Qoraalkeyga u dambeeyay (‘Ku noolaanshaha khiyaanada‘) Waxaan ka hadlay xanuunka aan dareemay markii dadka aan aaminay oo aan u riyaaqay ay khiyaameeyeen heerarka ay qirteen.. Dabcan, Aad ayaan uga fogahay in aan ahaado mid ku gaar ah dhinacaas. Xaqiiqdu waxay tahay, haddaynu aragnay qof meel saamayn ku leh oo sidaas u gafay, Inteena ugu badan maahan inay ka caga jabaan weligood si ay u aamino qofkaas mar labaad: Waxaan xitaa la halgameynaa xusuustayada camalkoodii hore ee hore. Si lama filaan ah, Xataa ficiladooda ugu wanagsan waxay u egyihiin inay nagu wasakhoobeen, Waxaan su'aal ka keenaynaa in ujeeddooyinkoodu ay ahaayeen kuwo dhab ah oo dhab ah iyo in kale haddii ay kuwa kale bilaabaan inay ammaanaan.

Ilaah waa ka duwan yahay

Illahay runtii aad buu uga duwan yahay la macaamilkiisa. Ka hor ‘Ilaah la kulanka’ taasi waxay igu kaliftay inaan qoro ‘Jacayl baa beddelay,’ Waxaan la halgamay dabeecaddayda qoraallada Sulaymaan, sababtoo ah waa tusaale qadiimiga ah mid ku bilaabay macaan oo dhanaan dhameeyay. Sida nin dhalinyaro ah, waxa uu la imanayaa tusaale ahaan is-hoosaysiinta, qiirada Ilaah, love for people and wisdom: but in later years as a womanizer, sponsor of false Gods, lover of pleasure and cynic.

Having written about the wonderful transformation his love brought about in the life of the young maiden who forms the focus of the Song of Solomon, it pains me to ponder how that relationship might have ended in his later years. Did she feel betrayed? I fear she did. And did he betray the very vision he presented in the Song? Haa.

Doomed to fail: but not discarded

Solomon’s attempt to fulfil his vision of the Shepherd King, the King of Love, was doomed from the start. Only Jesus could do that. Solomon was a flawed human being, just like the rest of us. But whereas my instinct is to turn away from him and say, ‘Why should this be in the Bible?’ God doesn’t do that.

Xaqiiqdu waxay tahay in dhammaanteen aan khalad nahay. Haddaynu ku dhufanno qoraallada Sulaymaan, Sow miyaanaynu weliba ku dhufan sabuurrada Daa'uud, Isagu wuu ka sinaystay oo dilay arrintii Batshebac? Haddi aanu Ilaahay raali ka ahayn inuu dadka u duceeyo oo isticmaalo in kasta oo ay guuldarraysteen markaas run ahaantii Ibraahim waxay ku kici lahayd xaaskiisa ugu yaraan laba jeer., Muuse’ Dilka Masrigu wuxuu ka dhigi lahaa mid baxsad ah inta noloshiisa ka dhiman, Diidmada Butros waxay ahaan lahayd dhammaadka adeeggiisa, Bawlos weligii ma bilaaban, Markosna waligiis ma qorin injiilkiisa, in aan xuso laakiin dhowr. Haddaynu wada xisaabtannay, natiijadu waxay noqon lahayd Kitaabka Quduuska ah, maya Ciise iyo rajo ma leh.

Laakiin Ilaah ma qoro dadka marka ay ku guuldareystaan. Wanaaggoodii hore ayaa weli marag inoogu taagan xataa markay dheceen. Iyo meesha uu Ilaah ka helo qalbi is-hoosaysiiya, sida David ama Peter, inkasta oo laga yaabo inaan u janjeero inaan qofkaas ka qorno oo aan u dirno boggaga dambe ee taariikhda, Wuxuu diyaar u yahay inuu soo qaado oo si xoog leh u isticmaalo markale.