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38 SLANDERS ON MUSLIMS IN HISTORY

They will have a terrible punishment on the Day when
their tongues and hands and feet will testify against
them about what they were doing. On that Day, Allah will
pay them in full what is due to them, and they will know
that He is the Clear Truth. (Surat an-Nur, 23-25)

SLANDERS AGAINST THE PROPHET
SOLOMON (AS)

It is revealed in the Qur’an that the Prophet Solomon (as)
possessed great wealth and power. He sought all of his
wealth and power so as to remember Allah, and was grateful
to Him at all times due to his full awareness that these were a
gift and a grace from Him.
Surat al-Baqara states that those who denied Allah’s
book believed in what the satans said to them about the
Prophet Solomon’s (as) reign:
When a messenger comes to them from Allah confirm-
ing what is with them, a group of those who have been
given the Book disdainfully toss the Book of Allah
behind their backs, just as if they did not know. They fol-
low what the satans recited in the reign of Solomon.
Solomon did not become an unbeliever, but the satans
did… (Surat al-Baqara, 101-102)
Unbelievers, slanderers, and those who seek to compro-
mise believers have invented lies about the Prophet
Solomon’s (as) reign. However, the Prophet Solomon (as)
lived in full awareness that wealth is a gift of Allah and, as His
prophet, he was always grateful for what our Almighty Lord
had bestowed upon him. He always used his wealth and