The Ant, The Ants 27:20

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Arabic English Morphology
And he inspected V
ٱلطَّيْرَ l-ṭayra
the birds Noun
فَقَالَ faqāla
and said V
مَا
Why Noun
لِىَ liya
Why Noun
لَآ
not Prep
أَرَى arā
I see V
the hoopoe Noun
or Prep
كَانَ kāna
is he V
مِنَ mina
from Prep
the absent Noun

Solomon inspected the birds and said, ‘Why do I not see the hoopoe? Is he absent

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَتَفَقَّدَ ٱلطَّیۡرَ فَقَالَ مَا لِیَ لَاۤ أَرَى ٱلۡهُدۡهُدَ أَمۡ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡغَاۤىِٕبِینَ ۝٢٠

watafaqqada l-ṭayra faqāla mā liya lā arā l-hud'huda am kāna mina l-ghāibīn