This is instance of a momin.
When a big feat is done by him, he does not claim any credit for that but
acknowledges the Greatness of Allah and believes that He is All Powerful and
everything is done His order. But a distracted man praises himself for any great
feat performed by him and asserts his own greatness. He thinks that he has done
that deed by his own power and wisdom and considers it the result of his own
hardwork. This is the difference between a Muslim and Kafir. While a Muslim is
thankful to Allah and has trust in His power and help, a Kafir has no help. When
the throne of Saba’s queen was placed before Hazrat Suleman (A.S.), he said Make
some changes in it and change it shape slightly. Let’s see whether the queen
recognizes throne or not.”
One day a messenger informed about the arrival of the queen. Hazrat Suleman (A.S.)
called her to his place. As soon as she entered it, her eyes fell on the throne.
When she was looking at it, Hazrat Suleman (A.S.) asked if her throne was also
like that. The queen replied, “It looks the same throne.”
When the queen recognized her throne, Hazrat Suleman (A.S.) told her the entire
story and informed her how it had come there in an instant by the Grace of God.
The queen replied that such a miracle was no more necessary to convince her. “We
had already come to know about you, “The queen said, “we already knew that you
are not a wordly king and that is why we were ready to follow you. However, our
people, who have been worshipping others than Allah for a long time, could not
be reformed immediately and that was a big hurdle.”
Hazrat Suleman (A.S.) did not reply but took her to his palace. His palace was
very well built, with its floor made of crystal glass. When the queen reached
the courtyard of the palace, she thought that further ahead was deep water. She
hesitated to move forward. She was scared to move forward. Hazrat Suleman (A.S.)
said to her, “Don’t worry, it is the floor of crystal glass.”
The queen was astonished to see the grandeur of the palace. She saw that on the
one hand Hazrat Suleman (A.S.) had all the worldly wealth and such splendid
palaces, on the other, he was good-mannered, good charactered and God fearing
person. Anybody else in his place would have been proud of all this and totally
in-different to others. The queen, however, was convinced that Hazrat Suleman (A.S.)
was not an ordinary wordly king but really a prophet of Allah. The she announced
before Hazrat Suleman (A.S.) to embrace Islam and said, “O Lord, I have tortured
myself by having worshipped the sun instead, of You and bowed my head before
others. Now I, with Hazrat Suleman (A.S.) pledge to obey You and affirm that You
alone is the Lord of the Universe, the Sustainer of all and none except You
deserves worship and obedience.
The queen of Saba became Muslim and the objective of Hadrat Suleiman (A.S.) was
thus achieved.
When Hadrat Suleiman (A.S.) was nearing his demise the genii were busy in
constructing a building. Hadrat Suleiman (A.S.) had come to know about his death
well in advance. He also knew that the genii will continue work on the buildings
as long as he was alive but as soon as they came to knew that he was alive but
as soon as they came to knew that he was no more, they would just stop the work.
Hadrat Suleiman (A.S.) wanted to get the building completed. Therefore, he
arranged it so that the genii did not come to know about his death and continued
to believe him as alive. He therefore stood before the building under
construction resting on his stick and the angle of death took out his soul in
the same posture. The genii continued to believe that Hadrat Suleiman (A.S.) was
standing resting on his stick and they went on working till and caught the
stick, The body of Hadrat Suleiman (A.S.) fell down. The genii could this come
to know about his death only after the building was completed. Secondly, the
genii who earlier believed that they were aware of the future events were now
convinced that only Allah knew about the future. If they were aware of future,
they would not have been unaware of his death and would not have suffered the
rigours of the construction work.