سورة النمل، الآية ٢٠
وَتَفَقَّدَ ٱلطَّيْرَ فَقَالَ مَا لِىَ لَآ أَرَى ٱلْهُدْهُدَ أَمْ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْغَآئِبِينَ ٢٠
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?
Verse 20 of Surah An-Naml (27:20), a Meccan surah, is in juz 19, on page 378 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
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And Solomon took attendance of the birds but did not see the hoopoe, so he said: “What is with me that I do not see the hoopoe? Has something stopped me seeing it or is it from the absentees?”
Once he checked the birds, and said, “Why is it that I do not see the hoopoe – or is he among the absent?
He inspected the birds, and said: "What is the matter that I see not the hoopoe? Or is he among the absentees?
And he sought among the birds and said: How is it that I see not the hoopoe, or is he among the absent?
And he took a muster of the Birds; and he said: "Why is it I see not the Hoopoe? Or is he among the absentees?
And he reviewed the birds, then said: How is it I see not the hoopoe or is it that he is of the absentees?
And he reviewed the birds; then he said, "what is it with me that I do not see the hoopoe? Or is he among the absent?
