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
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سُورَةُ سَبَإٍ
English — Sahih International
And when We decreed for Solomon death, nothing indicated to the jinn his death except a creature of the earth eating his staff. But when he fell, it became clear to the jinn that if they had known the unseen, they would not have remained in humiliating punishment.
اردو — مودودی
پھر جب سلیمانؑ پر ہم نے موت کا فیصلہ نافذ کیا تو جنوں کو اس کی موت کا پتہ دینے والی کوئی چیز اُس گھن کے سوا نہ تھی جو اس کے عصا کو کھا رہا تھا اس طرح جب سلیمانؑ گر پڑا تو جنوں پر یہ بات کھل گئی کہ اگر وہ غیب کے جاننے والے ہوتے تو اس ذلت کے عذاب میں مبتلا نہ رہتے
Bahasa Indonesia — Kemenag
Maka tatkala Kami telah menetapkan kematian Sulaiman, tidak ada yang menunjukkan kepada mereka kematiannya itu kecuali rayap yang memakan tongkatnya. Maka tatkala ia telah tersungkur, tahulah jin itu bahwa kalau sekiranya mereka mengetahui yang ghaib tentulah mereka tidak akan tetap dalam siksa yang menghinakan.
Ibn Kathir
The Death of Sulayman
Allah tells us how Sulayman, peace be upon him, died and how Allah concealed his death from the Jinn who were subjugated to him to do hard labor. He remained leaning on his stick, which was his staff, as Ibn `Abbas may Allah be pleased with him, Mujahid, Al-Hasan, Qatadah and others said. He stayed like that for a long time, nearly a year. When a creature of the earth, which was a kind of worm, ate through the stick, it became weak and fell to the ground. Then it became apparent that he had died a long time before. It also became clear to Jinn and men alike that the Jinn do not know the Unseen as they (the Jinn) used to imagine and tried to deceive people. This is what Allah says:
مَا دَلَّهُمْ عَلَى مَوْتِهِ إِلاَّ دَابَّةُ الاٌّرْضِ تَأْكُلُ مِنسَأَتَهُ فَلَمَّا خَرَّ تَبَيَّنَتِ الْجِنُّ أَن لَّوْ كَانُواْ يَعْلَمُونَ الْغَيْبَ مَا لَبِثُواْ فِى الْعَذَابِ الْمُهِينِ
(nothing informed them (Jinn) of his death except a little worm of the earth which kept (slowly) gnawing away at his stick. So when he fell down, the Jinn saw clearly that if they had known the Unseen, they would not have stayed in the humiliating torment.) meaning, it became clear to the people that they (the Jinn) were lying.
المُيَسَّر
فلما قضينا على سليمان بالموت ما دلَّ الجن على موته إلا الأرَضَةُ تأكل عصاه التي كان متكئًا عليها، فوقع سليمان على الأرض، عند ذلك علمت الجن أنهم لو كانوا يعلمون الغيب ما أقاموا في العذاب المذلِّ والعمل الشاق لسليمان؛ ظنا منهم أنه من الأحياء. وفي الآية إبطال لاعتقاد بعض الناس أن الجن يعلمون الغيب؛ إذ لو كانوا يعلمون الغيب لعلموا وفاة سليمان عليه السلام، ولما أقاموا في العذاب المهين.