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Reflections on Surah Saba Ayah 14
فلما قضينا عليه الموت ما دلهم على موته الا دابة الارض تاكل منساته فلما خر تبينت الجن ان لو كانوا يعلمون الغيب ما لبثوا في العذاب المهين ١٤
فَلَمَّا قَضَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ ٱلْمَوْتَ مَا دَلَّهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَوْتِهِۦٓ إِلَّا دَآبَّةُ ٱلْأَرْضِ تَأْكُلُ مِنسَأَتَهُۥ ۖ فَلَمَّا خَرَّ تَبَيَّنَتِ ٱلْجِنُّ أَن لَّوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ ٱلْغَيْبَ مَا لَبِثُوا۟ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْمُهِينِ ١٤
فَلَمَّاﳇ
قَضَيۡنَاﳈ
عَلَيۡهِﳉ
ٱلۡمَوۡتَﳊ
مَاﳋ
دَلَّهُمۡﳌ
عَلَىٰﳍ
مَوۡتِهِۦٓﳎ
إِلَّاﳏ
دَآبَّةُﳐ
ٱلۡأَرۡضِﳑ
تَأۡكُلُﳒ
مِنسَأَتَهُۥۖﳓﳔ
فَلَمَّاﳕ
خَرَّﳖ
تَبَيَّنَتِﳗ
ٱلۡجِنُّﳘ
أَنﳙ
لَّوۡﳚ
كَانُواْﳛ
يَعۡلَمُونَﳜ
ٱلۡغَيۡبَﳝ
مَاﳞ
لَبِثُواْﳟ
فِيﳠ
ٱلۡعَذَابِﳡ
ٱلۡمُهِينِﳢ
١٤ﳣ
When We decreed Solomon’s death, nothing indicated to the ˹subjected˺ jinn that he was dead except the termites eating away his staff.1 So when he collapsed, the jinn realized that if they had ˹really˺ known the unseen, they would not have remained in ˹such˺ humiliating servitude.
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5 years ago · Referencing Ayah 34:14
Was reading through this passage. I don't quite understand why the Jinn felt it like a humiliating punishment when working for Sulayman (as). What did the Jinn do wrong? Or was it really that terrible to work for a great prophet as Sulayman (as)?
2 weeks ago · Referencing Ayah 34:10-14
SEVEN OVERLOOKED FEATURES IN THE STORY OF DAWUD عليه السلام AND SULAIMAN عليه السلام
We know about the softened iron, the wind and the jinn. But seven easily missed scenes in Surah Saba’ (34:10–14) reveal a deeper lesson about work as an act of ibadah.
1. REMEMBRANCE — Before Dawud عليه السلام touches the iron, we hear his voice. The passage opens with the mountains and birds called to join him in praise: (يَا جِبَالُ أَوِّبِي مَعَهُ وَالطَّيْ...
We know about the softened iron, the wind and the jinn. But seven easily missed scenes in Surah Saba’ (34:10–14) reveal a deeper lesson about work as an act of ibadah.
1. REMEMBRANCE — Before Dawud عليه السلام touches the iron, we hear his voice. The passage opens with the mountains and birds called to join him in praise: (يَا جِبَالُ أَوِّبِي مَعَهُ وَالطَّيْ...