Tafseer
{ وتفقّد الطير } ليرى الهدهد الذي يرى الماء تحت الأرض ويدل عليه بنقره فيها فتستخرجه الشياطين لاحتياج سليمان إليه للصلاة فلم يره { فقال ماليَ لا أرى الهدهد } أي أعرضَ لي ما منعني من رؤيته { أم كان من الغائبين } فلم أره لغيبته فلما تحققها.
{And he inspected the birds} to see the hoopoe, which sees water under the ground and points to it by pecking at it, so the devils extract it because Solomon needed it for prayer, but he did not see it. {And he said, “Why do I not see the hoopoe?”} That is, has something prevented me from seeing it? {Or is he among the absent ones?”} So I did not see him because of his absence. So when he realized that...
