For man, there is no eternity.

For man, there is no eternity.’ As soon as Sulaiman heard it, he burst into tears and continued to weep for the entire day. In the evening he summoned the slave-girl in order to find out what had prompted her to recite that poem, but she swore that till that day she had neither come before him nor had she recited any poem. All the other slave-girls vouched for her testimony.

It then struck Sulaiman that the incident had a supernatural dimension attached to it and the thought filled him with great fear and apprehension. Not long afterwards, he departed from the world with the self-conceit that had come to seize him.[^7] Khusrow Parvez Of the kings to whom the Noble Prophet (S) had sent letters inviting them to Islam, one was Khusrow Parvez, the emperor of Iran. The letter was sent to him…