20th Ayah from Surah An Naml
وَتَفَقَّدَ ٱلطَّيۡرَ فَقَالَ مَالِيَ لَآ أَرَى ٱلۡهُدۡهُدَ أَمۡ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡغَآئِبِينَ ٢٠
Wa Tafaqqada Aţ-Ţayra Faqāla Mā Lī Lā 'Ará Al-Hud/huda 'Am Kāna Mina Al-Ghā'ibīna
Sahih International
And he took attendance of the birds and said, "Why do I not see the hoopoe - or is he among the absent?
Abdul Haleem
Solomon inspected the birds and said, ‘Why do I not see the hoopoe? Is he absent?
Mohsin Khan/Hilali
He inspected the birds, and said: "What is the matter that I see not the hoopoe? Or is he among the absentees?
Taqi Usmani
And (once) he (Sulaimān) checked the birds and said, “How is it with me that I do not see the hudhud (hoopoe)? Rather he has disappeared.
Pickthall
And he sought among the birds and said: How is it that I see not the hoopoe, or is he among the absent?
Pickthall
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?
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