they (would have) remained
Being true in faith to Allah, and never assigning partners to Him: if anyone assigns partners to Allah, is as if he had fallen from heaven and been snatched up by birds, or the wind had swooped (like a bird on its prey) and thrown him into a far-distant place.
Then, when We decreed (Solomon's) death, nothing showed them his death except a little worm of the earth, which kept (slowly) gnawing away at his staff: so when he fell down, the Jinns saw plainly that if they had known the unseen, they would not have tarried in the humiliating Penalty (of their Task).
同时为真主而信奉正教,不以物配他。谁以物配真主,谁如从天空坠落,而被群鸟夺走,或被大风扫荡到远方。
我决定他死亡的时候,只有持他的手杖的柱虫,指示他们他已经死了。当他倒下的时候,精灵们恍然大悟:假若他们能知幽玄,那末,他们未曾逗留在凌辱的刑罚中。