Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)

and whatever you disclose.
26 Allah — there is no god except Him —
is the Lord of the Great Throne.’
27 He said, ‘We shall see whether you are truthful,
or if you are one of the liars.’
28 Take this letter of mine and deliver it to them.
Then draw away from them
and observe what [response] they return.’
29 She said, ‘O [members of the] elite!
Indeed a noble letter has been delivered to me.
30 It is from Solomon,
and it begins in the name of Allah,
the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.
31 [It states,] “Do not defy me,
and come to me in submission.” ’
32 She said, ‘O [members of the] elite!
Give me your opinion concerning my matter.
I do not decide any matter
until you are present.’
33 They said,
‘We are powerful and possess a great might.
But it is up to you to command.
So see what you will command.’
34 She said, ‘Indeed when kings enter a town,
they devastate it,
and reduce the mightiest of its people to the most abased.
That is how they act.
35 I will send them a gift,
and I shall see what the envoys bring back.’