She said, "O my nobles! an honourable letter hath been thrown down to me:
It is from Solomon; and it is this: 'In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful!
Set not up yourselves against me, but come to me submitting (Muslims).' "
She said, "O my nobles, advise me in mine affair: I decide it not without your concurrence."6
They said, "We are endued with strength and are endued with mighty valour.-
But to command is thine: See therefore what thou wilt command us."
She said, "Kings when they enter a city spoil it, and abase the mightiest of its people: and in like manner will these also do.
But I will send to them with a gift, and await what my envoys bring back."
And when the messenger came to Solomon, he said, "Aid ye me with riches? But what God hath given to me is better than what he hath given you: yet ye glory in your gifts:
Return to them: for we will surely come to them with forces which they cannot withstand, and we will drive them from their land humbled and contemptible."
Said he, "O nobles, which of you will bring me her throne before they come to me, submitting? (Muslims)."