When We decreed that Solomon should die, no one knew of his death except for a creeping creature of the earth who ate-up 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.
پس چون مرگ را بر او مقرر داشتيم، جز جنبنده‌اى خاكى [=موريانه‌] كه عصاى او را [به تدريج‌] مى‌خورد، [آدميان را] از مرگ او آگاه نگردانيد، پس چون [سليمان‌] فرو افتاد براى جنيان روشن گرديد كه اگر غيب مى‌دانستند، در آن عذاب خفت‌آور [باقى‌] نمى‌ماندند.