Prophet Sulaiman ibn al-Dawud [Solomon (P.B.U.H.)]

PROPHET SULAIMAN IBN AL-DAWUD [SOLOMON (P.B.U.H.)]
What Quran said about him?

And We bestowed on David, Solomon. How excellent a slave! Lo! He was ever turning in repentance (toward Allah). [Surah Sad (Chapter of Sad), Verse 30]

And We made Solomon to understand (the case); and unto each of them We gave judgment and knowledge. And we subdued the hills and the birds to hymn (His) praise along with David. We were the doers (thereof). [Surah Al-Anbiya (Chapter of the Prophets), Verse 79]

And unto Solomon (We subdued) the wind in its raging. It set by his command toward the land which We had blessed. And of everything We are Aware. • And of the evil ones (subdued We unto him) some who dived (for pearls) for him and did other work, and We were Warders unto them. [Surah Al-Anbiya (Chapter of the Prophets), Verses 81-82]

And Solomon was David's heir. And he said: O mankind! Lo! We have been taught the language of birds, and have been given (abundance) of all things. This surely is evident favour. • And there were gathered together unto Solomon his armies of the jinn and humankind, and of the birds, and they were set in battle order; • Till, when they reached the Valley of the Ants, an ant exclaimed: O ants! Enter your dwellings lest Solomon and his armies crush you, unperceiving. • And (Solomon) smiled, laughing at her speech, and said: My Lord, arouse me to be thankful for your favour wherewith you have favoured me and my parents, and to do good that shall be pleasing unto you, and include me in (the number of) your righteous slaves. • And he sought among the birds and said: How is it that I see not the hoopoe, or is he among the absent? • I verily will punish him with hard punishment or I verily will slay him, or he verily shall bring me a plain excuse. • But he was not long in coming, and he said: I have found out (a thing) that you apprehend not, and I come unto you from Sheba with sure tidings. • Lo! I found a woman ruling over them, and she has been given (abundance) of all things, and hers is a mighty throne. • I found her and her people worshipping the sun instead of Allah; and Satan makes their works fair seeming unto them, and debars them from the way (of Truth), so that they go not aright; • So that they worship not Allah, Who brings forth the hidden in the heavens and the earth, and knows what you hide and what you proclaim, • Allah; there is no Allah save Him, the Lord of the Tremendous Throne. • (Solomon) said: We shall see whether you speak truth or whether you are of the liars. • Go with this my letter and throw it down unto them; then turn away and see what (answer) they return, • (The Queen of Sheba) said (when she received the letter): O chieftains! Lo! There has been thrown unto me a noble letter. • Lo! It is from Solomon, and lo! It is: In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful; • Exalt not yourselves against me, but come unto me as those who surrender. • She said: O chieftains! Pronounce for me in my case. I decide no case till you are present with me. • They said: We are lords of might and lords of great prowess, but it is for you to command; so consider what you will command. • She said: Lo! Kings, when they enter a township, ruin it and make the honour of its people shame. Thus will they do. • But lo! I am going to send a present unto them, and to see with what (answer) the messengers return. • So when (the envoy) came unto Solomon, (the King) said: What! Would you help me with wealth? But that which Allah has given me is better than that which He has given you. Nay it is you (and not I) who exult in your gift. • Return unto them. We verily shall come unto them with hosts that they cannot resist, and we shall drive them out from thence with shame, and they will be abased. • He said: O chiefs! Which of you will bring me her throne before they come unto me, surrendering? • A stalwart of the jinn said: I will bring it you before you can rise from your place. Lo! I verily am strong and trusty for such work. • One with whom was knowledge of the Scripture said: I will bring it you before your gaze returns unto you. And when he saw it set in his presence, (Solomon) said: This is of the Bounty of my Lord, that He may try me whether I give thanks or am ungrateful. Whosoever gives thanks he only gives thanks for (the good of) his own soul; and whosoever is ungrateful (is ungrateful only to his own soul's hurt). For lo! My Lord is Absolute in Independence, Bountiful. • He said: Disguise her throne for her that we may see whether she will go aright or be of those not rightly guided. • So, when she came, it was said (unto her): Is your throne like this? She said: (It is) as though it were the very one. And (Solomon said): We were given the knowledge before her and we had surrendered (to Allah). • And (all) that she was wont to worship instead of Allah hindered her, for she came of disbelieving folk. • It was said unto her: Enter the hall. And when she saw it she deemed it a pool and bared her legs. (Solomon) said: Lo! It is a hall, made smooth, of glass. She said: My Lord! Lo! I have wronged myself; and I surrender with Solomon unto Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. [Surah Al-Naml, Chapter of the Ant), Verses 16-44]

And unto Solomon (We gave) the wind, whereof the morning course was a month's journey and the evening course a month's journey, and We caused the fount of copper to gush forth for him, and (We gave him) certain of the jinn who worked before him by Permission of his Lord. And such of them as deviated from Our Command, them We caused to taste the punishment of flaming Fire. • They made for him what he willed: synagogues and statues, basins like wells and boilers built into the ground. Give thanks, O House of David! Few of My bondmen are thankful. • And when We decreed death for him, nothing showed his death to them save a creeping creature of the earth which gnawed away his staff. And when he fell the jinn saw clearly how, if they had known the Unseen, they would not have continued in despised toil. • There was indeed a sign for Sheba in their dwelling-place: Two gardens on the right hand and the left (as who should say): Eat of the provision of your Lord and render thanks to Him. A fair land and an indulgent Lord! • But they were froward, so We sent on them the flood of Iram, and in exchange for their two gardens gave them two gardens bearing bitter fruit, the tamarisk and here and there a lote-tree. • This We awarded them because of their ingratitude. Punish We ever any save the ingrates? [Surah Saba’ Chapter of Sheba), Verses 12-17]

And lo! He has favour with Us - and a happy journey's end. [Surah Sad (Chapter of Sad), Verse 40]