I will definitely punish him with a severe punishment or slaughter him or he should definitely come to me with a clear authority (justifying his absence).””
So without making (him) wait for long (the hoopoe came) and said, “”I have acquired (knowledge) of that which you do not know, and I bring to you true news from Saba.
I found her and her people prostrating to the sun besides Allah, and the devil has made their deeds fair seeming to them and turned them away from the way, so they are misguided (to the extent)
that they do not prostrate to Allah Who brings forth that which is hidden in the skies and the earth and knows that which you hide and that which you make public.
She said When kings enter a township, they certainly cause disorder in it, and make the mightiest of its people most disgraced and thus they (too) will do,
So, when he (the envoy) came to Sulaiman he said,”What! will you help me with wealth? But that which Allah has given me is better than that which he has given you. No, it is you who are happy with your gift (not I).
Return to them, and we will definitely come to them with armies which they will not be able to oppose, and we will definitely drive them out from there, disgraced, and they will be degraded.””
One cleverly alert among the jinn said, “”I will bring it to you before you rise from your place and I certainly have the reliable strength to do it.””