The benefits of the saying of Allah the Exalted: << ألا تعلوا علي وأتوني مسلمين >
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It contains evidence for the use of brevity, provided it does not result in negligence, for this letter that Sulayman wrote is the utmost in brevity, consisting of only two sentences: [al-Naml:31], but on the condition that the brevity does not compromise the intended meaning; if it does compromise the intended meaning, it becomes negligence.
It contains evidence that Sulayman (peace and blessings be upon him) called them to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and did not desire ownership or control, but rather desired through this their entry into Islam, for when the hoopoe informed him that they and their people prostrate to the sun other than Allah, this is disbelief, so they must exit from it to Islam, as He said: [al-Naml:31].
It also contains evidence of the strength of Sulayman (peace and blessings be upon him), for he did not say: "And submit," but rather he said: [al-Naml:31], so he asked them to come to him while they are in a state of Islam.
Is the meaning that they should all come? No, the meaning is their notables and their nobles, for the notables and nobles stand in the place of the common people.
Be not haughty with me but come to me in submission [as Muslims].' "
أَلَّا تَعْلُوا عَلَيَّ وَأْتُونِي مُسْلِمِينَIt contains evidence that Sulayman (peace and blessings be upon him) called them to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and did not desire ownership or control, but rather desired through this their entry into Islam, for when the hoopoe informed him that they and their people prostrate to the sun other than Allah, this is disbelief, so they must exit from it to Islam, as He said:
And come to me in submission
وَأْتُونِي مُسْلِمِينَIt also contains evidence of the strength of Sulayman (peace and blessings be upon him), for he did not say: "And submit," but rather he said:
And come to me in submission
وَأْتُونِي مُسْلِمِينَIs the meaning that they should all come? No, the meaning is their notables and their nobles, for the notables and nobles stand in the place of the common people.