Said he, “Rather, their chief may have done it; so question them, if they can speak.”

Again they were inverted upon their heads; saying, “You know well that these do not speak.”

And We do not burden any soul beyond its capacity, and with Us is a Book* that speaks the truth, and they will not be wronged. (* The preserved tablet or the record of one’s deeds.)

And Sulaiman became Dawud’s heir; and he said, “O people, we have indeed been taught the language of birds, and have been given from all things; this surely is a manifest favour.”

And the Word has appeared upon them because of their injustice, so now they do not speak.