Tafsir of Surah Saba 34:14

﴿فَلَمَّا قَضَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ الْمَوْتَ مَا دَلَّهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَوْتِهِ إِلَّا دَابَّةُ الْأَرْضِ تَأْكُلُ مِنسَأَتَهُ فَلَمَّا خَرَّ تَبَيَّنَتِ الْجِنُّ أَن لَّوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ الْغَيْبَ مَا لَبِثُوا فِي الْعَذَابِ الْمُهِينِ﴾

Translation of the meaning

And when We decreed for him [i.e., Solomon] death, nothing indicated to them [i.e., the jinn] his death except a creature of the earth eating his staff. But when he fell, it became clear to the jinn that if they had known the unseen, they would not have remained in humiliating punishment.

English Translation - Noor International Center — v1.1.2 · QuranEnc.com

The words of the two imams are given in their original Arabic, verbatim, with references.

Imam Ibn al-Qayyim

فالقضاء في كتاب الله نوعان كوني قدري كقوله: {فلما قضينا عليه الموت} وقوله: {وقضي بينهم بالحق} وشرعي ديني كقوله: {وقضى ربك ألا تعبدوا إلا إياه} أي أمر وشرع«شفاء العليل في مسائل القضاء والقدر والحكمة والتعليل» 1/280
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