yusuf_ali_transliteration

13. YaAAmaloona lahu ma yashao min mahareeba watamatheela wajifanin ka

ljawabi

waqudoorin rasiyatin iAAmaloo ala dawooda shukran waqaleelun min AAibadiya

shshakoor

13. They worked for him as he desired, (making) arches, images, basons as large as

reservoirs, and (cooking) cauldrons fixed (in their places): "Work ye, sons of David, with

thanks! but few of My servants are grateful!"

14. Falamma qadayna AAalayhi almawta ma dallahum AAala mawtihi illa dabbatu al-

ardi ta/kulu minsaatahu falamma kharra tabayyanati aljinnu an law kanoo yaAAlamoona

alghayba ma labithoo fee alAAathabi almuheen

14. Then, when We decreed (Solomon's) death, nothing showed them his death except a

little worm of the earth, which kept (slowly) gnawing away at his staff: so when he fell

down, the Jinns saw plainly that if they had known the unseen, they would not have

tarried in the humiliating Penalty (of their Task).