The Magnificent Services of The Just Imam, The Promised Messiah — Page 42
Magnificent Services of the Just Imam, the Promised Messiah as , to Reform the Mutual Controversies and Distorted Beliefs of the Muslims [ 42 ] made over water. ( Tafs i run Nasaf i al-Musamm a bi Mad a rikit-Tanz i l wa H aq a ’iqut-T a ’w i l , by Im a m ‘Abdull a h bin Ahmad bin Ma h m u d an-Nasaf i , vol. 2, p. 1234, Tafs i r S u rah an-Naml , under verse no. 45, Qad i m i Kutub Kh a nah, A r a m B a gh, Karachi, Pakistan) The suggestion here is that Hadrat Sulaim a n as had the castle of transparent glass constructed in order to get married (God forbid). It continues: He was thus planning to see the reflection of her legs in the water. And, it turned out that she had beautiful legs, so Hadrat Sulaim a n as averted his gaze. ( Ibid ) The Promised Messiah as comments on this verse and the following verses by writing: I refer here to the verse of the Holy Quran: 22 Meaning, the Prophet told her, O Bilqis do not be deceived, these are glass tiles that have been fixed on the upper surface while the water is flowing underneath. She then understood that she was being warned about her spiritual error; that she had been following the path of ignorance when she worshipped the Sun. ( Nas i m-e-Da‘wat , R uha n i Khaz a’ in, vol. 19, p. 411) 22. Solomon said, ‘It is a palace paved smooth with slabs of glass. ’ ( S u rah an-Naml , 27:45). . . . . .