Quran 27:20 — An-Naml, verse 20
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Solomon inspected the birds and said, ‘Why do I not see the hoopoe? Is he absent?
وَتَفَقَّدَ الطَّيْرَ فَقَالَ مَا لِيَ لَا أَرَى الْهُدْهُدَ أَمْ كَانَ مِنَ الْغَائِبِينَ
watafaqqada l-ṭayra faqāla mā liya lā arā l-hud'huda am kāna mina l-ghāibīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And he reviewed the birds; then he said, 'How is it with me, that I do not see the hoopoe? Or is he among the absent?
- Muhammad Asad
- And [one day] he looked in vain for [a particular one of] the birds; and so he said: How is it that I do not see the hoopoe? Or could he be among the absent?
- Sahih International
- And he took attendance of the birds and said, "Why do I not see the hoopoe - or is he among the absent?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَتَفَقَّدَwatafaqqada | And he inspected | فقد |
| 2 | ٱلطَّيْرَl-ṭayra | the birds | طير |
| 3 | فَقَالَfaqāla | and said | قول |
| 4 | مَاmā | Why | — |
| 5 | لِىَliya | Why | — |
| 6 | لَآlā | not | — |
| 7 | أَرَىarā | I see | رأي |
| 8 | ٱلْهُدْهُدَl-hud'huda | the hoopoe | هدهد |
| 9 | أَمْam | or | — |
| 10 | كَانَkāna | is he | كون |
| 11 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 12 | ٱلْغَآئِبِينَl-ghāibīna | the absent | غيب |