WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.809 The story of the Queen of Sheba 00:00:05.809 --> 00:00:11.179 The intelligence of the Queen of Sheba 00:00:11.179 --> 00:00:14.779 Evidence remains in the story of the Queen of Sheba 00:00:14.779 --> 00:00:17.820 It indicates the intelligence of this queen 00:00:17.820 --> 00:00:19.739 And in this episode 00:00:19.739 --> 00:00:23.010 Another proof of her intelligence 00:00:23.010 --> 00:00:26.210 The Prophet of God, Solomon, peace be upon him 00:00:26.210 --> 00:00:31.010 He wanted to test her to find out how smart and intelligent she was 00:00:31.010 --> 00:00:33.969 Until men prevailed over them 00:00:34.130 --> 00:00:35.969 He said to his soldiers 00:00:35.969 --> 00:00:38.210 They denied her her throne 00:00:38.210 --> 00:00:43.409 We will see if you will be guided or will you be among those who are not guided 00:00:43.409 --> 00:00:47.020 I mean, they changed the features of her throne 00:00:47.020 --> 00:00:51.740 This is a big surprise for the Queen of Sheba 00:00:51.740 --> 00:00:53.579 Her throne is in Yemen 00:00:53.579 --> 00:00:57.020 It is far from the kingdom of Solomon 00:00:57.020 --> 00:01:00.859 Transferring the throne takes a long time 00:01:00.939 --> 00:01:04.700 The throne is also heavily guarded 00:01:04.700 --> 00:01:07.579 People's hands will not reach it 00:01:07.579 --> 00:01:10.060 Then changing the features of her throne 00:01:10.060 --> 00:01:12.780 Make him suspicious of the observer 00:01:12.780 --> 00:01:15.739 Is it her throne or not? 00:01:15.739 --> 00:01:17.739 When the Queen of Sheba arrived 00:01:17.739 --> 00:01:21.180 To the Prophet of God Solomon, peace be upon him 00:01:21.180 --> 00:01:23.579 He offered his army the throne to her 00:01:23.579 --> 00:01:25.340 And they told her 00:01:25.340 --> 00:01:27.569 Is this your throne? 00:01:27.569 --> 00:01:30.049 This is the test he wanted 00:01:30.129 --> 00:01:33.859 And the Prophet of God Solomon, peace be upon him 00:01:33.859 --> 00:01:38.079 Here the intelligence of this queen or not appears 00:01:38.079 --> 00:01:42.159 The answer to the question may be yes or no 00:01:42.159 --> 00:01:44.719 If she denied that it was her throne 00:01:44.719 --> 00:01:48.079 Although there are signs indicating it 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:50.239 You will be embarrassed 00:01:50.239 --> 00:01:54.239 Even if it is proven that it is her throne, despite the differences 00:01:54.239 --> 00:01:57.140 You will be embarrassed as well 00:01:57.140 --> 00:01:59.140 But it's her intelligence 00:01:59.140 --> 00:02:01.459 She replied with a sarcastic answer 00:02:01.459 --> 00:02:04.500 She said as if it was him 00:02:04.500 --> 00:02:07.939 She neither proved nor denied 00:02:07.939 --> 00:02:14.750 She passed this test that the Prophet of God, Solomon, peace be upon him, prepared for her 00:02:14.750 --> 00:02:18.270 This is beneficial for those who talk to people 00:02:18.270 --> 00:02:21.949 Pay attention to the third possibility of the answer 00:02:21.949 --> 00:02:26.750 Because some people want to limit the answer to two ways 00:02:26.750 --> 00:02:28.669 Yes or no 00:02:28.750 --> 00:02:30.990 With me or against me 00:02:30.990 --> 00:02:32.750 The smart interlocutor 00:02:32.750 --> 00:02:35.710 He can come up with a third answer 00:02:35.710 --> 00:02:38.939 It did not occur to the questioner 00:02:38.939 --> 00:02:41.500 Here comes an important question 00:02:41.500 --> 00:02:45.259 This is how this smart, intelligent woman 00:02:45.259 --> 00:02:48.860 To fall into violation of common sense 00:02:48.860 --> 00:02:53.180 So you worship the sun, which does no harm or benefit 00:02:53.180 --> 00:02:56.460 Where did her intelligence and acumen go? 00:02:56.460 --> 00:03:00.139 Didn't her mind guide her to the corruption of this act? 00:03:00.139 --> 00:03:03.580 To prostrate to the sun instead of God 00:03:03.580 --> 00:03:10.539 Such a question may be asked today by scholars in different scientific specializations 00:03:10.539 --> 00:03:13.259 He has great inventions 00:03:13.259 --> 00:03:16.860 However, some of them worship idols 00:03:16.860 --> 00:03:21.819 Some of them say that three are one and one is three 00:03:21.819 --> 00:03:24.699 No explanation is known for it 00:03:24.699 --> 00:03:29.419 Didn't their mind guide them to worship the One Almighty God? 00:03:29.419 --> 00:03:32.060 And the invalidity of what they worship 00:03:32.060 --> 00:03:37.340 The answer comes to us in the Holy Qur’an from the All-Knowing, the All-Aware, Glory be to Him 00:03:37.340 --> 00:03:39.580 To show