فَلَمَّا
قَضَيْنَا
عَلَيْهِ
ٱلْمَوْتَ
مَا
دَلَّهُمْ
عَلَىٰ
مَوْتِهِۦٓ
إِلَّا
دَآبَّةُ
ٱلْأَرْضِ
تَأْكُلُ
مِنسَأَتَهُۥ ۖ
فَلَمَّا
خَرَّ
تَبَيَّنَتِ
ٱلْجِنُّ
أَن
لَّوْ
كَانُوا۟
يَعْلَمُونَ
ٱلْغَيْبَ
مَا
لَبِثُوا۟
فِى
ٱلْعَذَابِ
ٱلْمُهِينِ
١٤
Then, when We decreed Solomon’s death, nothing showed the jinn he was dead, but a creature of the earth eating at his stick: when he fell down they realized- if they had known what was hidden they would not have continued their demeaning labour.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem