ABSTRACT
IT is related that there was once, on the throne of the Umayyad Khalifahs in Damascus, a king-but Allah is the only King-called Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, who often took pleasure in talking with the wise men of his kingdom concerning our master, Sulaiman ibn Daud (upon the two be prayer and peace!) and in discussing his virtue, his wisdom, and his boundless power over the beasts of the desert, the Afarit of the air, and Jinn of the sea and under earth.
