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

41 He said, ‘Disguise her throne for her,
so that we may see whether she is discerning
or if she is one of the undiscerning ones.’
42 So when she came, it was said [to her],
‘Is your throne like this one?’
She said, ‘It seems to be the same,
and we were informed before it,¹
and we had submitted.’
43 She had been barred [from the way of Allah]
by what she used to worship besides Allah,
for she belonged to a faithless people.
44 It was said to her, ‘Enter the palace.’
So when she saw it,
she supposed it to be a pool of water,
and she bared her shanks.
He said, ‘It is a palace paved with crystal.’
She said, ‘My Lord!
Indeed I have wronged myself,
and I submit with Solomon to Allah,
the Lord of all the worlds.’
45 Certainly We sent to Thamūd Ṣāliḥ, their brother,
[with the summons:] ‘Worship Allah!’
But thereat they became two groups
contending with each other.
46 He said, ‘O My people!
Why do you press
for evil sooner than for good?
Why do you not plead to Allah for forgiveness