The origin of "testing (ibtila')" is trial, meaning: to test whether I will be grateful for His bounty or ungrateful for it.

2890: 16410: State: 1: Tafsir Ibn Kathir: (3/364).

: 16411: They altered: 2: Tafsir Mujahid (2/472).

: 16414: Her throne: 3: Al-Farra' and others said: He only commanded that it be disguised because the devils said to him: "There is something wrong with her intellect," so he wanted to test her. It is said: The jinn feared that Solomon would marry her, and a child would be born to him from her, so they would remain subjugated to the family of Solomon forever. So they said to Solomon: "She is of weak intellect, and her legs are like the legs of a donkey." Thus he said: "Disguise her throne for her," so that we may know her intellect. Solomon had a counselor from among the jinn, who said: "How can I see her legs without asking her to uncover them?" He said: "I will place water in this palace, and I will place glass over the water; she will think it is water, so she will raise her garment, and thus her legs will be seen." This is the "Sarh" (elevated palace/structure) which God the Almighty informed about.

2892: 16423: It: 1: See the discussion of Ibn Kathir regarding this throne (3/364).

: 16424: Like that: 2: Tafsir Mujahid: (2/473).

: 16427: Guided to the truth: 3: The previous source.

2893: 16430: Female jinn: 1: The discussion regarding the "Sarh" (palace) has preceded.

: 16431: A body of water (lujja): 2: Tafsir Mujahid (2/473).

2894: 16438: Crystals (qawarir): 1: Ibn Kathir said in his commentary on this verse: When she stood before Solomon, he invited her to worship God, the Mighty and Majestic, alone, and he rebuked her for her worship of the sun instead of God the Almighty. She responded with the statement of the heretics (Zandaqa). Then Solomon fell prostrate, magnifying what...