Knowledge of the book

Assalamoalaekum

I am sharing two ayahs that inspired me today.

أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم

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 Allah SWT says:

قَالَ عِفْرِيتٌ مِّنَ الْجِنِّ أَنَا۠ ءَاتِيكَ بِهِۦ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَقُومَ مِنْ مَّقَامِكَ  ۖ  وَإِنِّى عَلَيْهِ لَقَوِىٌّ أَمِينٌ
"A powerful one from among the jinn said, I will bring it to you before you rise from your place, and indeed, I am for this [task] strong and trustworthy."
(QS. An-Naml 27: Verse 39)

 Allah SWT says:

قَالَ الَّذِى عِنْدَهُ ۥ  عِلْمٌ مِّنَ الْكِتٰبِ أَنَا۠ ءَاتِيكَ بِهِۦ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَرْتَدَّ إِلَيْكَ طَرْفُكَ  ۚ  فَلَمَّا رَءَاهُ مُسْتَقِرًّا عِنْدَهُ ۥ  قَالَ هٰذَا مِنْ فَضْلِ رَبِّى لِيَبْلُوَنِىٓ ءَأَشْكُرُ أَمْ أَكْفُرُ  ۖ  وَمَنْ شَكَرَ فَإِنَّمَا يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِهِۦ  ۖ  وَمَنْ كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ رَبِّى غَنِىٌّ كَرِيمٌ
"Said one who had knowledge from the Scripture, I will bring it to you before your glance returns to you. And when [Solomon] saw it placed before him, he said, This is from the favor of my Lord to test me whether I will be grateful or ungrateful. And whoever is grateful - his gratitude is only for [the benefit of] himself. And whoever is ungrateful - then indeed, my Lord is Free of need and Generous."
(QS. An-Naml 27: Verse 40)

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First ayah mentions that a powerful jinn mentioned about his strength to do the task of bringing the throne.

Second ayah mentions about the knowledge of the book that other jinn had who offered to bring the throne even more quickly.

I am amazed by the fact that knowledge of the book played a bigger role in achieving tasks in more proficient way as compared to being strong. SubhanAllah.

I ask Allah to give us strength as well. But I ask Allah to give us the knowledge of the book so that we apply it in best possible manner.

Oh Allah give us beneficial knowledge. Ameen.

Language of birds

Assalamoalaekum

I am sharing an ayah that inspired me today.

أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم
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وَوَرِثَ سُلَيْمَانُ دَاوُودَ ۖ وَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ عُلِّمْنَا مَنْطِقَ الطَّيْرِ وَأُوتِينَا مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ ۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ الْفَضْلُ الْمُبِينُ
And Sulaiman was Dawood´s heir, and he said: O men! we have been taught the language of birds, and we have been given all things; most surely this is manifest grace.
(Surah An-Naml,27:16)

وَوَرِثَ And inherited  -  سُلَيْمَٰنُ Sulaiman  -  دَاوُۥدَ Dawood.  -  وَقَالَ And he said,  -  يَٰٓأَيُّهَا \"O  -  ٱلنَّاسُ people!  -  عُلِّمْنَا We have been taught  -  مَنطِقَ (the) language  -  ٱلطَّيْرِ (of) the birds,  -  وَأُوتِينَا and we have been  -  مِن from  -  كُلِّ every  -  شَىْءٍ thing.  -  إِنَّ Indeed,  -  هَٰذَا this  -  لَهُوَ surely, it  -  ٱلْفَضْلُ (is) the favor  -  ٱلْمُبِينُ evident.\"  - 

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Every once in a while I am amazed by birds. In this age of technology I hardly get time to go outside to look at birds. But when I hear them early in the morning I know I missed the time of tahajjud. I wonder how do they wake up every morning so early and do tasbeeh. I wonder what do they say in tasbeeh.

I wonder what do they talk. Every once in a while when I am driving I see a large flock of birds sitting in line on the wires up on the traffic light as if they are having a meeting. I wonder what do they talk in their meeting. Their meetings are quite right than ours.

When i see a flock of birds in the sky in a line, I wish to ask their leader how do they communicate.

Sulaiman عليه السلام was taught language of birds and he mentioned it was a clear bounty.

SubhanAllah.

I realize the advantages of knowing multiple languages. We can communicate with humanity better if we know each other languages. We have a better chance to learn from each other. And on top of that if we know the language of birds, that's truly an obvious bounty.

Only Sulaiman عليه السلام was given this power and he used it so wisely. SubhanAllah

What do we expect of a هد هد a woodpecker? And a wood pecker brought the news of Queen of Saba. And Sulaiman عليه السلام was able to interpret that news. SubhanAllah. And Allah gave him this power. Allah is Great. الله أكبر