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THE COURAGE OF THE FA I T H F U L

She said, "Council! Give me your opinion about this mat-
ter. It is not my habit to make a final decision until I have
heard what you have to say."
They said, "We possess strength and we possess great force.
But the matter is in your hands so consider what you com -
mand."

She said, "When kings enter a city, they lay waste to it and
make its mightiest inhabitants the most abased. That is
what they too will do. I will send them a gift and then wait
and see what the messengers bring back."
When it reached Sulayman he said, "Would you give me
wealth when what Allah has given me is better than what
He has given you? No, rather it is you who delight in your

gift. Return to them. We will come to them with troops they
cannot face and we will expel them from it abased and hu -
miliated." (Surat an-Naml, 29-37)
This determination and courage of Prophet Sulayman (as), not
tainted with any desire for anything of this world, but aimed solely
for seeking the good pleasure of Allah, affected the Queen of Sheba
deeply, and brought her to the faith:
... She said, "My Lord, I have wronged myself but I have
submitted with Sulayman to the Lord of all the worlds."

(Surat an-Naml, 44)

Prophet Nuh (as)
Prophet Nuh (as) was one of the prophets who preached the re-

ligion of Allah with great determination to a tribe that refused to
heed his words. Prophet Nuh (as) tried for a very long period of

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