The warp of monotheism in the weft of Quranic stories; a study of the story of Solomon and the horses.

In verses 30 to 33 of Q 38, the Holy Quran mentions the story of Solomon and the horses. The interpretation of these verses and the explanation of the semantic link between them, as well as the relationship between the actions of the story and the actor of the story, Solomon, have faced exegetes with challenges. In the current research, to explain this story and understand its central homiletical and didactic doctrine, intertextual reading on three levels has been carried out: Jewish religious texts (including the Old Testament, Mishnah, and Midrash), pre-Islamic poems, and the Qur'an. According to the findings of current research, the doctrine of monotheism has been emphasized in this story. Solomon, the hero of the story, seeing noble galloping horses that were considered a powerful weapon in ancient times, perceived the power of horses, for a short moment, to be independent of God's will and considered them to be effective by themselves. Considering horses as an independent source of power causes him to fall in love with them and consequently neglects the remembrance of God.According to the results of this research, Solomon's action to free his soul from this preoccupation is giving away his beloved property, horses.