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But when he, the envoy, came to Solomon, with the gift and the servants, he said, 'Are you supplying me with wealth? What Allahu ta’ālā has given me, of prophethood and kingship, is better than what He has given you, of [the things of] this world. Nay, but it is you [and not I] who exult in your gift, for you pride yourselves upon [the possession of] the ornaments of this world!