27. Neml · verses 20–21

سورة النمل
20

وَتَفَقَّدَ ٱلطَّيۡرَ فَقَالَ مَالِيَ لَآ أَرَى ٱلۡهُدۡهُدَ أَمۡ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡغَآئِبِينَ

Watafaqqada alttayra faqala ma liya la ara alhudhuda am kana mina alghaibeena

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?

21

لَأُعَذِّبَنَّهُۥ عَذَابٗا شَدِيدًا أَوۡ لَأَاْذۡبَحَنَّهُۥٓ أَوۡ لَيَأۡتِيَنِّي بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٖ

LaoAAaththibannahu AAathaban shadeedan aw laathbahannahu aw layatiyannee bisultanin mubeenin

"I will certainly punish him with a severe penalty, or execute him, unless he bring me a clear reason (for absence)."