when we decreed solomons death nothing indicated his death to them except a worm from the earth which was eating away at his cane. when he fell down the jinn plainly realized that if they had known what was unseen they would not have had to continue with such humiliating labour.
فلما قضينا عليه الموت ما دلهم على موته إلا دابة الأرض تأكل منسأته فلما خر تبينت الجن أن لو كانوا يعلمون الغيب ما لبثوا في العذاب المهين