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Mishari Rashid al-`Afasy

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

Arabic Jalalayn Tafseer

Tafseer Jalalayn

Arabic Tanweer Tafseer

Tafsir Fathul Majid

Tafsir Abu Bakr Zakaria

Tafseer ibn Kathir

Al-Qurtubi

Al-Tafsir al-Wasit (Tantawi)

Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Ma'arif al-Qur'an

Al-Sa'di

Tafsir Ahsanul Bayaan

Tafseer Al-Baghawi

Tafsir al-Tabari

السعدي Al-Sa'di

Tafsir Muyassar

Dr. Abdullah Muhammad Abu Bakr and Sheikh Nasir Khamis

Rebar Kurdish Tafsir

Tazkirul Quran(Maulana Wahiduddin Khan)

Tazkirul Quran

Bayan ul Quran

Fi Zilal al-Quran

Tazkir ul Quran

<h2>The Gift and the Response of Sulayman</h2><p>More than one of the scholars of Tafsir among the Salaf and others stated that she sent him a huge gift of gold, jewels, pearls and other things. It is apparent that Sulayman, peace be upon him, did not even look at what they brought at all and did not pay any attention to it, but he turned away and said, rebuking them:</p><div class="arabic uthmani">أَتُمِدُّونَنِ بِمَالٍ</div><p>("Will you help me in wealth") meaning, `are you trying to flatter me with wealth so that I will leave you alone with your Shirk and your kingdom'</p><div class="arabic uthmani">فَمَآ ءَاتَـنِى اللَّهُ خَيْرٌ مِّمَّآ ءَاتَـكُمْ</div><p>(What Allah has given me is better than that which He has given you!) means, `what Allah has given to me of power, wealth and troops, is better than that which you have.'</p><div class="arabic uthmani">بَلْ أَنتُمْ بِهَدِيَّتِكُمْ تَفْرَحُونَ</div><p>(Nay, you rejoice in your gift!) means, `you are the ones who are influenced by gifts and presents; we will accept nothing from you except Islam or the sword.'</p><div class="arabic uthmani">ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهِمْ</div><p>(Go back to them) means, with their gift,</p><div class="arabic uthmani">فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّهُم بِجُنُودٍ لاَّ قِبَلَ لَهُمْ بِهَا</div><p>(We verily, shall come to them with armies that they cannot resist,) they have no power to match them or resist them.</p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَلَنُخْرِجَنَّهُم مِّنْهَآ أَذِلَّةً</div><p>(and we shall drive them out from there in disgrace,) `we shall drive them out in disgrace from their land.'</p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَهُمْ صَـغِرُونَ</div><p>(and they will be abased.) means, humiliated and expelled. When her messengers came back to her with her undelivered gift, and told her what Sulayman said, she and her people paid heed and obeyed him. She came to him with her troops in submission and humility, honoring Sulayman and intending to follow him in Islam. When Sulayman, peace be upon him, realized that they were coming to him, he rejoiced greatly.</p>