34:14 falam-maa qaDaynaa 'Alayhil mawta maa dal-lahum 'Alaa mawtihii il-laa daab-batul arDi ta'kulu minsa-atah* falam-maa khar-ra tabay-yanatil jin-nu al law kaanuu ya'Ålamuunal gayba maa labithuu fiyl 'Adhaabil muhiyn

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
So when We sent the command of death towards him, no one revealed his death to the jinns except the termite of the earth which ate his staff; and when he came to the ground, the truth about the jinns was exposed - if they had known the hidden, they would not have remained in the disgraceful toil.

Yusuf Ali:
Then, when We decreed (Solomon's) death, nothing showed them his death except a little worm of the earth, which kept (slowly) gnawing away at his staff: so when he fell down, the Jinns saw plainly that if they had known the unseen, they would not have tarried in the humiliating Penalty (of their Task).

Pickthal:
And when We decreed death for him, nothing showed his death to them save a creeping creature of the earth which gnawed away his staff. And when he fell the jinn saw clearly how, if they had known the Unseen, they would not have continued in despised toil.