Sheba
34. Saba’
سبأ
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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
Then, when We decreed (Solomon's) death, nothing showed them his death except a little worm of the earth, which kept (slowly) gnawing away at his staff: so when he fell down, the Jinns saw plainly that if they had known the unseen, they would not have tarried in the humiliating Penalty (of their Task).
— Abdullah Yusufali
When We decreed death for him, nothing apprised them of his death except a worm which gnawed away at his staff. And when he fell down, [the humans] realized that had the jinn known the Unseen, they would not have remained in a humiliating torment.
