكُم بِالشَّرِّ

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وَالخَيْرِ فِتْنًا We test you with shirk and

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khayr and both are a fitna or a

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trial for you.

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So, the fact that Sulaiman had these horses

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he brought them back again to look at

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them, to stroke them, to appreciate them and

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in turn be grateful for the blessing that

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Allah SWT had given him.

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This was how he responded to the test

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from Allah SWT and it doesn't necessarily mean

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that he actually sacrificed the horses.

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The next few verses talk about another test

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that Sulaiman had to endure and what was

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that test?

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Allah SWT says وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا سُلَيْمَانَ وَأَلْقَيْنَ عَلَىٰ

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كُرْسِيهِ جَسَدًا ثُمَّ أَنَابْ Indeed, we tested Sulaiman

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and we put on his kursi, upon his

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throne جَسَدًا جَسَد It means a body without

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a life.

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And again, there are a few riwayat that

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are mentioned about this whole story and some

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of them are found in Bukhari and Muslim

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that Sulaiman, one day, he vowed to have

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* with his wives and he said that

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I'm going to make them pregnant and after

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the pregnancy, the children that are born from

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these wives I'm going to make sure that

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all of these children, they become mujahid fi

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sabilillah They go out and they strive in

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the path of Allah SWT and he forgot

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to say Inshallah Now, what happened was that

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none of those wives became pregnant and one

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did become pregnant but she gave birth to

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a malformed fetus which the wet nurse came

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and put it on the throne of Sulaiman

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A.S So, this was one of the

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tests that one of the riwayat that suggest

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that this جسد, this malformed fetus came on

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the throne of Sulaiman A.S This was

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a test from Allah SWT Another understanding of

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this same riwayat is of this same ayat

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is that Allah SWT didn't give Sulaiman A

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.S children that were worthy successors of him

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and it's mentioned that after Sulaiman A.S

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passed away the son that took over his

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throne he actually split up the whole Bani

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Israel One group of ten tribes separated and

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one tribe of Judah separated and this is

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what is understood by the fact that Allah

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SWT tested Sulaiman A.S and the body

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that was put on the throne was this

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body of his son that took over him

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but he really had no kind of morals

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or no kind of principles and he could

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not lead the society as Sulaiman A.S

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did So, in any case, we will go

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through the translation وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا سُلِيمَانٌ Indeed, we

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tested Sulaiman A.S and we put on

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his throne a جسد a dead, lifeless body

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ثُمَّ أَنَابْ and he repented and this again,

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this lifeless body can mean this malformed fetus

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or it can mean the son that took

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over him took over after him after he

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passed away قَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَهَبْ لِي

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مُلْكًا لَا يَنْبَغِي لِي أَحَدٍ مِّن بَعْدٍ Sulaiman

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A.S, he said Oh my Lord, forgive

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me and give me a kingdom that is

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not appropriate for anyone after me إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ

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الْغُهَابُ Indeed, you are the one who gives

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the most You are oft-giving So, Allah

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SWT gave him a kingdom that nobody else

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had before and nobody ever will have What

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was that?

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فَسَخَّرْنَا لَهُ الْرِيحَةَ تَجْرِي بِأَمْرِي We gave him

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the wind that used to go according to

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his command and he used to be able

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to command the wind the fleets of ships

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used to go that was sent with under

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his command and they used to go with

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this gentle wind that Allah SWT blessed Sulaiman

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A.S. with and also it's mentioned in

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Riwayat that he used to have a special

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kind of platform that he used to fly

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with and the winds used to control this

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platform anyone who knows anything about flying in

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this day and age will realize that it's

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all to do with wind the speed picks

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up when a plane is about to take

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off the speed picks up and the wind

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and the vacuum that is created underneath the

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wings the shape of the wings it is

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what elevates the plane in the sky and

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then the speed that the plane goes with

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is basically related to the wind and that

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is what keeps the plane high so Allah

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SWT gave that power to Sulaiman A.S.

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during his kingdom that he could control the

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wind what else?

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تَجْرِي بِأَمْرِهِ رُخَاءً حَيْثُ أَصَال it was gentle

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wherever it went this wind of Sulaiman A

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.S. وَشَيَاطِينَ كُلَّ بَنَّائِمْ وَغَوَّاسْ and jinns that

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used to be able to build for him

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and also they used to be غوّاسْ غوّاسْ

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means to actually go into the dive into

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the water and bring out pearls and diamonds

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and precious things and present them to Sulaiman

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A.S. so they were بَنَّاءْ meaning they

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used to build for him and also غوّاسْ

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dive into the water to bring treasures from

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the seas for Sulaiman A.S. وَآخَرِينَ مُقَرَّنِينَ

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فِي الأَصْفَادِ and others that used to be

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captured in chains against Sulaiman A.S. was

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controlling them also هَذَا عَطَاعُنَا فَمْنُنْ أَوْ أَمْسِكْ

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بِغَيْرِ حِسَابِ this is our gift Allah A

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.S. is declaring فَمْنُنْ regard that as a

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favor from Allah A.S. and praise him

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أَوْ أَمْسِكْ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابِ and take it without

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any kind of reckoning so this was the

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kingdom that Sulaiman A.S. was given in

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addition to that Allah A.S. has mentioned

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in another place the fact that he could

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understand the language of the birds the language

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of the animals which king has had the

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ability to do that no other king has

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had that so Allah A.S. blessed this

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king Sulaiman A.S. with the blessings but

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at the same time those blessings were a

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test for him and the lesson we learn

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from this is that whenever Allah A.S.

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has given us anything in this world we

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should be appreciative of it and appreciation is

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always to be grateful to Allah A.S.

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and use those blessings in such a way

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that is pleasing to Allah A.S. I

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pray that Allah A.S. gives us tawfiq

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to understand and practice what is being said

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and heard

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