sorry debunker, I updated my post soon after I made it - I left out a few details of my own
Hassan I'd be grateful if you could answer:
Where does it say in the Quran that Solomon himself actually tortured animals?
Where does it say he ruled over a kingdom as vast as America? In fact does it say anywhere how vast Solomon's kingdom was? (i.e. the fact that he was granted a 'kingdom of the like that was never to be granted to anyone after him' could and probably just means that the kingdom consisted of jinn and birds as well as men - no one would have this type of kingdom ever again)
Where does it say he died on the horse while leaning on his stick? Where does it say he went unnoticed for days?
Where does it say an insect was biting away at Solomons stick - as far as I'm aware the Quran says it was an 'earthly creature'
Where does it say the jinns built a palace with a marble floor for the queen so that Solomon could impress her?
Where does it say the queen revealed her legs to Solomon in the manner depicted in your vid to entice solomon (in the Quran it says she simply pulled up her garments because she thought she was standing in a lake of water)?
Hi Abu Yunus,
All of what I said in the video was based on Qur'an - yes, I refer to tafseer and traditions - but all take their cue from Qur'an. I used the blog of Ladeenee that I mention at the end as my starting point - he in turn used the traditional accounts of these things told in every book of "Stories from the Qur'an" available in every Muslim country.
OK to your points:
1. Where does it say in the Quran that Solomon himself actually tortured animals?
OK it doesn't say it directly it attributes it to God - Verse 12 of Sura Saba - God says when they disobey he will torture them with burning fire - this has been understood to mean that when they disobey Solomon he will punish them and there is a hadith that he would order angels to whip them with whips of fire.
2. Where does it say he ruled over a kingdom as vast as America?
That is inference - and for good reason, namely...
The Qur'an says that Sulayman was given a Kingdom the like of which was never given to anyone after him - The kingdom of Bilquis (said to be in Yemen) was under his control - he had armies of Jinn, animals and the Natural Elements.
probably just means that the kingdom consisted of jinn and birds as well as men - no one would have this type of kingdom ever again
Is that your tafseer?
3. Where does it say he died on the horse while leaning on his stick? Where does it say he went unnoticed for days?
Again you need to read into what the Qur'an says. And please remember none of what I said is from me personally, but from what Muslims down the centuries inferred from this and I'm surprised you haven't heard at least some of this before.
The Qur'an says he died while leaning on a stick and a 'creature of the earth' ate away at the stick till he fell down and the Jinn saw and realised that they cannot see the unseen.
What can that mean Abu Yunus? Again this is not me, but all the Muslims down the ages who said that means he was watching the Jinn as they worked and slaved away for him and that this was outside and that a King would be sitting on a horse (or forget the horse it's not important) he was leaning on a stick and died and an insect came and started eating away at the stick. This takes a very long time - right?
4. Where does it say an insect was biting away at Solomons stick - as far as I'm aware the Quran says it was an 'earthly creature'
What do you think an earthly creature is? Actually what do you think this passage in the Qur'an is all about - I'd be very interested to hear what you think it means?
5. Where does it say the jinns built a palace with a marble floor for the queen so that Solomon could impress her?
Why do you think she lifted her dress?
Muslims down the ages said it was she thought the floor was water and thought she was stepping into water - when it was really a shiny floor surface the like of which she had never seen before.
In the Arabic I actually said Zujaja (glass) and only said Marble in the english text because that's what some Muslims say in English. It can be considered the same thing - basically it was a floor that reflected light and looked like water which is why Bilquis lifted her dress.
6. Where does it say the queen revealed her legs to Solomon in the manner depicted in your vid to entice solomon (in the Quran it says she simply pulled up her garments because she thought she was standing in a lake of water)?
Poetic licence on my part I admit - a woman lifting up her dress to a king she has come to submit to - it is an unusual thing to put in a story in the Qur'an and no doubt had the effect of making heads turn.
BTW even the flying carpet is inferred from the Qur'an as it says that he had power of the wind and it took him to far lands - or words to that effect - can't be bothered to look it up.
So yes - basically everything I said was based on Qur'an.
If you have another meaning for all these things I would truly be interested to know what you think they mean?
Topic: The Story of Sulayman