us where the error is 00:03:39.580 --> 00:03:45.180 What happened to people like these from the Queen of Sheba and others 00:03:45.180 --> 00:03:51.819 Let people know that every question may be answered or put to the human mind 00:03:51.819 --> 00:03:54.539 He has an answer in the Book of God 00:03:54.539 --> 00:03:58.159 Either in general or as an explanation 00:03:58.159 --> 00:04:02.159 God Almighty said in explaining the answer to this question 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:06.400 What prevented her from worshiping other than God 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:11.039 She was from an unbelieving people 00:04:11.039 --> 00:04:13.520 Al-Saadi, may God have mercy on him, said 00:04:13.520 --> 00:04:15.599 God Almighty said 00:04:15.599 --> 00:04:19.600 What prevented her from worshiping other than God 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:21.519 That is, about Islam 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:27.279 Otherwise, she has the intelligence and acumen to know truth from falsehood 00:04:27.279 --> 00:04:31.920 But false beliefs destroy the insight of the heart 00:04:31.920 --> 00:04:35.920 She was from an unbelieving people 00:04:35.920 --> 00:04:38.319 So she continued their religion 00:04:38.319 --> 00:04:42.639 The isolation of one from the people of religion and continuous habit 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:46.399 With something that his mind sees as their misguidance and error 00:04:46.399 --> 00:04:48.720 It is rarest of all 00:04:48.720 --> 00:04:53.939 This is why it is not surprising that she remains in disbelief 00:04:53.939 --> 00:04:59.459 The verse indicates the danger of surrendering to customs and traditions 00:04:59.459 --> 00:05:02.660 Without presenting it on the scale of Sharia 00:05:02.660 --> 00:05:06.579 Because it prevents a person from accepting the truth 00:05:06.579 --> 00:05:13.100 This is the scourge of the people who objected to the call of their prophets 00:05:13.100 --> 00:05:15.259 God Almighty said about them 00:05:15.339 --> 00:05:22.060 And when they are told, “Follow what God has revealed.” 00:05:22.060 --> 00:05:31.810 They said, “Rather, we follow what our fathers taught us to do.” 00:05:31.810 --> 00:05:44.160 Even if their fathers did not understand anything and were not guided 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:46.160 And God Almighty said 00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:54.160 And when it is said to them, “Come to what God has revealed and to the Messenger.” 00:05:54.160 --> 00:06:01.040 They said, “What we found our fathers upon is sufficient for us.” 00:06:01.040 --> 00:06:09.899 Even if their fathers knew nothing and were not guided 00:06:09.899 --> 00:06:13.810 The people of Hood objected to him by saying: 00:06:13.889 --> 00:06:25.250 They said, “You have come to us to worship God alone and to abandon what our fathers worshiped.” 00:06:25.250 --> 00:06:34.639 Bring to us what you promise us. You are among the truthful 00:06:34.639 --> 00:06:38.029 And Pharaoh's people said to Moses 00:06:38.029 --> 00:06:47.149 They said, “You have come to us to distract us from what we found our fathers in.” 00:06:47.149 --> 00:06:56.269 And you will have pride in the land, and we will not believe you 00:06:56.269 --> 00:06:59.920 And God Almighty said about the people of Saleh 00:06:59.920 --> 00:07:07.759 They said, “O Saleh, you were among us as a hope before this.” 00:07:07.839 --> 00:07:14.959 Do you forbid us to worship what our fathers worshiped? 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:25.569 We are in doubt about what Mary is calling us to do 00:07:25.569 --> 00:07:28.399 He said about the people of Shuaib 00:07:28.480 --> 00:07:37.759 They said, “O Shuaib, your prayers command you that we abandon what our fathers worshiped.” 00:07:37.759 --> 00:07:43.759 Or we can do with our money whatever we want 00:07:45.420 --> 00:07:50.300 You are forbearing and wise 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:57.279 And so are the rest of the prophets and those who follow their path and follow their path 00:07:57.360 --> 00:08:01.360 If he calls to God Almighty and follows His law 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:06.610 Some community members confronted him with such words 00:08:06.610 --> 00:08:10.689 There is a calling in many societies today 00:08:10.689 --> 00:08:13.009 It is sponsored by the public in particular 00:08:13.009 --> 00:08:17.569 It is reviving ancient customs and traditions in society 00:08:17.569 --> 00:08:19.730 