The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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[ Solomon’s love for horses led to his Lord’s remembrance of them ]

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As for their dissatisfaction with what they interpreted as his saying, “We tried Solomon,” that is not that trial. It is the test if it is related to horses, and his test must be if he sees her, does he love her because of my remembrance of her, or does he love her for her eyes?

Then he told the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, that he loved her because of my remembrance of her. His Lord mentioned her, not herself, despite her beauty, her beauty, and his need for her. She is part of the king who requested that no one should do so after him, so the truth answered him to what he asked in total and lifted the embarrassment from him.

And He said to him: This is our gift, so believe or withhold without reckoning. He has it when we mean in the Hereafter, and it is good for me, that is, what this king lacks from the king of the Hereafter, as he does with others, as he lacks the bliss of the Hereafter according to the extent of what you enjoy in this worl


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