An-Naml 27:20
The Ant · ayah 20 of 93
وَتَفَقَّدَ ٱلطَّيْرَ فَقَالَ مَا لِىَ لَآ أَرَى ٱلْهُدْهُدَ أَمْ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْغَآئِبِينَ
Watafaqqada attayra faqalama liya la ara alhudhuda am kana minaalgha-ibeen
"And he took attendance of the birds and said, "Why do I not see the hoopoe - or is he among the absent?"
Saheeh International translation
Recitation by Mishary Alafasy
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"Solomon inspected the birds and said, ‘Why do I not see the hoopoe? Is he absent?"
Pickthall (classic)+
"And he sought among the birds and said: How is it that I see not the hoopoe, or is he among the absent?"
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"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?"