46. JINN AND ANIMALS WERE UNDER CONTROL
One of the special miracles and a distinguishing specialty of the kingdom of Sayyiduna Sulayman is that not only human beings were obedient to him, but even the jinn beings and animals were under his command and control. This was all by virtue of the
supplication that Sayyiduna Sulayman implored in the court of Allah
My Lord! Forgive me and bestow upon me a kingdom, which shall not befit anyone after me; indeed only you are the Great Bestower.’
Allah accepted his supplication and blessed him with such a marvellous and amazing kingdom that was not given to anyone before him and after him.
It has been reported by Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah that one day the Beloved and Blessed Prophet said: Last night, a rebellious jinn tried to disturb my Salah. Allah blessed
me with the control over him and I caught him. Later on, I intended to tie him with the pillar of the Masjid, so that you all could see him in the daytime. However, at that time, I recalled the following supplication of my brother Sulayman
As soon as I recalled this, I set him free.
This saying of the Holy Prophet clearly indicates that undoubtedly Allah has blessed him cumulatively with all the distinctions and miracles that were blessed to all other Prophets and Apostles individually. Therefore, he also possesses the power to dominate the jinn beings. But since Sayyiduna Sulayman had prayed for that distinction, so the Holy Prophet did not consider it to be appropriate to express that very authority. The miraculous sovereignty of Sayyiduna Sulayman has been mentioned in the following verses of the Holy Quran also:
- And among the devils, were those who dived (in water) for him and did works other than this; and we had kept them restrained.
It is mentioned in Surah Saba:
- And from the jinns, who worked before him by the command of his Lord; and those among them who turned away from our command – We shall make them taste the punishment of the blazing fire. They made for him whatever he wished lofty palaces and statues, basins like big pools, and anchored large pots.
It is mentioned in Surah An-Naml:
- And they were gathered for Sulayman, his armies of jinns and men, and of birds – then they used to be restricted.
It is mentioned in Surah Saad:
- And made the devils (jinns) subservient to him, all builders and divers. And other devils bound in chains. ‘This is Our bestowal –you may therefore bestow favours (upon whom you like) or withhold them – you will not be questioned.’
Moral:
Some infidels deny the exhibition of miracles and existence of jinns and utter absurd comments as regards to explanation of these Quranic verses. They use to say that the word ‘jinn’ refers to a human tribe that was very strong and monstrous in that era and they could not be subdued by anyone except Sayyiduna Sulayman
Similarly, regarding the animals and their subjection under Sayyiduna Sulayman, they proclaim that the mention of this in the Holy Quran is only regarding the [woodpecker] which is not in reference to the bird, but ‘woodpecker’ was the name of a person who was appointed for the water research. Those expressing such vain and baseless comments either purposely alter the message of the Holy Quran out of their unbelief or they continue insisting their ideas without any proof being ignorant to the teachings of the Holy Quran. We must believe that the Holy Quran has mentioned in various sections that jinns are a different creature of Allah other than human beings. See this verse of
the Holy Quran which explicitly proves this fact:
And I created the jinns and men, that they must worship Me.
Now see in this Quranic verse that by mentioning jinn to be a separate creation other than men, the wisdom behind the creation of both of them has been mentioned. Therefore, in the light of this verse, it is utter ignorance to deduce that jinns are a strongly built group of human beings. Similarly, Allah has clearly mentioned the woodpecker as a bird in the Holy Quran and said:
That is Sayyiduna Sulayman surveyed the birds. Therefore, after this clarification, one has no right to have even minute opinion contradictory to this fact. If someone says that ‘woodpecker’ was not a bird rather it was some person, can such a westernized person
be considered knowledgeable! In fact, he is sunk in the abyss of ignorance.
Source: (QURANIC WONDERS) by ‘ABDUL MUSTAFA A’ZAMI.
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