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وَتَفَقَّدَ الطَّيْرَ فَقَالَ مَا لِيَ لَا أَرَى الْهُدْهُدَ أَمْ كَانَ مِنَ الْغَائِبِينَ

And he took attendance of the birds and asked: "Why didn’t I see the Hoopoe, or is he among the absentees?”

Hoopoe was the commandant of birds among the army of Suleiman.