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The earth-creature

دابة الأرض

The earth-creature ate Solomon's staff, and when he fell it became clear to the jinn that had they known the unseen they would not have tarried in the humiliating torment — a small insect that toppled a great tale in Solomon's kingdom.

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Animals and mercy

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Mentioned in
Qur'an 34:14
Related to
Sulayman (Solomon)

People and things also explored

The birds· The hoopoe· The horse· al-Wahhab — The Bestower· The wind· The jinn in Solomon's court· al-Kisai's Qisas al-Anbiya — correspondence with Bilqis· Dawud (David)

Sources

  • Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
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The birds

Birds in the Quran are Solomon's host and a sign overhead — nothing holds them up but the Merciful — communities like yours glorifying God. Jesus shaped a bird from clay and breathed into it by God's leave, and Abraham scattered four birds over the hills then called them and they came flying.