The Lord tried Solomon: and tested him by wresting his kingdom from him,



It was a trial, the Quran does not give the details of this trial but we can speculate that King Solomon who was fair, very strict and firm had many enemies.

Some of the stories say that the jinn (some of them hated Solomon) participate with some men to force from him his kingdom; anyway, the trial was by loss of his kingdom for few weeks but he finally won and controlled his kingdom again. Then he asked his Lord to forgive him, support him and grant him a kingdom that shall not belong to anyone after him. This also means that will not be taken from him as the first time.

It should be emphasized that Allah gave every prophet the option to ask anything and He would give him whatever he wants. King Solomon was a prophet and Allah granted him his unique wish. It follows that No one after King Solomon whosoever had a kingdom like him!

Allah made the wind subservient to him so that it ran softly by his command wherever he wished;

Also, Allah made the devils subservient to him so that they worked by his command. Some of the subservient devils were builder who built for him marvelous edifices and palaces. Other subservient devils were diver who used to dive into the bottom of the sea and bringing up pearls!

And other devils were linked together in chains in iron chains, in shackles with their hands tied to their necks (arrested!); these are the rebellious devils that were never entrusted with any work except that they rebelled,

Allah said to Solomon: This is our gift; this is our sovereignty, we bestowed you O Solomon. We made you a sovereign over the devils, favor that you will among the rebellious and relieve them from their chains, (or withhold) or keep them chained, (without reckoning) without taking anyone to task or incur a sin as a result; in other words, without your being called to account for any of this.

This indicates that King Solomon was devoted totally to his Lord and Allah loved him and bestowed him with a unique amazing kingdom!

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38:34-40

34] Indeed, we tried Solomon and placed a body upon his throne, and then he repented and turned (to Allah in true devotion.

35] He said: 'forgive me my lord, and grant me a kingdom the like of which will not befall any after me, surely, you are the giver and the One who bestow. '

36] So we made the wind subservient to him; so that it ran softly by his command wherever he wished;

37] and the Devils, every builder and diver

38] And others joined together in chains by (iron) fetters.

39] (Saying): this is our free gift, therefore give freely or withhold, without reckoning

40] And he enjoyed, indeed, a near approach and close rank to us, and a beautiful place of (final) return.

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It is amazing that the Quran declares these facts about King Solomon and his unique Kingdom; such facts are not mentioned in the Bible. On the other hand, the Bible declares that King Solomon loved many foreign women; He had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines! His women (1000) led him astray; and turned his heart after other gods!!

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Back to the main issue of my series of articles; this is my question to you smart readers: "Is the Quran quoted from the Bible?"

By the way, the disbelieved ignorant Arabs stated that the Quran quoted from the Bible more than 1400 years ago! (Read my article about chapter 25).