27:31
"'Be ye not arrogant against me, but come to me in submission (to the true Religion).'"
27:32
She said: "Ye chiefs! advise me in (this) my affair: no affair have I decided except in your presence."
27:33
They said: "We are endued with strength, and given to vehement war: but the command is with thee; so consider what
thou wilt command."
27:34
She said: "Kings, when they enter a country, despoil it, and make the noblest of its people its meanest thus do they
behave.
27:35
"But I am going to send him a present, and (wait) to see with what (answer) return (my) ambassadors."
27:36
Now when (the embassy) came to Solomon, he said: "Will ye give me abundance in wealth. But that which Allah has
given me is better than that which He has given you! Nay it is ye who rejoice in your gift!
27:37
"Go back to them, and be sure we shall come to them with such hosts as they will never be able to meet: We shall
expel them from there in disgrace, and they will feel humbled (indeed)."
27:38
He said (to his own men): "Ye chiefs! which of you can bring me her throne before they come to me in submission."
27:39