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Surah 27. An-Naml, Ayah 41

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قَالَ نَكِّرُوا۟ لَهَا عَرْشَهَا نَنظُرْ أَتَهْتَدِىٓ أَمْ تَكُونُ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَهْتَدُونَ
Q a la nakkiroo lah a AAarshah a nan th ur atahtadee am takoonu mina alla th eena l a yahtadoon a
[And] he continued: "Alter her throne so that she may not know it as hers: let us see whether she allows herself to be guided [to the truth] or remains one of those who will not be guided."36
  - Mohammad Asad

I.e., whether she remains satisfied with perceiving only the outward appearance of things and happenings, or endeavours to fathom their spiritual reality. Seeing that the people of Sheba were, until then, motivated by love of luxury and worldly power, Solomon intends to show the Queen her "throne", or the image of her domainion, as it could be if it were inspired by faith in God and hence, by a consciousness of moral responsibility.

Further he said: "Without any comment to her, set her throne in her sight; let us see whether she recognize it or she is of those who cannot recognize the Truth."
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
'Then' Solomon said, 'Disguise her throne for her so we may see whether she will recognize 'it' or she will not be able to.'
  - Mustafa Khattab
He said: Disguise her throne for her that we may see whether she will go aright or be of those not rightly guided.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
He said: "Transform her throne out of all recognition by her: let us see whether she is guided (to the truth) or is one of those who receive no guidance." 3278
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The throne having been disguised, it will be a test to see whether Bilqis recognises it as her own or not.

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