وَوَهَبْنَا لِدَاوُۥدَ سُلَيْمَٰنَ ۚ نِعْمَ ٱلْعَبْدُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ
Wa wahabnaa li Daawooda Sulaimaan; ni'mal 'abd; innahoo awwaab
And to David We gave Solomon. An excellent servant, indeed he was one repeatedly turning back [to Allah].
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38:30Ayah 188
5 ayahs in Saad are strongly about repentance. This is one of them.
← Previous on Repentance38:24[David] said, "He has certainly wronged you in demanding your ewe [in addition] to his ewes. And indeed, many associates oppress one another,Next on Repentance →38:35He said, "My Lord, forgive me and grant me a kingdom such as will not belong to anyone after me. Indeed, You are the Bestower."
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And We bestowed on David Solomon his son — what an excellent servant! that is Solomon. Truly he was a penitent soul always returning to God with glorification and remembrance at all times.
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(The Prophet) Solomon son of (the Prophet) David said, "Tonight I will go round (i.e. have sexual
relations with) one hundred women (my wives) everyone of whom will deliver a male child who will
fight in Allah's Cause." On that an Angel said to him, "Say: 'If Allah will.' " But Solomon did not say
it and forgot to say it. Then he had sexual relations with them but none of them delivered any child
except one who delivered a half person. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If Solomon had said: 'If Allah will,' Allah
would have fulfilled his (above) desire and that saying would have made him more hopeful."
(The Prophet) Solomon said, "Tonight I will sleep with (my) ninety wives, each of whom will get a
male child who will fight for Allah's Cause." On that, his companion (Sufyan said that his companion
was an angel) said to him, "Say, "If Allah will (Allah willing)." But Solomon forgot (to say it). He
slept with all his wives, but none of the women gave birth to a child, except one who gave birth to a
halfboy. Abu Huraira added: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If Solomon had said, "If Allah will" (Allah willing),
he would not have been unsuccessful in his action, and would have attained what he had desired."
Once Abu Huraira added: Allah apostle said, "If he had accepted."
I asked Mujahid regarding the prostration in Surat Sa`d. He said, "I asked Ibn `Abbas, 'What evidence
makes you prostrate?' He said, "Don't you recite:--'And among his progeny, David and
Solomon..(6.84). Those are they whom Allah had guided. So follow their guidance.' (6.90) So David
was the one of those prophets whom Prophet (Muhammad) was ordered to follow. David prostrated,
so Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (Muhammad) performed this prostration too.'
Allah's Prophet Solomon who had sixty wives, once said, "Tonight I will have sexual relation (sleep)
with all my wives so that each of them will become pregnant and bring forth (a boy who will grow
into) a cavalier and will fight in Allah's Cause." So he slept with his wives and none of them
(conceived and) delivered (a child) except one who brought a half (body) boy (deformed). Allah's
Prophet said, "If Solomon had said; 'If Allah Will,' then each of those women would have delivered a
(would-be) cavalier to fight in Allah's Cause." (See Hadith No. 74 A, Vol. 4).
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Solomon (the son of) David said, 'Tonight I will sleep with seventy ladies each of
whom will conceive a child who will be a knight fighting for "Allah's Cause.' His companion said, 'If
Allah will.' But Solomon did not say so; therefore none of those women got pregnant except one who
gave birth to a half child." The Prophet (ﷺ) further said, "If the Prophet (ﷺ) Solomon had said it (i.e. 'If Allah
will') he would have begotten children who would have fought in Allah's Cause." Shuaib and Ibn Abi
Az-Zinad said, "Ninety (women) is more correct (than seventy).
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