Sheba
34. Saba’
سبأ
Saba’ (Sheba)
سَبَأ
34:14
فَلَمَّا
قَضَيْنَا
عَلَيْهِ
الْمَوْتَ
مَا
دَلَّهُمْ
عَلَى
مَوْتِهِ
إِلَّا
دَابَّةُ
الْأَرْضِ
تَأْكُلُ
مِنسَأَتَهُ
فَلَمَّا
خَرَّ
تَبَيَّنَتِ
الْجِنُّ
أَن
لَّوْ
كَانُوا
يَعْلَمُونَ
الْغَيْبَ
مَا
لَبِثُوا
فِي
الْعَذَابِ
الْمُهِينِ
fa-lammā qaḍaynā ʿalayhi l-mawta mā dallahum ʿalā mawtihī ʾillā dābbatu l-ʾarḍi taʾkulu minsaʾatahū fa-lammā kharra tabayyanati l-jinnu ʾan law kānū yaʿlamūna l-ghayba mā labithū fī l-ʿadhābi l-muhīni
When We decreed that Solomon should die, no one knew of his death except for a creeping creature of the earth who ate-up his staff. When he fell down, the jinn realized that if they had known about the unseen, they would not have remained in such a humiliating torment for so long.