Solomon's Ewes

About this book

Between the covers of this book, silent questions long floating in the corridors of minds find no rest. Have you ever wondered why the Quranic text chose the "ewe" precisely to be the heroine of the dispute between two angels in the presence of David? And why ninety-nine and not a hundred? And were those scenes mere narration of bygone stories, or "scenarios" of divine precision, fashioned with extreme exactness to reveal to us the depths of the human soul? Ahmed Abu Fadda takes us on an exceptional journey with the eye of a screenwriter who does not content himself with reading the text but dives into its "backstage" of faith. Here no word passes absurdly and no letter falls by accident. The author tracks the threads of divine wisdom in the finest details: from a glass cup shattering in a corner of a house, to the movement of "the well-bred horses" that captivated Solomon. With a style blending faith contemplation and dramatic analysis, the book presents an alternative vision of the scenes of the prophets — not as miracles breaking the familiar alone, but as living lessons in the management of souls, the justice of judgment, and the divine pedagogy that turns the smallest incident into a school. A unique work of Quranic contemplation that reads the Book as the most precise screenplay ever written — and teaches us to watch our own lives with the same attentive eye.