The terrestrial and celestial, the thoroughly co-ordinated universal system and the outcome for every activity itself testifies that this great venture could never be an aimless exercise. Everyone is assigned a role in this system bearing a result. The infidels misconceive that it is only this temporal life that matters and if they can make money or acquire power here, they have succeeded. But they will deeply regret when they will have to enter the Fire forever. Even in this mundane system, anything done in the wrong way is not carried as right. How can then Allaah^-SWT take a wrongdoer wicked person to be equal to the pious with sound beliefs? So will He^-SWT consider His^-SWT beloved at par with the iniquitous? No one ought to harbour any misunderstanding over it. Allaah^-SWT has revealed this Book unto His^-SWT Prophet^-SW, a treasure of Barakah, to be pondered over. However, to benefit from it through contemplation calls for common sense and wisdom and only those with sound mind, unimpaired by sins, will grasp the Divine Purpose.

 

Pious Progeny is a Divine Reward

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As an additional favour to Prophet Daud^-AS, Allaah^-SWT rewarded him with an illustrious son Sulaiman^-AS, a wonderful person. Extremely diligent in Allaah^-SWT ’s obedience, he zealously sought His^-SWT Nearness. One afternoon, horses of superior breed and excellent looks were brought to him for inspection. He was so deeply occupied in it that the sun had set and he missed Allah^-SWT's Remembrance, the very source of His^-SWT Nearness!

 

Worship and Zikr Leading to His^-SWT Nearness, Better be Expiated if Missed

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He ordered the horses to be brought back and sacrificed them with his own hands in Allah^-SWT's Name. So if worship or Zikr is missed, it is commendable to expiate through alms or by offering Nawafil or by any means permissible in Shari'ah, as an admonition for the future.

 

Prophet Sulaimain^-AS faced yet another trial in that a corpse was thrown on his throne. No explanation is recorded in Hadith nor has the Quran elaborated on it. The Commentators hint at a number of possibilities. The Quranic context, however, suggests the possibility of an incompetent person seizing control of his throne, indeed a great trial to lose such a magnificent kingdom. However, being a Prophet-^AS and His^-SWT beloved, he was unmoved and turned to Allaah^-SWT with greater fervour, as kingdom or rule was not his aim. His coveted goal was Allah^-SWT's Pleasure, which he enjoyed in any case. Once the trial was over, he prayed to Allaah^-SWT to relent so that he may always be a seeker of His^-SWT Pleasure. However, in order to enforce His^-SWT Will on the land, he sought rule over a mighty and a matchless kingdom, which nobody could even dream of after him.

 

To Strive and Pray for Power to Establish Allah^-SWT 's Din

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Firmly believing that Allaah^-SWT can bestow everything, he prayed for a magnificent kingdom beyond human imagination. It is obvious here that whereas State power in its essence is not a good thing but if the goal is to enforce Islam, it is necessary and commendable to strive for it. Allaah^-SWT gave him rule over everything on the face of earth, including the winds. Whenever and wherever he wanted to travel, the winds would carry him and his legions in no time. The Jinn were also placed under his command. Some constructed buildings while others retrieved gems and pearls from the seabed. The negligent qualified for punishment and the Prophet^-AS duly punished and enchained them. Allaah^-SWT gave him a free hand to disburse His^-SWT bounties at will while his true status will be manifested in the Akhirah.