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

POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

CHAPTER 9

الملكة تستشير اركان دولتها

The queen consults members of her state

VOCABULARY

Comprehensive, combining all	جامع	consults	تستشير
Not rushing	غير مُتسرعة	wise	عاقلة
Lives, biographies	سِيَر	experiences	تجارب
Did not stick to her opinion	لم تَستَبِد بِالرائ	betrayed	خانَ
They were giving arguments	يَدِلونَ	The rest of	سائر
flattering	تَمَلُق	Gratifying, trying to please someone	اِرضاء
companions	جُلساء	Condition, state	شأن
She did not agree with them	لم تُوافقهم	speech	مقالة
Evil consequence	سُوءِ العاقبة	She warned them	حَذرَتهم
defeat	هَزيمة	Fate, destiny	مَصير
gifts	هَدايا	State of being defeated	اِنكسار
I will test	اَمتَحِنُ	Rare items, exquisite objects	طُرَف طرفة
You all follow him!	اِتَبِعُوهُ	He accepted	قَبِلَ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Suleman (peace be upon him) combined those qualities. The woman who ruled that country was wise and not hasty in making decisions. She had gained wide experience from her knowledge of the biographies of kings and the stories of the victorious leaders. This is despite the fact that her intellect had betrayed her in her recognition of God and his worship. She was not overcome by the zealousness of kings and she was not obstinate in her opinion. So she informed the opinions leaders from the members of her state about the letter that was not like other letters. It was a letter from the greatest king of her time and from a Prophet who was calling her to Allah.

And when the members of her state started their arguments (in favor of a war) on the basis of their strength and the large number of their armies, trying to satisfy and flatter her, she did not accept their opinions and did not agree with them. Instead, she warned them about the dire consequences mentioning the conduct of the victorious rulers with the conquered nations and the state of those nations after being defeated and subjugated.

She said: “this will be condition of our country and our nation.” She told them that she will send gifts and novelties to Suleman (peace be upon him) in order to test him. “If he accepts the gift them he is just another king so fight him. If he does not accept them then he is a prophet so obey him.”