The Flying Carpet Of Solomon

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 flying carpet of solomon.

It blew at his bidding toward the land which we had blessed. And we subjected to solomon the violent wind. The midrash brings a. The description of solomon s flying carpet is bewildering.

It is said to have been sixty miles long and sixty miles wide. God shook the carpet in the wind sending all 40 000 men into the air and presumably to their deaths. There is no mention of flying carpets in the hebrew bible including the torah. And we have knowledge of all things.

Then one day god became irritated by solomon s pride fullness. 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. The carpet flew swiftly bringing solomon from damascus to media in just a few hours. 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.

Fortunately king solomon also had an enormous flying carpet he could tool around on. Made of green silk with golden weft the carpet was sixty miles long and just as wide. The king solomon known from the bible was famous not only for his wisdom but also a glorious flying carpet. Legends tell that ing solomon s flying carpet had the ability to carry as many as 40 000 men whilst in flight.

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. The carpet was made of green silk interwoven with pure gold embroidered with figures. The jewish sage ben sherira gave two different versions on how the king got his hands on such a magnificent treasure. 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.

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. The iconic carpet was extremely large with room for up to 40 000 men.