so solomon carved a staff from that carob tree and he met the angel of death and asked him when his death came to inform him. when he informed him he stood up tied his clothes and took that staff that he had carved from the carob tree and leaned on it and said o god conceal my death from the jinn so that mankind may know that they did not know the unseen.
فنحت سليمان من تلك الخروبة] عصا وفاته أن يعلمه، فلما أعلمه قام وشد ثيابه وأخذ تلك التي نحت من الخروبة، فتوكأ عليها وقال اللهم أغم على الجن موتي حتى يعلم الإنس أنهم كانوا لا يعلمون الغيب.