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So when she came, it was said, to her: 'Is your throne like this?' She said, 'It as though it is the one'. She had, in fact, recognised it; but she made a pretence to them just as they made a pretence to her, given that [when she was asked about the throne] it was not said, 'Is this your throne?', for had it been so, she would have replied, 'Yes, it is'. When Solomon realised that she was perceptive and knowledgeable, he said: 'And we were given the knowledge before her and we had submitted [to Allahu ta’ālā].