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الهدهد‭ ‬طائر‭ ‬معروف‭ ‬في‭ ‬الصحراء تسميه‭ ‬العرب‭ ‬‮«‬أبو‭ ‬الأخبار‮»‬‭ ‬فهو‭ ‬يأتي‭ ‬بنبأ‭ ‬يقين، ‬وزعمت‭ ‬العرب‬ أنه‭ ‬يبصر‭ ‬الماء‭ ‬من‭ ‬تحت‭ ‬الأرض‭ ‬وأن‭ ‬الأرض‭ ‬كانت‭ ‬له‭ ‬كالزجاج‬،‭ ‬فإذا‭ ‬رفرف‭ ‬في‭ ‬موضع‭ ‬علم‭ ‬أن‭ ‬فيه‭ ‬ماء،‭ ‬حتى‭ ‬ضربت‭ ‬به‭ ‬العرب‭ ‬المثل‭ ‬قائلة‭: ‬‮«‬أبصر‭ ‬من‭ ‬هدهد‮»، ‬وروى‭ ‬الجاحظ‭ ‬أنهم‭ ‬زعموا‭ ‬أنه‭ ‬هو‭ ‬الذي‭ ‬كان‭ ‬يدل‭ ‬سليمان‭ ‬على‭ ‬مواضع‭ ‬الماء‭ ‬في‭ ‬قعر‭ ‬الأرض‭.

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The Arabs call it «The Father of the News» as it brings credible news. They claimed that «It sees the water from under the ground, and that the earth was like glass to it.» If it flaps in its place then know that there surely is water. Hence the proverb: Seeing better than a hopo.» Al-Jahiz narrated that it was claimed that it was the one that used to guide Soloman to the sources of water deep at the bottom of the earth.