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Where were Solomon's children, family, servants, and entourage when he died, and what distracted them from his death until the "creeping creature of the earth" (dābbat al-arḍ) pointed it out?

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The Quran teaches people that the jinn do not know the unseen through the story of the death of Solomon (peace be upon him), which remained hidden from the jinn. The Quran does not specify how long Solomon remained dead without the jinn or his family knowing, but exegetes have mentioned different stories about this, including his seclusion or his will that they not be informed until the mosque was built, this being to prove to people that the jinn do not know the unseen.

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