QASAS-UN-NABIYEEN VOLUME 4. STORY OF DAWOOD AND SULEMAN PEACE BE UPON BOTH OF THEM

POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

CHAPTER 8

سليمان يدعو مَلِكَة سبأ إِلَىٰ دينه

Suleman (peace be upon him) invites the queen of Saba to his religion

VOCABULARY

In the neighborhood, close by	بِجوار	Became hard	شَق
Zeal, that which is defended	حَمِية	Stirred up	ثارَت
surrender	اِستِسلام	He thought it appropriate	رأى من الصواب
gentleness	رِقة	He marched	يَزحَفَ
Humility,	تواضع	firmness	صرامة
eloquent	بليغ	Jealousy, ardor	غيرة

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

It was difficult for the Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him) to accept that there should be a country and people in the neighborhood of his own kingdom that he did not know and that his invitation did not reach them while they continued to worship the sun. The religious fervor so characteristic of a prophet stirred up inside him. He thought it appropriate to write a letter to that country’s polytheist queen inviting her to the religion of Islam, obedience to Allah and surrender, before he marched towards her land along with his powerful army.  He wrote an eloquent letter to her in which he invited her to the religion of Islam and asked her to surrender. The letter combined gentleness with firmness, and the humbleness of prophets with the ardor and fervor of kings.