وَتَفَقَّدَ الطَّیْرَ فَقَالَ مَا لِى لاَ أَرَى الْهُدْهُدَ أَمْ کَانَ مِنَ الْغَائِبِینَ(( 20 ))

20- HE VIEWED THE BIRD AND SAID:ِ ``WHAT IS (WRONG) WITH ME THAT I DO NOT SEE THE HOOPOE, OR IS HE AMONG THE ABSENTS.''

لَأُعَذِّبَنَّهُ عَذَاباً شَدِیداً أَوْ لاََذْبَحَنَّهُ أَوْ لَیَأْتِیَنِّى بِسُلْطَان مُّبِین(( 21 ))

21- I WILL PUNISH HIM A SEVERE PUNISHMENT, OR I MAY SLAUGHTER HIM, UNLESS HE COMES TO ME WITH A CLEAR REASON. (FOR HIS ABSENCE)

فَمَکَثَ غَیْرَ بَعِید فَقَالَ أَحَطتُ بِمَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِ وَجِئْتُکَ مِنْ سَبَإ بِنَبَإ یَقِین(( 22 ))

22- IT TOOK NO LONG (WHEN HE APPERED) AND SAID:ِ ``I COMPASSED (A TERRITORY) WHICH YOU COMPASSED NOT, AND I HAVE COME TO YOU FROM SHEBA WITH A SURE INFORMATION.''

إِنِّى وَجَدتُّ امْرَأَةً تَمْلِکُهُمْ وَأُوتِیَتْ مِنْ کُلِّ شَىْء وَلَهَا عَرْشٌ عَظِیمٌ(( 23 ))

23- I FOUND A WOMAN REIGNING OVER THEM, AND SHE HAS BEEN GIVEN OF EVERYTHING, AND FOR HER IS A GREAT THRONE.

وَجَدْتُّهَا وَقَوْمَهَا یَسْجُدُونَ لِلشَّمْسِ مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ وَزَیَّنَ لَهُمْ الشَّیْطَانُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ فَصَدَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّبِیلِ فَهُمْ لاَ یَهْتَدُونَ(( 24 ))

24- I FOUND HER AND HER PEOPLE PROSTRATING TO THE SUN, APART FROM ALLAH, AND SATAN HAS DECORATED FOR THEM THEIR DEEDS AND HAS BARRED THEM FROM THE WAY (OF ALLAH) AND THEREFORE THEY WILL NOT BE GUIDED.

أَلاَّ یَسْجُدُوا للهِِ الَّذِى یُخْرِجُ الْخَبْءَ فِى السَّموَاتِ وَالاَْرْضِ وَیَعْلَمُ مَا تُخْفُونَ وَمَا تُعْلِنُونَ(( 25 ))

25- WHY DO THEY NOT PROSTRATE THEMSELVES TO THE ALLAH, WHO BRINGS TO LIGHT THAT WHICH IS HIDDEN IN THE HEAVENS AND EARTH, AND WHO KNOWS WHAT YOU CONCEAL AND WHAT YOU REVEAL.