Tafsir for verse: 27:19
فَتَبَسَّمَ ضَاحِكٗا مِّن قَوۡلِهَا وَقَالَ رَبِّ أَوۡزِعۡنِيٓ أَنۡ أَشۡكُرَ نِعۡمَتَكَ ٱلَّتِيٓ أَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَيَّ وَأَنۡ أَعۡمَلَ صَٰلِحٗا تَرۡضَىٰهُ وَأَدۡخِلۡنِي بِرَحۡمَتِكَ فِي عِبَادِكَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ١٩ ﴿19
19So he (Sulaimān) smiled, laughing on her speech and said, “My Lord, enable me to become grateful to Your favor that you have bestowed on me and on my parents, and to do good deeds that You like, and admit me, with Your mercy, among Your righteous servants.”
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Commentary

The meaning of 'he smiled, laughing' is that he smiled in a way that is openly laughing and engaging in it. This means that he has gone beyond the limit of smiling to laughing, and this is also the case with the laughter of the prophets, peace be upon them. As for what has been narrated that the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, laughed until his molars appeared, there are several hadiths regarding this statement. Among them is the hadith of Ibn Mas'ud: 'A man from the Jews came and said: O Muhammad, indeed Allah holds the heavens on one finger.' In it, the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, laughed until his molars appeared. This is agreed upon. Among them is the hadith that is raised: 'I know the last person to exit from the Fire.' In it, the man says: 'Do you mock me while you are the King?' He said: 'And I saw the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, laugh until his molars appeared.' This is also agreed upon. Among them is the hadith of Abu Dharr, may Allah be pleased with him: 'A man will be brought on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be said: Present to him his minor sins.' In it, he said: 'I saw the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, until the end of it.' This was narrated by Muslim. Among them is the hadith of Abu Sa'id, raised: 'The earth will be one flat loaf on the Day of Resurrection.' In it, he said: 'Then the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, looked at us and laughed until his molars appeared.' This is agreed upon. Among them is the hadith of Jabir: 'Abu Bakr entered while the people were sitting at the door.' He mentioned the hadith, and in it, Umar said: 'If you had seen the daughter of Khawlah asking me for money, I stood up and struck her neck.' He said: 'The Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, laughed until his molars appeared.' This was narrated by Muslim. Among them is the hadith of Ibn 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with both of them: 'We were with the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, in a battle, and the people were afflicted with hunger.' In it, he said: 'There was not a container left in the army except that it was filled, and there remained a little.' The Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, laughed until his molars appeared. This was narrated by Ibn Hibban and Al-Hakim. Among them is the hadith of Salamah ibn Al-Akwa': 'We arrived at Al-Hudaybiyah.' In it, I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, let me choose from the people one hundred men, so I will follow the people and leave no one among them except that I will kill him.' The Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, laughed until his molars appeared.' This is a long hadith. In it, this phrase is mentioned in another place, narrated by Muslim. Among them is the hadith of Zayd ibn Arqam: 'He came to me, may Allah be pleased with him, while he was in Yemen, about three who had relations with a woman in one period.' In it, he mentioned that to the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, and he laughed until his molars appeared. This was narrated by Abu Dawood, Ibn Hibban, and Al-Hakim. Among them is the hadith of Umm Ayman: 'The Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, stood at night and urinated in a clay pot. I stood up while I was thirsty and drank from it without realizing it. When he woke up, he ordered me to pour it out. I said: 'I drank it.' He laughed until his molars appeared.' This was narrated by Al-Hakim. Among them is the hadith of Suhayb regarding eating dates while he was blind. He said: 'I only eat it from the side of my good eye.' He said: 'The Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, laughed until his molars appeared.' This was narrated by Al-Bazzar in full. Some of it was narrated by Ibn Majah and Al-Hakim. Among them is the hadith of Ibn Abbas: 'Abdullah ibn Rawahah was lying next to his wife. He stood up to a maid of his and had relations with her.' In it, there is poetry. And the woman's saying: 'I believed in Allah and denied the sight.' He said: 'He went to the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, and informed him, and he laughed until his molars appeared.' This was narrated by Al-Bazzar, and its chain is weak. The purpose is to emphasize the description of the laughter that was found from the prophetic laughter. Otherwise, the appearance of the molars in reality only occurs in astonishment. Ibn Al-Samiq' read: 'They laughed.' If you ask: What made him laugh from her words? I would say: Two things: his admiration for what her words indicated regarding the manifestation of mercy and the mercy of his soldiers and their compassion, and the fame of his state and theirs in the matter of piety. This is indicated by her saying: 'And they do not perceive,' meaning that if they had perceived, they would not have acted. And his joy for what Allah has given him that He has not given anyone else: from his hearing what some of the whispers of the small and few things, and from his encompassing its meaning. Therefore, his supplication included asking Allah to grant him thanks for what He has bestowed upon him from that, and for his awakening.

For the increase of good deeds and piety. The reality of 'Awzi'ni is make me inclined to thank Your blessing upon me, and hold it and tie it so it does not slip away from me, so that I do not cease being grateful to You. And he mentioned his parents because the blessing upon the child is a blessing upon the parents, especially the blessing that relates to religion. For if he is pious, he benefits them with his supplication and intercession, and with the supplication of the believers for them whenever they pray for him, and say: May Allah be pleased with you and your parents. It has been narrated that the ant sensed the sound of the soldiers and did not know they were in the air, so Solomon commanded the wind to stop so they would not be frightened until they entered their homes, then he made the supplication. And the meaning of 'And admit me by Your mercy among Your righteous servants' is to make me one of the people of Paradise.

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