she said. And the people prostrated with him, so she was confounded when she saw that Solomon had done what he did. When Solomon raised his head, he said: "Woe to you, what did you say?" She said: "Have you forgotten what I said?" Then she said: "My Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, and I submit with Solomon to Allah, Lord of the worlds."

2896: 16447: Her Islam: 1: Tafsir Ibn Kathir: (3/365).

2897: 16448: Hadith: 1: Tafsir Ibn Kathir (3/366). Ibn Kathir said: "Indeed, it is a Munkar (denounced/rejected) and very strange [narration]."

2898: 16452: With a Mursal (tradition): 1: Tafsir Mujahid: (2/474) and Tafsir al-Qurtubi (7/4930).

: 16453: They dispute: 2: Mujahid said: The dispute is what God Almighty recounted in His saying: "Do you know that Salih was sent by his Lord?" up to His saying: "disbelievers." It was said: Their dispute is that every group said: "We are upon the truth to the exclusion of you."

: 16454: Mercy: 3: Tafsir Mujahid (2/474).

2899: 16457: You are punished: 1: Preceded.

: 16460: With God: 2: Tafsir al-Qurtubi: (7/4930).

: 16462: From God: 3: Tafsir Abd al-Razzaq: (2/70).

2900: 16467: They do reform: 1: Al-Dahhak said: These nine were the nobles of the city, and they were spreading corruption in the land and commanding corruption; so they sat by a great rock, and God overturned it upon them.

And Ata' ibn Abi Rabah said: It reached me that they used to clip (debase) the dinars and dirhams, and that is part of the corruption in the land, and Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib said this as well.

It is said: Their corruption was that they used to follow the private faults of the people and not conceal them.