Until, when the sun had risen and she did not know, he cast the letter from the vent, and it fell upon her in the place where she was. She took it; she was a sagacious, refined woman in a house of royalty, who only reigned over the remnants of the kingdom of those who had passed before her from her people. She had ruled and acted righteously, until that firmly established her. It was mentioned to me that her religion and the religion of her people was that of the Zindiqiyyah (heresy/dualism).
His saying, the Almighty: "Then turn away from them and see what they return."
16289 - 'Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated to us, Suwayd ibn Sa'id narrated to us, 'Ali ibn Mushir narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from al-Minhal, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbas: "Then turn away from them," he says: Stay near them and see what they return.
16290 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Safwan ibn Salih narrated to us, al-Walid narrated to us, Zuhayr ibn Muhammad regarding the saying of Allah: "Deliver it to them, then turn away from them," he says: Withdraw from them to a distance.
His saying, the Almighty: "O, you assembly (of chiefs)."
16291 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, al-'Abbas ibn al-Walid informed us, Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Qattan narrated to us, from Sufyan al-Thawri, from 'Ata' ibn al-Sa'ib, from Mujahid, from Ibn 'Abbas regarding the companion of Sulayman; there were under her one thousand Qayls (chiefs/leaders), each Qayl ruling over one hundred thousand.
16292 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Safwan ibn Salih narrated to us, al-Walid narrated to us, Zuhayr ibn Muhammad said: "Then she said: 'O, you assembly,'" meaning her people.
16293 - Muhammad ibn al-'Abbas, the freed slave of Banu Hashim, narrated to us, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Salamah narrated to us, Salamah narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from Yazid ibn Ruman, he said: When she read it, she heard a letter not like the letters of the kings who were before her, so she sent for the Muqawilah (chiefs/leaders) of the people of Yemen.
His saying, the Almighty: "Indeed, there has been delivered to me a noble letter."
16294 - 'Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated to us, Suwayd ibn Sa'id narrated to us, 'Ali ibn Mushir narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from al-Minhal, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbas he said: He went with the letter until he was in the middle of her throne; he cast the letter to her, and it was read to her, and it said: "Indeed, it is from Sulayman, and indeed, it is 'In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.'"
