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the Queen of Sheba

Cited in 6 segments across 2 recordings · 2019 to 2021 · person/person:queen-of-sheba

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6 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Was Solomon's hudhud really a bird? The hudhud is addressed in Arabic forms used only for humans, so Mufti Abu Layth reads it as a person, perhaps an agent of Solomon's intelligence service, and he rejects a reading that makes a prophet steal a throne. Lessonguest speechSulayman (Solomon)hudhud (hoopoe)the Queen of Shebazindiq machine4 min 27 s3:36:01on YouTube
8 Jan 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran Does the Quran criticise the Queen of Sheba for ruling over men? No: the Quran portrays her as a woman of great power over male ministers and never rebukes her for it. Lessonposition checkedthe Queen of ShebaSulayman (Solomon)Quran 27:23 (I found a woman ruling over them, given of everything, with a mighty throne)hudhud (hoopoe) machine2 min 32 s15:58on YouTube
8 Jan 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran What does the Quran say about kings in the story of Sheba? The Queen's saying that kings ruin the towns they enter raises the question of what gives anyone the right to rule others. Lessonposition checkedthe Queen of ShebaSulayman (Solomon)Quran 27:34 (kings, when they enter a town, ruin it) machine2 min 34 s24:54on YouTube
8 Jan 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran Did a jinn really bring the Queen of Sheba's throne to Sulayman? Mufti Abu Layth doubts it: following Athari's tafsir, the 'jinn' here were a division of Sulayman's forces, one of three branches of his state. Lessonposition checkedSulayman (Solomon)the Queen of ShebaMaulana Abdul Karim Athari [?]Tafsir Urwat al-Wuthqa [?] (Abdul Karim Athari) machine6 min 26 s27:28on YouTube
8 Jan 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran Did Prophet Sulayman steal the Queen of Sheba's throne? No: he reads the story as Sulayman having a grander replica made from a detailed description, since prophets do not steal thrones. Lessonposition checkedSulayman (Solomon)the Queen of ShebaMaulana Abdul Karim Athari [?]Tafsir Urwat al-Wuthqa [?] (Abdul Karim Athari) machine6 min 57 s33:54on YouTube
8 Jan 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran What happened when the Queen of Sheba came to Sulayman? She was shown a throne grander than hers in a mere waiting room and humbled, then became Muslim; her uncovering her legs on the glass floor was no obscenity. Lessonposition checkedthe Queen of ShebaSulayman (Solomon)Quran 27:42 (is your throne like this? it is as though it were)Quran 27:44 (enter the palace; she thought it a pool and uncovered her shins) machine4 min 18 s40:51on YouTube