Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:20

27:20

وَتَفَقَّدَ ٱلطَّيْرَ فَقَالَ مَا لِىَ لَآ أَرَى ٱلْهُدْهُدَ أَمْ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْغَآئِبِينَ

watafaqqada l-ṭayra faqāla mā liya lā arā l-hud'huda am kāna mina l-ghāibīna

And he took attendance of the birds and said, "Why do I not see the hoopoe - or is he among the absent?

— Saheeh International

Solomon inspected the birds and said, ‘Why do I not see the hoopoe? Is he absent?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He inspected the birds, and said: "What is the matter that I see not the hoopoe? Or is he among the absentees?

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 19Page 378meccan

Word by Word

وَتَفَقَّدَwatafaqqadaAnd he inspected
ٱلطَّيْرَl-ṭayrathe birds
فَقَالَfaqālaand said
مَاmāWhy
لِىَliyaWhy
لَآlānot
أَرَىarāI see
ٱلْهُدْهُدَl-hud'hudathe hoopoe
أَمْamor
كَانَkānais he
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْغَآئِبِينَl-ghāibīnathe absent