إِنَّهُ مِنْ سُلَيْمَانَ وَإِنَّهُ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ ٣٠
"It is from Solomon, and is (as follows): 'In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful:
27:31
أَلَّا تَعْلُوا عَلَيَّ وَأْتُونِي مُسْلِمِينَ ٣١
"'Be ye not arrogant against me, but come to me in submission (to the true Religion).'"
27:32
قَالَتْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْمَلَأُ أَفْتُونِي فِي أَمْرِي مَا كُنْتُ قَاطِعَةً أَمْرًا حَتَّىٰ تَشْهَدُونِ ٣٢
She said: "Ye chiefs! advise me in (this) my affair: no affair have I decided except in your presence."
27:33
قَالُوا نَحْنُ أُولُو قُوَّةٍ وَأُولُو بَأْسٍ شَدِيدٍ وَالْأَمْرُ إِلَيْكِ فَانْظُرِي مَاذَا تَأْمُرِينَ ٣٣
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
قَالَتْ إِنَّ الْمُلُوكَ إِذَا دَخَلُوا قَرْيَةً أَفْسَدُوهَا وَجَعَلُوا أَعِزَّةَ أَهْلِهَا أَذِلَّةً ۖ وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ ٣٤
She said: "Kings, when they enter a country, despoil it, and make the noblest of its people its meanest thus do they behave.