42فَلَمّا جاءَت قيلَ أَهٰكَذا عَرشُكِ ۖ قالَت كَأَنَّهُ هُوَ ۚ وَأوتينَا العِلمَ مِن قَبلِها وَكُنّا مُسلِمينَN. J. DawoodAnd when she came to Solomon, she was asked: ‘Is your throne like this?’ And she replied, ‘It looks as though it were the same.’ He said: ‘Before her we were endowed with knowledge, and before her we submitted to the Lord.