00:00Assalamu Alaikum!
00:01Walaikum Assalam!
00:02What are you doing, Amir?
00:03I was sharpening my ant eyes, dad and it just looked so cool!
00:23What are you doing, Aamir?
00:24I was looking at the ants, father.
00:26This is an amazing sight.
00:28Why are you so impressed by the ants?
00:30I don't know.
00:32Just look at them.
00:33Despite being so small,
00:35they are so brave.
00:37They always make a queue
00:39before going anywhere.
00:41And they all are hardworking.
00:43This is true, my son.
00:45Now tell me,
00:46have you heard the story of
00:48Prophet Solomon and the ants?
00:51No, father.
00:52I haven't heard it.
00:54Can you tell me?
00:56Inshallah.
00:57Now I will tell you the story.
00:59Come,
01:00I will tell you sitting on the stone.
01:02Listen carefully.
01:03Bismillah.
01:09The story of Prophet Solomon.
01:17In the last part of the story,
01:19we saw how wise Prophet Solomon was.
01:22Even when he was a child.
01:27After the death of Prophet David,
01:30Solomon became the king.
01:33He asked Allah for a state
01:36like no other state.
01:39Allah accepted his prayer.
01:41Allah had blessed the Prophet
01:44with many other talents.
01:46He could command the wind.
01:49Moreover,
01:50he could understand the language
01:52of birds and animals.
01:53Therefore, he could talk to them.
01:56The Prophet ruled the state
01:58with his bravery.
01:59And by the command of Allah,
02:01he built big mosques,
02:02forts, minarets and palaces.
02:05On his way to Ascalon,
02:07Prophet Solomon and his army
02:11were passing through a valley.
02:13When they were passing through the valley,
02:16an ant saw the army
02:18walking in a queue.
02:19He shouted,
02:21let the other ants know.
02:23Run to your homes
02:25or else Solomon and his army
02:27will crush you for no reason.
02:29The Prophet was very surprised to hear this.
02:31He thought,
02:32even a small ant knows
02:35that I am a Prophet.
02:37Solomon thanked Allah
02:40for saving the ant's life.
02:42The army of Solomon
02:44had Jinn and birds.
02:46All of them were blessed
02:48with discipline and honor.
02:49And the Prophet
02:51had instructed them to be strict.
02:54Despite this,
02:55a bird was not present
02:56without his permission.
02:59This was bothering him.
03:02However,
03:03the bird soon started
03:05telling the story of his absence.
03:07The small bird was roaming
03:10in the areas where the Prophet had not yet gone.
03:14I have searched for something
03:16that you do not know about.
03:18I have brought an important news from the Saba.
03:22The Prophet's anger subsided
03:24and he became restless to know the news.
03:27He said,
03:28the Saba's government is with a queen named Bilqis,
03:31who has a lot,
03:33even a magnificent throne.
03:35But despite all this wealth,
03:38they are worshipping the sun
03:39instead of Allah.
03:42The Prophet wanted to know
03:44if Hudhud was telling the truth.
03:46So he sent a message to the queen.
03:49The bird took the message
03:51and flew to Bilqis' kingdom.
03:53Hudhud dropped the message in front of the queen
03:56and flew to hide.
03:57The queen opened the letter
03:59and read it.
04:00The Prophet had asked the queen
04:02to believe in Allah in his letter.
04:05The queen was very worried.
04:08So she consulted her ministers.
04:11They told her
04:13that although they had the power to wage war in their country,
04:17they wanted to resolve this issue peacefully.
04:21They decided to send their messenger
04:25to the Prophet's palace as a gift.
04:28They asked the messenger
04:30to get information about the Prophet's army and kingdom.
04:38When the messenger reached the Prophet's palace,
04:41he felt
04:42that the Prophet's kingdom was nothing compared to the Sabah's kingdom.
04:50He was surprised to see lions,
04:52tigers and birds serving in the army.
05:00When he entered the palace,
05:02he felt
05:04that the Sabah's wealth was nothing compared to the Prophet's kingdom.
05:09Even the floor of the palace was made of sandalwood and gold.
05:17The Prophet felt
05:19that the messenger had come there to get information about the Sabah.
05:24When the messenger presented gifts to the Prophet,
05:28he was surprised to see the Prophet's impressions.
05:31The Prophet said to him,
05:33Allah has given me wealth and a big kingdom.
05:36Allah has also made me a messenger.
