According to search-discovered classical Islamic scholarship, the 'Discovery of the Death of' Prophet Sulayman (Solomon), as detailed in Surah Saba (34:14), is a pivotal Quranic narrative with a profound theological lesson. The event describes how Prophet Sulayman died while standing, leaning on his staff, while the jinn he commanded continued their hard labor, completely unaware. As Ibn Kathir explains, his death remained hidden for a significant period until Allah sent a 'creature of the earth' (dābbat al-arḍ), identified by commentators as a termite, to gnaw through his wooden staff. [1] When the staff finally broke and his body fell, it became undeniably clear to the jinn—and to all humanity—that they possessed no knowledge of the unseen (al-Ghayb). Al-Qurtubi emphasizes that if the jinn had truly known the unseen, they would not have remained in their humiliating toil. [2, 3] This synthesis across classical tafsirs establishes the story's primary purpose: to be a divine sign that demolishes any claims of creations knowing the unseen and to affirm this knowledge belongs exclusively to Allah.