Shaykh Asif ibn Barkhiyyah (q.s.)
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh Asif ibn Barkhiyyah ( q.s. ), a wali and a member of court of Sulayman ( a.s. ) brought the throne of Bilqis ( r.a. ) from thousands of miles away in blink of eye. The royal throne of the queen of Saba was said to be eighty yards in length and forty yards in width. It was gilded with various kinds of jewels and pearls. When Sulayman ( a.s. ) declined the gifts offered by Bilqis ( r.a. ) and after commanding her through a message to report to his court, a desire mounted in his heart that before her arrival in his court; her throne should reach here. Therefore, he said to his courtiers: سُوۡرَةُ النَّمل قَالَ يَـٰٓأَيُّہَا ٱلۡمَلَؤُاْ أَيُّكُمۡ يَأۡتِينِى بِعَرۡشِہَا قَبۡلَ أَن يَأۡتُونِى مُسۡلِمِينَ (٣٨) قَالَ عِفۡرِيتٌ۬ مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ أَنَا۟ ءَاتِيكَ بِهِۦ قَبۡلَ أَن تَقُومَ مِن مَّقَامِكَۖ وَإِنِّى عَلَيۡهِ لَقَوِىٌّ أَمِينٌ۬ (٣٩) He said (to his own men), “You Chiefs! Which of you c...