[41] وعنه...

[41] وعنه، قال: حدثنا أبي (رضي الله عنه)، قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى العطار، عن الحسين بن الحسن بن أبان، عن محمد بن اورمة، عن الحسن بن علي، عن علي بن عقبة، عن بعض أصحابنا، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، قال: «لقد شكرت الشياطين الأرضة حين أكلت عصا سليمان (عليه السلام) حتى سقط، و قالوا: عليك الخراب، و علينا الماء و الطين، فلا تكاد تراها في موضع إلا رأيت ماء و طينا And from him, who said, ‘My father narrated to me, from Muhammad Bin Yahya Al-Ataar, from Al-Husayn Bin Al-Hassan Bin Aban, from Muhammad Bin Owramat, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Uqba, from one of our companions, ‘Abu Abdullah -asws has said: ‘The satans -la went to thank the woodworm when it ate the staff of Suleyman -as until he -as fell, and said, ‘To you is the ruination, and to us is the water and the clay’, and they could not see it in its place except that they saw the water and clay’.

[42] في كتاب كمال الدين وتمام النعمة باسناده إلى محمد بن جعفر عن أبيه عن جده عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه واله قال: عاش سليمان بن داود سبعمأة سنة واثنى عشر سنة In the book Kamal-Al-Deen Wa Tamaam Al-Ne’mat, by his chain going up to Muhammad Bin Ja’far, from his father, from his grandfather, who has said from, ‘Rasool-Allah -saww having said: ‘Suleyman -as Bin Dawood -as lived for seven hundred and twelve years’.

[43] VERSES 15 – 19 لَقَدْ كَانَ لِسَبَإٍ فِي مَسْكَنِهِمْ آيَةٌ ۖ جَنَّتَانِ عَنْ يَمِينٍ وَشِمَالٍ ۖ كُلُوا مِنْ رِزْقِ رَبِّكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوا لَهُ ۚ بَلْدَةٌ طَيِّبَةٌ وَرَبٌّ غَفُورٌ {15} Certainly, there was a Sign for Saba in their dwellings of two gardens on the right and left: “Eat from the sustenance of your Lord and be thankful to Him!” A good city and a Forgiving Lord [34:15] فَأَعْرَضُوا فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَيْلَ الْعَرِمِ وَبَدَّلْنَاهُمْ بِجَنَّتَيْهِمْ جَنَّتَيْنِ ذَوَاتَيْ أُكُلٍ خَمْطٍ وَأَثْلٍ وَشَيْءٍ مِنْ سِدْرٍ قَلِيلٍ {16} But they turned aside, so We Sent upon them a surging flood and Replaced for them with two gardens with bitter fruit, and shrubs, and a few lote-trees [34:16] ذَٰلِكَ جَزَيْنَاهُمْ بِمَا كَفَرُوا ۖ وَهَلْ نُجَازِي إِلَّا الْكَفُورَ {17} That was our Retaliation due to their committing Kufr; and do We Retaliate except for the Kufr?

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