When We decreed Solomon's 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.
پس چون مرگ را بر او مقرّر داشتیم، جز جنبنده‌ای خاکی [:موریانه]، حال آنکه عصای او را می‌خورد، جنّیان را از مرگ او آگاه نگردانید. پس چون سلیمان فرو افتاد برای جنّیان روشن گردید که اگر غیب می‌دانستند، در عذاب خفّت‌بار (باقی) نمی‌ماندند.