Do Thou forgive me and grant me a kingdom which is not fit for any one after me...
Do Thou forgive me and grant me a kingdom which is not fit for any one after me; You are the Bestower." (38:35) قَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَهَبْ لِي مُلْكًا لَا يَنْبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ مِنْ بَعْدِي ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ Asking For A Heart Full Of Wisdom Having acceded to the throne, Solomon gathered the children of Israel to offer sacrifice. He offered a thousand sacrifices and on the same night, he saw in a dream as if the Lord says: Ask whatever you wish so that I will grant to you.
Solomon said: O Lord! You gave a great blessing to Dawud and made Your servant, Solomon a king after him. Therefore give me a heart full of wisdom so that I will rule with justice among Your servants and distinguish between good and bad.
وَجَمَعَ سُلَيْمَانَ بَنِي إِسْرائِيلَ لِيُقَرِّبَ قُرْبَانًا فَقَرَّبَ أَلْفَ ذَبِيحَةٍ، فَرَأَى سُلَيْمَانُ في لَيْلَةٍ كَانَ الرَّبَّ يَقُولُ لَهُ: سَلْ مَا أَحْبَبْتَ لأُعْطِيَكَ، فَقَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ: أَنْتَ يَا رَبِّ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلى دَاوُودَ النِّعْمَةَ الْعَظِيمَةَ وَصَيَّرْتَ عَبْدَكَ سُلَيْمَانَ مَلِكًا بَعْدَهُ فَأَعْطِني قَلْبًا حَكِيمًا لأَحْكُمَ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ بِالْعَدْلِ وَأَفْهَمُ الْخَيْرَ وَالشَّرّ.َ (الخ( His Hospitality Imam Sadeq has reported that Prophet Solomon received his guests with meat and bread the flour of which was sifted several times whereas the meal of his family was a bread the flour of which was unsifted.
He himself ate of oat bread. Prophet Solomon fed people with delicious food in his kingdom but he himself ate oat bread. قَالَ الصّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ: كَانَ سُلَيْمَانُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ يُطْعِمُ أَضْيَافَهُ اللَّحْمَ بِالْحَواري وَعِيَالَهُ الْخُشْكار وَيَأْكُلُ هُوَ الشَّعيرَ غَيْرَ مَنْخُولٍ. Mixing With The Poor When it was morning, Solomon turned away from the rich to go and sit with the poor saying a poor is sitting with the poor.
وَكَانَ سُلَيْمَانُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ إِذا أَصْبَحَ تَصَفَّحَ وُجُوهَ الأَغْنِياءِ وَالأَشْرافِ حَتّى يَجِيءَ إِلى الْمَسَاكِينَ وَيَقْعُدُ مَعَهُمْ وَيَقُولُ: (مِسكِينٌ مَعَ الْمَسَاكِينِ.) The Virtue Of Glorification Of God It has been reported that once Solomon was riding when he passed by a man of the children of Israel. Birds were casting their shade over Solomon. Jinns and men were on his right and left. The man said: By Allah, O son of Dawud! God has given you a great kingdom.
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