Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “They worked for him whatever He willed of pulpits, statues, and basins like large pools, and cauldrons fixed in the ground”

Then Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said in the new lesson: to the end of it, For whom? For Sulayman. This is like a detailed explanation of His saying: It is as if it was said: What do they work? So He detailed it and said: These are demonstrative particles clarifying the ambiguity in the relative pronoun, which is His saying: meaning a relative pronoun. We all know that the relative pronoun is among the ambiguous nouns. So His saying: is an explanation of The author says: “Elevated structures that are ascended to by stairs” These are the pulpits. The pulpits are elevated structures with strong walls. Allah the Exalted said regarding Dawud: [Surat Sad: 21] Good, this is one. is the plural of statue, and it is anything you have made a likeness of something, or sculpted from copper, glass, or marble. And making images was not forbidden in his law. Statues is the plural of statue, and it is what is sculpted in the likeness of another thing. So whatever is sculpted in the likeness of another thing, it is called a statue of it. And on this basis, we can say to the one who sculpted an image of a tree and carved it from the body of the tree, and likewise we say to the one who carved wood or stone, we say that this is a statue. The author affirmed that the intended meaning of statues is “what was a statue of an animal” And for this reason he said: that is, images. Yes, anything you make a likeness of, this is the origin of making likenesses, or sculpted from copper, glass, or marble. Copper is known, and glass and marble likewise. He says: “And making images was not forbidden in his law” And this is based on the assumption that the intended meaning of statues is statues of what is forbidden to depict, such as animals, whether human or otherwise. But we say that it is not necessary that the intended meaning of statues is images of animals. It is permissible that they carved for him from the refined copper, glass, and marble, that they carved for him things in the shape of trees, and it is said that this is a statue. Now there are three-dimensional models they make in the shape of a palm tree, in the shape of a sword, in the shape of a palace, and the like. We say this is a statue, or not? A statue. And in it are also three-dimensional models in the shape of an animal, a lion, or a camel, or a cow, or the like. This is also a statue. So we now say that if His saying: is general for statues of animals, trees, and others, then we need at that time to answer with what the author answered, which is that images in his law are not forbidden. But since the matter is not necessary, as it is possible that the statues he orders them to make are statues of things whose depiction is permissible, there is no need for this answer. Yes. is the plural of a large basin. is the plural of a large pool, and it is a large pool where water gathers. Yes. What are the basins? The plate in which food is placed. is the plural of a large pool, and the large pool is the large basin. From it, the pond is called a large pool. Even now they call the ponds large pools. These basins, as the noble verse requires, are large and wide. Yes. The author says: He clarifies for us their vastness: “A thousand men gather on the basin to eat from it” And this may be the reality, or the matter may be greater than this, or it may be less than this. The important thing is that these basins, by their greatness, vastness, and largeness, are like what? Like the large pools, which are the large basins, meaning the ponds. Fixed, having legs, not moving from their places. They are made from the mountains in Yemen, and one ascends to them by ladders. The scholars said: The fixed is the stable. And cauldrons is the plural of cauldron, and it is what food is cooked in. And they were fixed because of their largeness. They are large and fixed in the ground, so because of their largeness, no one can lift them and turn them over. The custom is that cauldrons are fixed or movable? Movable, turned over. But these, because of their largeness, vastness, and weight, are fixed and do not move. And the author’s saying: “Having legs” What is the intended meaning of legs? The stands on which the legs are placed. That is, he said, may Allah have mercy on him: “They are made from the mountains in Yemen” This is not necessary, that they are made from the mountains. And although cauldrons may be made from copper and iron, and likewise from stones, it is possible to carve them and make them into cauldrons. Yes. And it is possible to make them from clay and make pottery from them. But it is not necessary, meaning they are made from iron, copper, stones, and others.