Sheba, Sheba, what have you done?

"The Qur'an, the central religious text of Islam, mentions the kingdom of the Queen by name (Sheba) in the 34th Chapter. Arab sources name her Balqis, Bilqis or Bilquis. The Qur'anic narrative, from sura 27 (An-Naml), has Suleiman (Solomon) getting reports from the Hoopoe bird about the kingdom of Saba (Sheba), ruled by a queen whose people worship the Sun instead of god.

Suleiman (Solomon) sends a letter inviting her to submit fully to the one god, allah, lord of the worlds according to the Islamic text. The Queen of Sheba is unsure how to respond and asks her advisors for counsel. They reply by reminding her that they are "of great toughness" in a reference to their willingness to go to war should she choose to. She replies that she fears if they were to lose, Suleiman may behave as any other king would: 'entering a country, despoiling it and making the most honorable of its people its lowest'. She decides to meet with Suleiman in order to find out more.

Suleiman receives her response to meet him and asks if anyone can bring him her throne before she arrives. A jinn under the control of Suleiman proposed that he will bring it before Suleiman rises from his seat. One who had knowledge of the "Book" proposed to bring him the throne of Bilqis 'in the twinkling of an eye' and accomplished that immediately.

The queen arrives at his court, is shown her throne and asked: does your throne look like this? She replied: (It is) as though it were it.

When she enters his crystal palace she accepts abrahamic monotheism and the worship of one god alone, allah."

Mais aqui

Queen of Sheba’s Temple of the Sun ruins, Marib, Yemen, 1994 by Samer Mohdad

Queen of Sheba's temple restored

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