25:42 "Henearly diverted us from our gods had we not been patient for them." They will learn when they see the retribution who is on a path most astray.
The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
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Ejtaal Arabic Almanac: Lane's Lexicon, Hans Wehr, Lisan al-Arab and others
And [one day] he looked in vain for [a particular one of] the birds; and so he said: How is it that I do not see the hoopoe? Or could he be among the absent?