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An-Naml 27:20
وَتَفَقَّدَ ٱلطَّيْرَ فَقَالَ مَا لِىَ لَآ أَرَى ٱلْهُدْهُدَ أَمْ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْغَآئِبِينَ
And he took attendance of the birds and said, "Why do I not see the hoopoe - or is he among the absent?
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وَتَفَقَّدَ
watafaqqada
And he inspected
ٱلطَّيْرَ
l-ṭayra
the birds
فَقَالَ
faqāla
and said
مَا
mā
Why
لِىَ
liya
Why
لَآ
lā
not
أَرَى
arā
I see
ٱلْهُدْهُدَ
l-hud'huda
the hoopoe
أَمْ
am
or
كَانَ
kāna
is he
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلْغَآئِبِينَ
l-ghāibīna
the absent