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Dawud and Sulayman
داود وسليمان عليهما السلام
Dawud was given kingship and wisdom and the Zabur. The mountains and the birds echoed his tasbih. Sulayman inherited him. The wind was made to run for him. The jinn worked under his eye. He understood the speech of birds. The Quran tells the ant, the hoopoe, and Bilqis — the queen of Saba — without turning it into a romance.
When Sulayman died, the jinn kept working until a creature of the earth ate his staff and he fell. They knew then that the unseen was not theirs.
From the Quran
17:55We gave Dawud the Zabur
We gave Dawud the Zabur
38:17Remember Our servant Dawud, the possessor of strength
Remember Our servant Dawud, the possessor of strength
27:16Sulayman inherited Dawud
Sulayman inherited Dawud
27:18The ant warned her people
The ant warned her people
27:22The hoopoe: I have come from Saba with sure news
The hoopoe: I have come from Saba with sure news
34:14When he fell, the jinn knew they had not known the unseen
When he fell, the jinn knew they had not known the unseen
From the Sunnah
Sahih al Bukhari 3417The most beloved fasting to Allah is the fast of Dawud — a day on, a day off
The most beloved fasting to Allah is the fast of Dawud — a day on, a day off
Sahih al Bukhari 1131The most beloved prayer to Allah is the prayer of Dawud
The most beloved prayer to Allah is the prayer of Dawud
The ring, the flying carpet as a children’s cartoon, and the rest — not in the Quran, not in Bukhari. Leave them.