The Flying Carpet Of Solomon

Being in possession of this carpet solomon s pride is said to have grown each day.

The flying carpet of solomon.

The jewish sage ben sherira gave two different versions on how the king got his hands on such a magnificent treasure. This carpet features heavily in a famous jewish legend that is also retold in the quran in which solomon gets dunked on in the valley of the ants. It is said to have been sixty miles long and sixty miles wide. Made of green silk with golden weft the carpet was sixty miles long and just as wide.

Legends tell that ing solomon s flying carpet had the ability to carry as many as 40 000 men whilst in flight. One of vasnetsov s paintings of a flying carpet solomon s carpet was reportedly made of green silk with a golden weft sixty miles 97 km long and sixty miles 97 km wide. The midrash brings a. The king solomon known from the bible was famous not only for his wisdom but also a glorious flying carpet.

The carpet flew swiftly bringing solomon from damascus to media in just a few hours. Eventually god decided to punish solomon and whilst the carpet was flying in mid air he shook it thus causing the 40000 men on it to fall to their deaths. King solomon flew his army on a carpet according to a tale told by sheherazade solomon was also given a flying carpet when god appointed him king over every created thing. And when solomon sat upon the carpet he was caught up by the wind and sailed through the air so quickly that he breakfasted at damascus and supped in media.

Then one day god became irritated by solomon s pride fullness. The quran unapologetically states that allah gave solomon command over the winds by which he was able to travel a two month journey in less than a day. But there is a midrash in judaism that has a reference to king solomon s flying carpet. When solomon sat upon the carpet he was caught up by the wind and sailed through the air so quickly that he breakfasted at damascus and supped in media.

And we subjected to solomon the violent wind. The carpet was made of green silk interwoven with pure gold embroidered with figures. This carpet is said to have been able to carry 40000 men in the air at any given time. The description of solomon s flying carpet is bewildering.

There is no mention of flying carpets in the hebrew bible including the torah. Fortunately king solomon also had an enormous flying carpet he could tool around on. It blew at his bidding toward the land which we had blessed.