46. SAYYIDUNA SULAYMAN AND AN ANT
Sayyiduna Sulayman is the son of Sayyiduna Dawood. He was successor of his blessed father. Allah bestowed him with the status of the Prophethood and the kingship of the whole world and he remained on the throne for a period of forty years. He ruled over humans, jinns, devils, birds, beasts, insects and everything and everyone. He was bestowed with the linguistic knowledge of all the creatures. Therefore, it has been mentioned in the Holy Quran.
And Sulayman became Dawood’s successor; and he said, ‘O people, we have been taught the language of birds, and have been given to us from all things; this surely is a manifest grace’.
Likewise, it has been mentioned at another place in the Glorious Quran:
And We made the wind subservient to Sulayman – its morning course was of a month’s journey and the evening stage was of a month’s journey; and We sprung a stream of molten copper for him; 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 – tall palaces and statues, basins like big pools, and anchored large pots.
It has been narrated that once Sayyiduna Sulayman was passing with all of his armies that consisted of humans as well jinns from the valley of ‘Naml’ situated in Taif or Syria where ants would exist in a large number. The queen of the ants that was female as
well as lame warned all ants and said: ‘O ants! All of you go in your holes otherwise (Sayyiduna) Sulayman and his army may unknowingly crush you under their feet. Sayyiduna Sulaymanheard this speech from a distance of three miles and smiled over it. Therefore, Allah said in the Holy Quran:
Until when they came to the valley of the ants, an ant called out, ‘O ants, enter your houses – may Sulayman and his armies not crush you, unknowingly.’ He therefore smilingly laughed at her speaking.
Moral:
From this Quranic event, we may acquire few moral lessons.
1. Listening to the voice of an ant from a distance of three miles is a miracle of Sayyiduna Sulayman and we have also come to know that the hearing and seeing capabilities of Prophets cannot be compared with the capabilities of ordinary human beings. In fact all the faculties of Prophets are stronger than those of the ordinary people.
2. From the speech of the ant, we also come to know that even ants believe that the companions of any Prophet cannot intentionally oppress anyone because the ant said meaning, that if Sayyiduna Sulayman and his army crush them under their feet, then it will be done unintentionally. Otherwise, being companions of a Prophet they will not oppress anyone deliberately.
Alas! The ants believe that companions of a Prophet never oppress anyone intentionally, but the group of ‘Raafidi sect’ proved to be even worse than the tiny ants that these tyrants falsely accuse the reverend companions of Prophet Muhammad of intentionally casting tyranny against the holy family of Prophet Muhammad and Sayyidatuna Fatimah
3. We have also come to know that laughing of the blessed Prophets is only a smile or an inaudible laugh as it has been mentioned in Ahadees that these prestigious personalities never cut laughter.
A strange event
It is reported that Sayyiduna Qatadah Muhaddis was a scholarly genius and an interdisciplinary erudite scholar. There was no one like him who possessed so much knowledge of Hadees and annotation. Once he visited Kufa and a huge crowd of people gathered around to see him. During his speech, many times he asked the audience that meaning, ‘ask me whatever you want to ask’.
The people were so much impressed from his religious knowledge that all of them remained seated stunned and silent. But when he repeatedly insisted, then Sayyiduna Imam Abu Hanifah who was very young at that time, did not ask anything himself but asked the people to put a question to Sayyiduna Qatadah that in the valley of Naml, the ant whose speech made Sayyiduna Sulayman smile, was male or female?
This question amazed Sayyiduna Qatadah Muhaddis so much that he could not utter a single word in response. Then people inquired from Sayyiduna Imam Abu Hanifah. He replied, ‘That ant was a female’. Sayyiduna Qatadah asked, ‘What is the proof for it?’ Sayyiduna Imam Abu Hanifah replied that in the Holy Quran, feminine gender has been used for that ant. If the ant had been a male, then the masculine gender would have been used. Sayyiduna Qatadah accepted the proof and was amazed over the wisdom and the in-depth knowledge of the Holy Quran that Sayyiduna Imam Abu Hanifah possessed and felt embarrassed over his bragging words.
Source: (QURANIC WONDERS) by ‘ABDUL MUSTAFA A’ZAMI.
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