Saba 34:14 فلما قضينا عليه الموت ما دلهم على موته الا دابة الارض تاكل منساته فلما خر تبينت الجن ان لو كانوا يعلمون الغيب ما لبثوا في العذاب المهين ١٤
فَلَمَّا
قَضَيۡنَا
عَلَيۡهِ
ٱلۡمَوۡتَ
مَا
دَلَّهُمۡ
عَلَىٰ
مَوۡتِهِۦٓ
إِلَّا
دَآبَّةُ
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
تَأۡكُلُ
مِنسَأَتَهُۥۖ
فَلَمَّا
خَرَّ
تَبَيَّنَتِ
ٱلۡجِنُّ
أَن
لَّوۡ
كَانُواْ
يَعۡلَمُونَ
ٱلۡغَيۡبَ
مَا
لَبِثُواْ
فِي
ٱلۡعَذَابِ
ٱلۡمُهِينِ
١٤
When We decreed Solomon’s death, nothing indicated to the ˹subjected˺ jinn that he was dead except the termites eating away his staff.1 So when he collapsed, the jinn realized that if they had ˹really˺ known the unseen, they would not have remained in ˹such˺ humiliating servitude.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Death of Sulayman
Allah tells us how Sulayman, peace be upon him, died and how Allah concealed his death from the Jinn who were subjugated to him to do hard labor. He remained leaning on his stick, which was his staff, as Ibn `Abbas may Allah be pleased with him, Mujahid, Al-Hasan, Qatadah and ot
…The Death of Sulayman
Allah tells us how Sulayman, peace be upon him, died and how Allah concealed his death from the Jinn who were subjugated to him t
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