وَتَفَقَّدَ ٱلطَّيۡرَ فَقَالَ مَالِيَ لَآ أَرَى ٱلۡهُدۡهُدَ أَمۡ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡغَآئِبِينَ ٢٠
And he took attendance of the birds and said, "Why do I not see the hoopoe - or is he among the absent?
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَتَفَقَّدَAnd he inspectedwatafaqqada
- ٱلطَّيۡرَthe birdsl-ṭayra
- فَقَالَand saidfaqāla
- مَاWhymā
- لِيَWhyliya
- لَآnotlā
- أَرَىI seearā
- ٱلۡهُدۡهُدَthe hoopoel-hud'huda
- أَمۡoram
- كَانَis hekāna
- مِنَfrommina
- ٱلۡغَآئِبِينَthe absentl-ghāibīna
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?”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran