Surah An-Naml 27:20 — translation and meaning
النمل · Verse 20 / 93 · Page 378
وَتَفَقَّدَ الطَّيْرَ فَقَالَ مَا لِيَ لَا أَرَى الْهُدْهُدَ أَمْ كَانَ مِنَ الْغَائِبِينَ
Word by Word
وَتَفَقَّدَ
watafaqqada
And he inspected
الطَّيْرَ
al-tayra
the birds
فَقَالَ
faqala
and said
مَا
ma
Why
لِيَ
liya
Why
لَا
la
not
أَرَى
ara
I see
الْهُدْهُدَ
al-hud'huda
the hoopoe
أَمْ
am
or
كَانَ
kana
is he
مِنَ
mina
from
الْغَائِبِينَ
al-ghaibina
the absent
Transliteration
Wa tafaqqadat taira faqaala maa liya laaa aral hud hud, am kaana minal ghaaa'ibeen
Translation
And he took attendance of the birds and said, "Why do I not see the hoopoe - or is he among the absent?
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
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?”
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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