النمل — An-Naml Ayat 20

وَتَفَقَّدَ الطَّيْرَ فَقَالَ مَا لِيَ لَآ اَرَى الْهُدْهُدَۖ اَمْ كَانَ مِنَ الْغَاۤىِٕبِيْنَ

Wa tafaqqadaṭ-ṭaira fa qāla mā liya lā aral-hudhud(a), am kāna minal-gā'ibīn(a).

"And he took attendance of the birds and said, "Why do I not see the hoopoe - or is he among the absent?"