| --This whole story, from the beginning to the end, is nonsensical and absurd, which the converts from among the Jews and Christians took from the Talmud and other Israelite traditions and spread it among the Muslims | This is supported by a Tradition of the Holy Prophet: "AIIah eradicates by the power of government those evils, which arc not eradicated by the teachings of the Qur'an |
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| 中国语文 - Ma Jian : 他说：我的主啊！求你赦宥我，求你赏赐我一个非任何人所宜继承的国权。 Melayu - Basmeih : Katanya " Wahai Tuhanku Ampunkanlah kesilapanku dan kurniakanlah kepadaku sebuah kerajaan yang tidak ada taranya dan yang tidak akan ada pada sesiapapun kemudian daripadaku; sesungguhnya Engkaulah yang sentiasa Melimpah kurniaNya "• As soon as he lost the ring he was deprived of his powers and he remained wandering from place to place for forty days; in the interval the satan continued to rule in the guise of Solomon | Furthermore, though it is understandable why the Prophet Solomon asked for Allah's forgiveness on the birth of the child, one fails to understand why, along with the prayer for forgiveness, he prayed: "My Lord, grant me a kingdom as may belong to no one else after me |
Some people have gone to the extent to say that during that period even the chastity of the women in the royal household did not remain safe from the satan.
| At one place the number of the wives has been stated as 60 and at others 70 or 90 or 99 or 100 | What is really "worldliness" is that one should desire and acquire power for one's own interest |
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| It is strange that some of our well known scholars took these traditions as authentic and cited them as the explanation of the allusions of the Qur'an, whereas neither is there any truth in Solomon's ring, nor could his glorious works be attributed to any ring, nor had the satans been given the power that they might disguise themselves as Prophets and mislead the people, nor can it be imagined about Allah that He would punish a Prophet for an error in such a manner as to enable a satan to corrupt and destroy a whole community, disguised as a prophet | 中国语文 - Ma Jian : 你说：我的主啊！求你使我顺利而入，求你使我顺利而出，求你赏赐我从你那里发出的权柄，以作我的辅弼。 Then, no sooner did he get the ring than the jinns and men presented themselves humbly before him |
" From these words no one can understand that the mere body implied the body of the Prophet Solomon himself.
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