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An-Naml (The Ant) · Ayah 20

وَتَفَقَّدَ ٱلطَّيْرَ فَقَالَ مَا لِىَ لَآ أَرَى ٱلْهُدْهُدَ أَمْ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْغَآئِبِينَ 20

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

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