Hafiz soon
An-Naml · 27:20
And he took attendance of the birds and said, "Why do I not see the hoopoe - or is he among the absent?
Sahih International
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وَتَفَقَّدَ
watafaqqada
And he inspected
Word breakdown
و
Harf · Conjunctionand
تفقد
Fi'l · VerbAnd he inspected
Rootفقدfqd
to miss, lose, inspect for what is missing
3× in the Quran · Rare
LemmaتَفَقَّدَVerb (form V) - to inspect
Grammar rules
Past tense verb
وَتَفَقَّدَ (And he inspected) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & PresentVerb form V — doing to oneself
وَتَفَقَّدَ (And he inspected) uses form V (تَفَعَّلَ) — it's the reflexive of form II, meaning doing the action to yourself.
We translate it as "to [verb] oneself".
Lesson 13 · Verb Families V–XConjunction وَ (and)
وَتَفَقَّدَ (And he inspected) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Lesson 4 · Particles