| Hasan Basri and Qatadah have made the same interpretation of this verse, and the great commentators like Ibn Jarir and Ibn Kathir have adopted the same | In reply to this the commentators have adopted four different points of view: One section of them has related a long story whose details are disputed, but their resume is this: The error committed by the Prophet Solomon was either that one of his wives continued to worship the idols in the palace for forty days and he remained unaware of it, or that he remained confined to his residence for a few days and did not attend to redressing of the oppressed people's grievances |
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| Masukkanlah aku ke Madinah dengan cara yang baik yakni dengan cara memasukkan yang disukai di mana aku tidak melihat sewaktu masuk hal-hal yang tidak aku sukai dan keluarkanlah aku dari Mekah dengan cara yang baik dengan cara mengeluarkan yang membuat hatiku tidak berpaling lagi kepadanya dan berikanlah kepadaku dari sisi Engkau kekuasaan yang menolong | English - Sahih International : He said "My Lord forgive me and grant me a kingdom such as will not belong to anyone after me Indeed You are the Bestower"• Consequently, only one wife conceived and from her also a defective child was born, whom the midwife brought and placed on his throne |
The placing of a mere body on Solomon's throne implied this very satan, who had sat on his -throne.
20| When Solomon came to know of this plot, he hid the child in the clouds so that he was brought up there | |
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| For this he was punished in this way that the child died and fell on his throne as a mere body | Al-Jatsiyah, 23 yakni selain Allah sesungguhnya Engkaulah Yang Maha Pemberi |
If the minimum number of the wives be 60, it would mean that the Prophet Solomon peace be upon him went on having intercourse with them continuously for 10 to 11 hours that night at the rate of six wives per hour, without having a moment's rest.
23| The second section of them says that a son was born to the Prophet Solomon after twenty years | Ampunilah aku dan anugerahkanlah kepadaku kerajaan yang tidak patut dimiliki maksudnya, belum pernah dimiliki oleh seorang jua pun sesudahku artinya, yang tidak layak dimiliki oleh orang selainku |
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| This is supported by a Tradition of the Holy Prophet: "AIIah eradicates by the power of government those evils, which arc not eradicated by the teachings of the Qur'an | In the verses that follow Allah says: When Solomon met with the trial, and he asked Our forgiveness for it, then We subdued the wind and the satans to him |
English - Sahih International : And say "My Lord cause me to enter a sound entrance and to exit a sound exit and grant me from Yourself a supporting authority"• " This is because power is required to check indecency and sin and to enforce the law of justice.
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