[Then Solomon] said, Alter ye her throne so that it may not be known by her, that we may see whether she be rightly directed _to the knowledge thereof_, or whether she be of those who are not rightly directed _to the knowledge of that which is altered. He desired thereby to try her intelligence. So they altered it, by adding to it, or taking from it, or in some other manner._ And when she came, it was said _unto her_, Is thy throne like this? She answered, As though it were the same. (_She answered them ambiguously like as they had questioned her ambiguously, not saying, Is this thy throne?—and had they so said, she had answered, Yes._) _And when Solomon saw her knowledge, he said_, And we have had knowledge bestowed on us before her, and have been Muslims. But what she worshipped instead of God hindered her _from worshipping Him_; for she was of an unbelieving people.—It was said unto her _also_, Enter the palace. _It had a floor of white, transparent glass, beneath which was running water, wherein were fish. Solomon had made it on its being said unto him that her legs and feet were_ [hairy] _like the legs of an ass._ And when she saw it, she imagined it to be a great water, and she uncovered her legs, _that she might wade through it; and Solomon was on his throne at the upper end of the palace, and he saw that her legs and her feet were handsome_. He said _unto her_, Verily it is a palace evenly spread with glass. _And he invited her to embrace El-Islám_, [whereupon] she said, O my Lord, verily I have acted unjustly towards mine own soul, _by worshipping another than Thee_, and I resign myself, with Solomon, unto God, the Lord of the worlds. _And he desired to marry her; but he disliked the hair upon her legs; so the devils made for him the depilatory of quick-lime, wherewith she removed the hair, and he married her; and he loved her, and confirmed her in her kingdom. He used to visit her every month once, and to remain with her three days; and her reign expired on the expiration of the reign of Solomon. It is related that he began to reign when he was thirteen years of age, and died at the age of three and fifty years. Extolled be the perfection of Him to the duration of whose dominion there is no end!_ (xxvii. 15-45.)