Surah ke-27 · 93 ayat

AN NAML (SEMUT) — Ayat 20

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وَتَفَقَّدَ الطَّيْرَ فَقَالَ مَا لِيَ لَا أَرَى الْهُدْهُدَ أَمْ كَانَ مِنَ الْغَائِبِينَ

And he took attendance of the birds and said, "Why do I not see the hoopoe - or is he among the absent?

Tafsir Ibnu Katsir

Tafsir

{And he inspected the birds} to see the hoopoe, which sees water under the ground and points to it by pecking at it, so the devils extract it because Solomon needed it for prayer, but he did not see it. {And he said, “Why do I not see the hoopoe?”} That is, has something prevented me from seeing it? {Or is he among the absent ones?”} So I did not see him because of his absence. So when he realized that...