27: Surah An-Naml - Part 7
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وَتَفَقَّدَ
watafaqqada
And he inspected
ٱلطَّيْرَ
l-ṭayra
the birds
فَقَالَ
faqāla
and said
مَا
Why
لِىَ
liya
Why
لَآ
not
أَرَى
arā
I see
ٱلْهُدْهُدَ
l-hud'huda
the hoopoe
أَمْ
am
or
كَانَ
kāna
is he
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلْغَآئِبِينَ
l-ghāibīna
the absent
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لَأُعَذِّبَنَّهُۥ
la-uʿadhibannahu
I will surely punish him
عَذَابًۭا
ʿadhāban
(with) a punishment
شَدِيدًا
shadīdan
severe
أَوْ
aw
or
لَأَا۟ذْبَحَنَّهُۥٓ
laādh'baḥannahu
I will surely slaughter him
أَوْ
aw
unless
لَيَأْتِيَنِّى
layatiyannī
he brings me
بِسُلْطَـٰنٍۢ
bisul'ṭānin
a reason
مُّبِينٍۢ
mubīnin
clear
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فَمَكَثَ
famakatha
So he stayed
غَيْرَ
ghayra
not
بَعِيدٍۢ
baʿīdin
long
فَقَالَ
faqāla
and he said
أَحَطتُ
aḥaṭtu
I have encompassed
بِمَا
bimā
that which
لَمْ
lam
not
تُحِطْ
tuḥiṭ
you have encompassed
بِهِۦ
bihi
it
وَجِئْتُكَ
waji'tuka
and I have come to you
مِن
min
from
سَبَإٍۭ
saba-in
Saba
بِنَبَإٍۢ
binaba-in
with news
يَقِينٍ
yaqīnin
certain
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إِنِّى
innī
Indeed, I
وَجَدتُّ
wajadttu
found
ٱمْرَأَةًۭ
im'ra-atan
a woman
تَمْلِكُهُمْ
tamlikuhum
ruling them
وَأُوتِيَتْ
waūtiyat
and she has been given
مِن
min
of
كُلِّ
kulli
every
شَىْءٍۢ
shayin
thing
وَلَهَا
walahā
and for her
عَرْشٌ
ʿarshun
(is) a throne
عَظِيمٌۭ
ʿaẓīmun
great
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