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Never force anyone to believe
When Sulayman (AS) was informed that the powerful people of Saba worshiped the sun, he exhibited his own strength and summoned the Queen of Saba to his palace. However, once she arrived, he neither forced her to worship Allah alone, nor disrespected her in the slightest. Instead, he showed her how Allah had blessed him and his kingdom, and appealed to her intellect by disguising her throne and enquiring if that was hers. The Queen of Saba thus believed in Allah ' not out of fear of Sulayman (AS) but because she recognized Allah through His signs and munificence. Forcing anyone to believe in Allah is utterly pointless, as He says, 'And had your Lord willed, those on earth would have believed ' all of them entirely. Would you then force the people to become believers?' (10:99)