اَنَا اٰتِیْكَ بِهٖ قَبْلَ اَنْ تَقُوْمَ مِنْ مَّقَامِكَۚ-وَ اِنِّیْ عَلَیْهِ لَقَوِیٌّ اَمِیْنٌ(۳۹) قَالَ الَّذِیْ عِنْدَهٗ عِلْمٌ مِّنَ الْكِتٰبِ اَنَا اٰتِیْكَ بِهٖ قَبْلَ اَنْ یَّرْتَدَّ اِلَیْكَ طَرْفُكَؕ-

Said Sulaimaan, ‘O members of my chamber, which one of you can bring me her throne before this; that they come in my respected court; submitting?’ An extremely evil Jinn said, ‘I will present that throne in your respected court before this; that your highness terminates this assembly, and I am indeed powerful and trustworthy upon it.’ He who had knowledge of the Book submitted; that, ‘I will present it in your majesty’s court before the blink of an eye.’

[Kanz-ul-Iman (translation of Quran)] (Part 19, Surah Al-Naml, Verses 38-40)

There are numerous valuable pieces of information in this event:

1.   The existence of Jinn is proven from the Glorious Quran and they are a separate creation of Allah Almighty to humans. Remember! Denying the existence of Jinn is disbelief.

2.   Sayyiduna Sulayman’s kingship was over Jinns as well.

3.   Jinns have more power to do things than humans.

4.   Knowledgeable and superior Muslims have greater power, strength, authority and knowledge than Jinns, by the will of Allah Almighty.

5.   The knower of the book here refers to Sayyiduna Asif Bin Barkhiya رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ. This opinion is the most correct and majority of the commentators agree on this. (Tafseer Nasafi, Part 19, Surah Al-Naml, under the verse 40, p. 847)

6.   ‘Knowledge of the book’ means the knowledge of the preserved tablet and the magnificent name (Ism-e-A’zam).