How did Hz. Solomon (Sulayman) (pbuh) fly and make his army fly by using the wind? Were these soldiers not swung in the air?
A Brief Description of the Question:
How did Hz. Solomon (Sulayman) (pbuh) fly and make his army fly by using the wind? Were these soldiers not swung in the air?
The Answer:
The meaning of the verses regarding the issue are as follows:
‘Then We subjected the Wind to his power, to flow gently to his order, whithersoever he willed―’ (Surah Sad , 38/36)
‘(It was Our power that made) the violent (unruly) wind flow (tamely) for Solomon, to his order, to the land which We had blessed: for We do know all things.’(Surah Al-Anbiya, 21/81)
Allah gave the wind under the command of the Prophet Solomon (pbuh) and allowed him to use it as a tool in a variety of his deeds. These words may be an indication of the usage of wind energy in technology both during the period of the Prophet Solomon (pbuh) and later.
In another verse, the following is stated: ‘…And to Solomon (We made) the Wind (obedient): its early morning (stride) was a month's (journey), and its evening (stride) was a month's (journey)… (Surah Saba, 34/12) This expression could draw the attention to the fact that the Prophet Solomon (pbuh) moved quickly between various regions.
The wind is pointed out to be "flowing gently / easily blowing" (Sad, 36). The following is stated in verse 12 of the chapter of Saba: ‘ ..the wind its early morning (stride) was a month's (journey), and its evening (stride) was a month's (journey)..’ So, this means the Prophet Solomon‘s reign covered that much distance.
In his period, Hz. Solomon (pbuh) could have designed vehicles moving by the wind using a similar technology to the current aircraft technology; and he could have covered very far distances in a short time by those vehicles.
According to what scholars say, the Prophet. Solomon (pbuh) and the people close to him travelled, with the grace of Allah, not between the waves of the wind like birds, but by sitting on a carpet-like thing laid on the wind / air. They put the materials they had on that carpet-like thing. So there was no risk of swinging.
We should not forget that we are travelling on air in planes today in a similar way to this miracle. From hot air balloons to the vehicles traveling in outer space or on the Moon and the flying vehicles which will emerge in the future, all of them can be considered as a small copy of this miracle.
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