قَالَ نَکِّرُوا لَهَا عَرْشَهَا نَنظُرْ أَتَهْتَدِى أَمْ تَکُونُ مِنَ الَّذِینَ لاَ یَهْتَدُونَ(( 41 ))

41- SOLOMON SAID:ِ ``DISGUISE HER THRONE FOR HER, THAT WE MAY SEE IF SHE WILL BE GUIDED, OR WILL BE OF THOSE WHO WILL NOT BE GUIDED.''

فَلَمَّا جَاءَتْ قِیلَ أَهَکَذَا عَرْشُکِ قَالَتْ کَأَنَّهُ هُوَ وَأُوتِینَا الْعِلْمَ مِنْ قَبْلِهَا وَکُنَّا مُسْلِمِینَ(( 42 ))

42- AND WHEN SHE CAME, IT WAS SAID:ِ ``IS YOUR THRONE LIKE THIS? SHE SAID:ِ ``AS IF, THIS IS IT! AND BEFORE IT, WE WERE GIVEN KNOWLEDGE AND BECAME MUSLIMS. (SUBMITTED TO ALLAH)

وَصَدَّهَا مَا کَانَتْ تَّعْبُدُ مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ إِنَّهَا کَانَتْ مِنْ قَوْم کَافِرِینَ(( 43 ))

43- AND (SOLOMON) PREVENTED HER FROM WHAT SHE WAS WORSHIPPING APART FROM ALLAH (THE SUN), THAT SHE WAS OF A PEOPLE WHO WERE DISBELIEVERS.

قِیلَ لَهَا ادْخُلِى الصَّرْحَ فَلَمَّا رَأَتْهُ حَسِبَتْهُ لُجَّةً وَکَشَفَتْ عَنْ سَاقَیْهَا قَالَ إِنَّهُ صَرْحٌ مُّمَرَّدٌ مِّنْ قَوَارِیرَ قَالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّى ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِى وَأَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ سُلَیْمَانَ للهِِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِینَ(( 44 ))

44- IT WAS SAID TO HER:ِ ``ENTER THE HALL (OF THE PALACE). WHEN SHE SAW IT, SHE DEEMED IT TO BE A SPREADING OF WATER, AND (THEREFORE) SHE UNCOVERED HER LEGS, BUT HE (SOLOMON) SAID TO HER:ِ ``IT IS A HALL COVERED WITH CRYSTALS.''

      SHE SAID:ِ ``MY LORD! I HAVE OPPRESSED MYSELF, BUT I HAVE (NOW) SUBMITTED TO ALLAH THE LORD OF ALL THE WORLDS, WITH SOLOMON.