Qabasفَلَمَّا 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 ١٤
Falammā qadaynā 'alayhil-mawta mā dallahum 'alā mawtihī illā dābbatul-ardi ta'kulu minsa'atahū falammā kharra tabayyanatil-jinnu al law kānū ya'lamūnal-ghayba mā labithū fil-'adhābil-muhīn
And when We decreed for him [i.e., Solomon] death, nothing indicated to them [i.e., the jinn] his death except a creature of the earth eating his staff.1222 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.1223
Footnotes
1222 Upon which he was leaning at the time of his death. A termite continued to gnaw into the stick until it collapsed under his weight.
1223 i.e., hard labor. This verse is evidence that the jinn do not possess knowledge of the unseen, which belongs exclusively to Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā).