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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Naml, verse 20

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Without diacritics

وتفقد الطير فقال ما لي لا ارى الهدهد ام كان من الغائبين

And he took a muster Of the Birds; and he said: "Why is it I see not The Hoopoe? Or is he Among the absentees?"

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  • Verse 20 of 93
  • Juz 19
  • Page 378

Word by word

  1. وَتَفَقَّدَAnd he inspectedwatafaqqada
  2. ٱلطَّيْرَthe birdsl-ṭayra
  3. فَقَالَand saidfaqāla
  4. مَاWhymā
  5. لِىَWhyliya
  6. لَآnotlā
  7. أَرَىI seearā
  8. ٱلْهُدْهُدَthe hoopoel-hud'huda
  9. أَمْoram
  10. كَانَis hekāna
  11. مِنَfrommina
  12. ٱلْغَآئِبِينَthe absentl-ghāibīna

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