Surah Al-Ma'idah, ayah 31
فَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ غُرَابًا يَبْحَثُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيُرِيَهُۥ كَيْفَ يُوَٰرِى سَوْءَةَ أَخِيهِ ۚ قَالَ يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓ أَعَجَزْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِثْلَ هَـٰذَا ٱلْغُرَابِ فَأُوَٰرِىَ سَوْءَةَ أَخِى ۖ فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ ٱلنَّـٰدِمِينَ
Then Allāh sent a crow searching [i.e., scratching] in the ground to show him how to hide the disgrace of his brother. He said, "O woe to me! Have I failed to be like this crow and hide the disgrace [i.e., body] of my brother?" And he became of the regretful.
Al-Ma'idah · 5:31
Word by word
- فَبَعَثَfabaʿathaThen (was) sent
- ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
- غُرَابًۭاghurābana crow
- يَبْحَثُyabḥathuit (was) scratching
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- لِيُرِيَهُۥliyuriyahuto show him
- كَيْفَkayfahow
- يُوَٰرِىyuwārīto hide
- سَوْءَةَsawata(the) dead body
- أَخِيهِ ۚakhīhi(of) his brother
- قَالَqālaHe said
- يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓyāwaylatāWoe to me
- أَعَجَزْتُaʿajaztuAm I unable
- أَنْanthat
- أَكُونَakūnaI can be
- مِثْلَmith'lalike
- هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
- ٱلْغُرَابِl-ghurābi[the] crow
- فَأُوَٰرِىَfa-uwāriyaand hide
- سَوْءَةَsawata(the) dead body
- أَخِى ۖakhī(of) my brother
- فَأَصْبَحَfa-aṣbaḥaThen he became
- مِنَminaof
- ٱلنَّـٰدِمِينَl-nādimīnathe regretful
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