The Praise and Glorification of Nabi Sulaimaan (‘alaihis salaam)

الحمد لله الذي سخر لي الرياح وسخر لي الشياطين يعملون ما شئت من محاريب وتماثيل وجفان كالجواب وقدور راسيات وعلمني منطق الطير وآتاني من كل شيء فضلا وسخر لي جنود الشياطين والإنس والطير وفضلني على كثير من عباده المؤمنين وآتاني ملكا عظيما لا ينبغي لأحد من بعدي وجعل ملكي ملكا طيبا ليس فيه حساب

All praise is due to Allah who subjugated the winds for me, subjected the shayaateen to my control, making for me whatever I wish of castles, images, basins like reservoirs, and large cauldrons fixed in their places, and Who taught me the speech of birds, and blessed me with every bounty out of His sheer grace, and subjected to my control the armies of shayaateen, men and birds, and Who favored me over many of His believing slaves, and bestowed me with a magnificent kingdom that will not be granted to anyone after me, and Who made my kingdom such that it is pure and I will not be made to account for it.

Umar bin Za’b mentions:

I was residing in Madinah Munawwarah, and at that time, the supervisor of the workers of the Haram Shareef was Shamsuddeen Sawaab. Shamsuddeen Sawaab was a pious man who would display great kindness and compassion to the poor and destitute. I was quite familiar and well acquainted with him, so one day, he said to me, “Let me tell you a strange incident.” He then narrated the following incident. Shamsudden Sawaab said:

I had a companion who would regularly sit with the governor. Whenever I requested any favor from the governor, I would acquire it through him. One day, this friend came to me and said, “Something very grave transpired today.” I asked him, “What happened?” He replied, “A group of people (Shiahs) from the city of Aleppo came to the governor. They gave him abundant gifts (as a bribe) on condition that he grant them permission to open the Rowdhah Mubaarak and remove the bodies of Hazrat Abu Bakr (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) and Hazrat Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) from the Rowdhah Mubaarak. The governor accepted their bribes and gave them permission to do so.”

It is reported that on one occasion, a beggar came to Hazrat Ali (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) and asked him for some money. Hazrat Ali (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) thus turned to one of his two sons, either Hazrat Hasan or Hazrat Husain (radhiyallahu ‘anhuma), and said, “Go to your mother and tell her that I said, ‘I left six dirhams with you, so send one dirham from the six.’”

The son thus went home to his mother, Hazrat Faatimah (radhiyallahu ‘anha), and conveyed his father’s message, but on returning, he did not have the dirham with him. He said to his father, Hazrat Ali (radhiyallahu ‘anhu), “My mother said that you had left the six dirhams for purchasing flour.” Hearing this, Hazrat Ali (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) said, “A servant’s imaan will not become true and perfect until he has more reliance on that which is in the hand of Allah Ta‘ala compared to what he possesses (i.e. his reliance upon Allah Ta‘ala being the One who fulfills his need should be more than the reliance he has upon his wealth being the means to fulfill his need).”

On the journey of mi’raaj, when Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) met with the souls of the Ambiyaa (‘alaihimus salaam), then each one of them praised and glorified Allah Ta‘ala in a unique manner.

The Praise and Glorification of Nabi Ebrahim (‘alaihis salaam)

Nabi Ebrahim (‘alaihis salaam) praised Allah Ta‘ala in the following words:

الحمد لله الذي اتخذني خليلا وأعطاني ملكا عظيما وجعلني أمة قانتا يؤتم بي وأنقذني من النار وجعلها عليّ بردا وسلاما

All praise is due to Allah Who blessed me to be His Khaleel (close friend), and granted me great authority, and Who has made me an imaam (in deen) to be followed by people, and made me a devoted servant (to Him), and Who saved me from the fire by making it cool and safe for me.