42 Preface فَلَمّا جاءَت قيلَ أَهٰكَذا عَرشُكِ ۖ قالَت كَأَنَّهُ هُوَ ۚ وَأوتينَا العِلمَ مِن قَبلِها وَكُنّا مُسلِمينَYusuf AliSo when she arrived, she was asked, “Is this thy throne?” She said, “It was just like this;1 and knowledge was bestowed on us in advance of this, and we have submitted to God (in Islam).”Bilqis stands the test. She knows it was her throne, yet not exactly the same, for it was now much better. And she is proud of her good fortune, and acknowledges, for herself and her people, with gratitude, the light which was given to them by God, by which they recognised God’s prophet in Solomon and received the true Religion with all their will and heart and soul.