The Ant
27. An-Naml
النمل
al-Naml (The Ants)
ٱلنَّمْل
27:20
وَتَفَقَّدَ
الطَّيْرَ
فَقَالَ
مَا
لِيَ
لَا
أَرَى
الْهُدْهُدَ
أَمْ
كَانَ
مِنَ
الْغَائِبِينَ
wa-tafaqqada ṭ-ṭayra fa-qāla mā liya lā ʾarā l-hudhuda ʾam kāna mina l-ghāʾibīna
(Solomon) inspected the birds and said, "How is it that I cannot see the hoopoe. Is he absent?