وَتَفَقَّدَ ٱلطَّيْرَ فَقَالَ مَا لِىَ لَآ أَرَى ٱلْهُدْهُدَ أَمْ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْغَآئِبِينَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And he took attendance of the birds and said, "Why do I not see the hoopoe - or is he among the absent?
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- அவர் பறவைகளை(ப் பற்றியும்) பரிசீலனை செய்து "நான் (இங்கே) ஹுது ஹுது(ப் பறவையைக்) காணவில்லையே என்ன காரணம்? அல்லது அது மறைந்தவற்றில் நின்றும் ஆகி விட்டதோ?" என்று கூறினார்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- තවද ඔහු (සුලෙයිමාන්) පක්ෂීන්ව නිරීක්ෂණය කළේ ය. හුද් හුද් කුරුල්ලා මා නො දකිනුයේ ඇයි? නැතහොත් ඌ නො පැමිණියවුන් අතරින් වී දැ? යි ඔහු පැවසී ය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- آپ نے پرندوں کی دیکھ بھال کی اور فرمانے لگے یہ کیا بات ہے کہ میں ہدہد کو نہیں دیکھتا؟ کیا واقعی وه غیر حاضر ہے؟
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- またかれは鳥たちを検閲して，言った。「どうしたのですか。ヤツガシラ鳥がいないではないですか。あれも欠席組の中だったのですか。」
- ChineseMa Jian
- . 他曾检阅众鸟，他说：我怎么不见戴胜呢？它缺席吗？
Tafsir of 27:20
The Absence of the Hoopoe Mujahid, Sa`id bin Jubayr and others narrated from Ibn `Abbas and others that the hoopoe was an expert who used to show Sulayman where water was if he was out in open land and needed water. The hoopoe would look for water for him in the various strata of the earth, just as a man looks at things on the surface of the earth, and he would know just how far below the surface the water was. When the hoopoe showed him where the water was, Sulayman would command the Jinn to dig in that place until they brought water from the depths of the earth. One day Sulayman went to some open land and checked on the birds, but he could not see the hoopoe. فَقَالَ مَالِيَ لاَ أَرَى الْهُدْهُدَ أَمْ كَانَ مِنَ الْغَآئِبِينَ (and (Sulayman) said: "What is the matter that I see not the hoopoe Or is he among the absentees") One day `Abdullah bin `Abbas told a similar story, and among the people was a man from the Khawarij whose name was Nafi` bin Al-Azraq, who often used to raise objections to Ibn `Abbas.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
