[3] ‘From Abu Abdullah -asws (6 th Imam) regarding the Words of the Exalted...

[3] ‘From Abu Abdullah -asws (6 th Imam) regarding the Words of the Exalted: Work gratefully, family of Dawood, [34:13] . He -asws said: ‘They were eighty men and seventy women. No man from them would come up suddenly to the prayer niche he -as was praying Salat in it (but, ask permission), and they were the family of Dawood -as . When Dawood -as passed away, Suleyman -as ruled. He -as said: ‘O you people!

We -as know the talk of the birds!’ Allah -azwj Made subservient to him -as the Jinn and the humans, and he -as did not hear of any kingdom in an area of the earth except he -as came to it until he -as entered it and entered it into his -as Religion. And the wind was Made subservient to him -as .

It was so that whenever he -as went out to his -as gathering, the birds would dedicate themselves upon him -as and the Jinn and the humans would stand up; and it was so that whenever he -as wanted to battle, he -as would order with his -as military camp (to be set up), and a wooden platform would be set out for him -as , then the people, and the animals and the instruments of the war would be made to be upon it, all of it, until when he -as had carried with him -as what he -as wanted, he -as would order the violent wind, so it would enter under the wooden platform and carry it until it would end up with him -as to wherever he -as wanted, and its advent would be a month and its return a month’’.

[4] ‘From Abu Abdullah -asws (6 th Imam) regarding His -azwj Words: They were making for him whatever he so desired, from the prayer Niches, and figurines [34:13] , so he -asws said: ‘By Allah -azwj ! These were not images of the men and the women, but the images of the tree, and it’s like’’.

[5] ‘From Abu Al-Hassan Ali -asws Bin Musa Al-Reza -asws (8 th Imam) from his -asws father -asws Musa -asws Bin Ja’far -asws , from his -asws father -asws Ja’far -asws Bin Muhammad -asws having said: ‘One day Suleyman -as Bin Dawood -as said to his -as companions: ‘Surely, Allah -azwj Blessed and Exalted has Gifted to me -as a kingdom which is not befitting for anyone from after me -as .

He -azwj Made subservient to me -as , the wind, and the humans, and the Jinn, and the birds, and the animals, and Taught me -as the speech of the birds, and Gave to me -as from everything, and along with all what He -azwj has Given to me from the kingdom, my -as delight is not complete, day to the night, and I -as would love it that I -as should enter into my -as castle in the morning.