yesterday's friday prayers sermon

Re: yesterday’s friday prayers sermon

Peace (sign of) divine-light

I can’t possible call you divine-light. You are right in many things you say, but if I were to criticise it would be that the post above is very raw and can appear to be harsh. But I essentially agree with you.

Peace all

http://www.awakenedwoman.com/sheba_the_legend.htm#Hair

http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/sheba/

http://www.anamariapacheco.co.uk/Drawings/Hairy%20Legs%20Drawings/Hairy%20Legs%203.html

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/me/t/the_queen_of_sheba_bilqis_an.aspx

A quote from Stories of the Holy Qur’an, page 237, ISBN 2-7451-3376-4
1st edition, hardback. by Sulaima Sheikh Muhammad, Lebanon - Beirut.

… the jinns wanted to make Balqis ugly in front of Solomon (peace be upon him) so they intended to make her uncover her legs in order to see the hair of her legs and to be disgusted. They feared to marry her because her mother was of the jinns so they feared to control them. But, it said that when …

According to traditions … the greatest support for woman rule i.e. Balqis is made lesser when it is realised that she was no woman at all. She was female, part jinn, but she was not a woman, so she would not have identical characteristics to women.