All were filled with amazement as to how...

All were filled with amazement as to how, in fun, they had managed to chain a killer and hand him over to the authorities.[^3] Fish from the Sky Men are governed by destiny and decree; God grants to His servants what He knows is good and beneficial for them. The late Sheikh Muhammad Husain Moulavi narrates: In the midst of World War II, I was compelled to enter Bahrain.

On a wide scale, the people of Bahrain stated: Due to the war and non-provision of supplies, for a whole week we had to remain hungry; our grains and crops had all become exhausted. All of us thronged into the mosque and Husainiyyah and began to pray. Later we observed that, by the order of God, a vapour ascended from the sea. This vapour soon transformed itself into a cloud and a strange rain, which was accompanied by fish, poured down upon us.

The fish was of excellent quality, and managed to sustain us for a week till food supplies eventually reached us![^4] I’zraaeel, the Companion of Prophet Sulaiman One day I'zraaeel entered the assembly of Prophet Sulaiman (peace be upon him). In that gathering, he persistently stared at one of the associates of Sulaiman (peace be upon him) and after a short while, departed from the gathering. After he had left, the person asked Prophet Sulaiman (peace be upon him): Who was that person?

I'zraaeel, he (peace be upon him) replied. The man remarked: He kept looking at me as if he intended to seize my soul . Prophet Sulaiman (peace be upon him) inquired: What do you desire now? The man said: Order the wind to take me to India so that I may be far away from him. Prophet Sulaiman (be upon him) commanded the wind, which took the person to India. The next time Prophet Sulaiman (peace be upon him) met I'zraaeel, he asked: Why were you staring at one of my associates?

He replied: I had been ordered by God to seize the soul of that person, in a short while from that time, in India! But seeing him there left me greatly astonished. However, when I went to India at the appointed [^5] hour, I found him there and seized his soul there. [^6] The Hoopoe One day, the army of Prophet Sulaiman (peace be upon him) which also included the birds, convened a regal gathering in front of him (peace be upon him).

All of them, exhibiting utmost decorum and civility, stood before him (peace be upon him); each of the birds informed him (peace be upon him) of the skill and knowledge that it possessed till it was the turn of the hoopoe.