33 They said: We are possessors of strength and possessors of mighty prowess. And the command is thine, so consider what thou wilt command.

34 She said: Surely the kings, when they enter a town, ruin it and make the noblest of its people to be low; and thus they do.

35 And surely I am going to send them a present, and to see what (answer) the messengers bring back.

36 So when (the envoy) came to Solomon, he said: Will you help me with wealth? But what Allāh has given me is better than that which He has given you. Nay, you are exultant because of your present.

37 Go back to them, so we shall certainly come to them with hosts which they have no power to oppose, and we shall certainly expel them therefrom in disgrace, while they are abased.

38 He said: O chiefs, which of you can bring me her throne before they come to me in submission?

39 One audacious among the jinn said: I will bring it to thee before thou rise up from thy place; and surely I am strong, trusty for it.

40 One having knowledge of the Book said: I will bring it to thee in the twinkling of an eye. Then when he saw it settled beside him, he said: This is of the grace of my Lord, that He may try me whether I am grateful or ungrateful. And whoever is grateful, he is grateful only for his own soul, and whoever is ungrateful, then surely my Lord is Self-sufficient, Bountiful.

41 He said: Alter her throne for her; we may see whether she follows the right way or is of those who go not aright.

42 So when she came, it was said: Was thy throne like this? She said: It is as it were the same; and we were given the knowledge before about it, and we submitted.

43 And that which she worshipped besides Allāh prevented her; for she was of a disbelieving people.

44 It was said to her: Enter the palace. But when she saw it she deemed it to be a great expanse of water, and prepared herself to meet the difficulty. He said: Surely it is a palace made smooth with glass. She said: My Lord, surely I have wronged myself, and I submit