They call it heritage 00:08:19.730 --> 00:08:26.560 They are proud of them as the society's ancient customs and ancient traditions 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:34.480 Even if these customs and traditions trace their origins back to the pre-Islamic Arab era 00:08:34.480 --> 00:08:39.740 Or return to a deviant religion or a misguided sect 00:08:39.740 --> 00:08:44.779 This is a form of obstruction from the path of God, intentionally or unintentionally 00:08:44.779 --> 00:08:49.019 The child grows up with such pre-Islamic customs 00:08:49.019 --> 00:08:51.580 And the big one grows old at her 00:08:51.580 --> 00:08:55.679 Until it settles in people's minds that it is right 00:08:55.840 --> 00:08:59.840 Violating or objecting to it is invalid 00:08:59.840 --> 00:09:05.460 He fights everyone who denies it and demonstrates God’s ruling on it 00:09:05.460 --> 00:09:07.860 And in the story of the Queen of Sheba 00:09:07.860 --> 00:09:12.899 A second benefit relates to her intelligence and acumen 00:09:12.899 --> 00:09:18.659 We have come across evidence of the intensity of this woman's intelligence and acumen 00:09:18.659 --> 00:09:20.019 However 00:09:20.019 --> 00:09:23.940 The hoopoe deplores that this smart woman takes over 00:09:23.940 --> 00:09:26.899 The position of ruler over men 00:09:26.899 --> 00:09:32.179 The Prophet of God Solomon, peace be upon him, agrees with him in his denunciation 00:09:32.179 --> 00:09:36.259 May God Almighty grant them permission to do so 00:09:36.259 --> 00:09:40.500 And He makes it a Qur’an that will be recited until the Day of Resurrection 00:09:40.500 --> 00:09:43.700 So that people know that it is forbidden for a woman to take office 00:09:43.700 --> 00:09:46.500 Higher positions over men 00:09:46.500 --> 00:09:50.100 It is not due to a lack of intelligence or acumen 00:09:50.100 --> 00:09:56.419 The prohibition is for many other things related to the nature of women’s creation 00:09:56.419 --> 00:10:00.559 And her nature is what God created for her 00:10:00.559 --> 00:10:05.679 And a final benefit related to the intelligence of this queen 00:10:05.679 --> 00:10:10.559 It is that the innate lack of intelligence in women does not mean stupidity 00:10:10.559 --> 00:10:16.240 God Almighty revealed to His Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:20.480 To inform us of a truth related to the creation of women 00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:23.600 It is known only by revelation from God 00:10:23.600 --> 00:10:27.440 Only the Creator, Almighty, knows it 00:10:27.440 --> 00:10:32.399 So we reported it to our truthful and trustworthy Prophet on the day of Eid 00:10:32.399 --> 00:10:35.440 He, may God bless him and grant him peace, said 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:38.799 I have not seen anyone lacking in reason and religion 00:10:38.799 --> 00:10:43.519 Go to the heart of the determined man among you 00:10:43.519 --> 00:10:45.899 Narrated by Al-Bukhari 00:10:45.899 --> 00:10:52.620 Women's innate lack of intelligence is a fact that only stubborn or arrogant people can deny 00:10:52.620 --> 00:10:56.779 Or rejecting the words of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:10:56.779 --> 00:10:59.539 Or a distortion of its meaning 00:10:59.539 --> 00:11:04.980 This deficiency is well recognized by a normal woman herself 00:11:04.980 --> 00:11:09.220 She does not express her opinion independently without consulting the man 00:11:09.220 --> 00:11:14.419 Knowing that her emotions overpower her judgment and thinking 00:11:14.419 --> 00:11:19.970 Unlike the man who rules with his mind before his emotions 00:11:19.970 --> 00:11:24.049 What decreased her intellect increased her emotion 00:11:24.049 --> 00:11:28.700 To match the job for which he was created 00:11:28.700 --> 00:11:31.980 A woman's lack of intelligence does not mean stupidity 00:11:31.980 --> 00:11:35.740 A woman's lack of intelligence is not changed by intelligence 00:11:35.740 --> 00:11:41.740 It is inherently present in women, even if times change 00:11:41.740 --> 00:11:45.659 The Prophet of God, Solomon, explained to the Queen of Sheba 00:11:45.659 --> 00:11:50.299 Some of what God has given him of kingdom, power, and knowledge 00:11:50.299 --> 00:11:55.220 But the story did not end with this event 00:11:55.220 --> 00:11:58.980 We will continue in an upcoming meeting, God willing 00:11:58.980 --> 00:12:02.019 Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds 00:12:03.659 --> 00:12:09.980 The story of the Queen of Sheba with the Prophet of God Solomon, peace be upon him