Traduction des sens Verset 14 Sourate SABA - Traduction en anglais - Centre Rawwâd de traduction - Chapitre 'Ammâ - Encyclopédie du Noble Coran

Verset: 14

فَلَمَّا قَضَيۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ مَا دَلَّهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَوۡتِهِۦٓ إِلَّا دَآبَّةُ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ تَأۡكُلُ مِنسَأَتَهُۥۖ فَلَمَّا خَرَّ تَبَيَّنَتِ ٱلۡجِنُّ أَن لَّوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٱلۡغَيۡبَ مَا لَبِثُواْ فِي ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡمُهِينِ

Then when We decreed Solomon’s death, nothing showed them that he was dead except a creature of the earth^[8] eating away his staff^[9]. When he fell down, the jinn realized that if they had truly known the unseen, they would not have remained in the debasing servitude^[10].

[8] i.e., a termite was gnawing his staff. [9] Upon which he was leaning.
[10] It is proof that the jinn do not have knowledge of the unseen.