05:39The Prophet asked the messenger not to give him gifts
05:41and to take him back.
05:43He sent a message to the queen to warn her
05:47that if she does not believe in Allah,
05:49her country will be destroyed.
05:51The messenger returned and gave the message to the queen.
05:55He also told her about the strange things that he had seen there.
05:58Instead of doing anything,
06:00the queen decided to take over the Prophet's kingdom.
06:03She told a messenger to inform the Prophet
06:07that she was coming to meet him.
06:09The queen left the Sabah with her royal officers and servants.
06:14When Sulaiman heard this,
06:16he decided to test the queen.
06:20He told the jinn standing in front of him
06:23to bring his throne here before Bilqis reaches here.
06:29As soon as he blinked, the jinn placed his throne in front of him.
06:33The Prophet had called him to the throne for this test
06:36to see if the queen would accept him in a different situation.
06:40When Bilqis entered the palace,
06:42he was warmly welcomed.
06:45The Prophet then pointed to him to sit on the throne,
06:49which was actually his throne.
06:50Bilqis was shocked.
06:53She looked at the throne again and again.
06:55After a lot of hesitation, she said,
06:57It seems that this throne is very similar to my throne.
07:02The Prophet understood that she was smart and clever.
07:05He then invited her to a large courtyard.
07:08The floor of this courtyard was made of a hard glass.
07:11When the queen entered the courtyard,
07:14she thought it was water.
07:16So, she lifted her veil slightly in fear of getting wet.
07:21The Prophet then informed her that it was actually a glass,
07:26not water.
07:27Bilqis was surprised.
07:29She had never seen such things before.
07:32She felt that she was with a very intelligent person,
07:37who was not only a great ruler,
07:40but was also the Prophet of Allah.
07:42When Bilqis returned to the kingdom,
07:44she understood that the sun she was worshipping until now,
07:49was just one of the miracles created by Allah.
07:53The queen stopped worshipping it
07:55and told her people to do the same.
07:58Suleiman was a man of great stature and grandeur.
08:02All the people listened to him.
08:05Just like his life, his death was also unparalleled.
08:09One day, the Prophet was working in a mine.
08:12The Prophet died in the same condition.
08:16For a long time, no one knew about his death,
08:21because he was sitting upright.
08:23The jinn continued to work for many days,
08:26thinking that the Prophet was watching them.
08:30After a few days,
08:31a hungry ant began to bite the Prophet's stick.
08:38And it continued to bite the stick,
08:40until it fell off the Prophet's hands.
08:47When the stick was removed,
08:48the Prophet's body also fell down.
08:51Mashallah, this was an amazing story.
08:55I am happy that you liked the story.
08:57Now it's time for questions.
08:59Yes, father, I am ready.
09:01Okay, now tell me,
09:03what powers did the Prophet have?
09:07Hmm, he was an expert in understanding the language of animals.
09:11And he could command the wind.
09:14Very good, that's right.
09:16Now the next question.
09:18When the Prophet was going with the army,
09:20did the ants think that the Prophet would kill them deliberately?
09:25No, the ants felt that he was a Prophet.
09:28That's why they were making noise
09:30that the Prophet could kill them unknowingly.
09:33That's the right answer.
09:34Now tell me, why did the ant go missing?
09:37Hmm, the ant was looking for land for the Prophet.
09:42Then he found the kingdom of Sabah.
09:45That's the right answer again.
09:46What answer did the Prophet send to the Queen of Sabah?
09:50Hmm, the Prophet sent his greetings
09:52and asked the Queen to believe in Allah.
09:56And did the Queen believe in Allah?
09:59Not before.
10:00The Queen sent gifts to the Prophet
10:02so that he could make him happy.
10:04She asked the Prophet to get information about his army.
10:08Why didn't the Prophet accept the gifts?
10:11The Prophet told him
10:12that he had received special gifts from Allah.
10:16That's why he returned the gifts.
10:18Did Bilqis get angry that the gifts were not accepted?
10:22No, Bilqis decided to take more of the kingdom of the Prophet.
10:26And what did she feel when she met the Prophet?
10:29The Queen felt that the Prophet was not only a wise man,
10:34but also a Prophet of Allah.
10:37Mashallah, you gave the right answer today, my child.
10:41I will meet you again tomorrow with another story.
10:45Goodbye.
10:46Goodbye, father.
10:59Al-Fatiha
