when we decreed that solomon should die no one knew of his death except for a creeping creature of the earth who ateup 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.
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