Skip to content
المَائدة /

Ayah 31

5 : 31

Ayah 31 of المَائدة (5 : 31). This page carries the verse in the Uthmani script with a translation of its meaning, at a stable URL that can be cited on its own.

المَائدة Ayahs 120
Surah · المَائدة
English · Rwwad
5 : 31

فَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ غُرَابٗا يَبۡحَثُ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ لِيُرِيَهُۥ كَيۡفَ يُوَٰرِي سَوۡءَةَ أَخِيهِۚ قَالَ يَٰوَيۡلَتَىٰٓ أَعَجَزۡتُ أَنۡ أَكُونَ مِثۡلَ هَٰذَا ٱلۡغُرَابِ فَأُوَٰرِيَ سَوۡءَةَ أَخِيۖ فَأَصۡبَحَ مِنَ ٱلنَّٰدِمِينَ

Then Allah sent a crow scratching the ground to show him how to bury the corpse of his brother. He said, “Woe to me! Have I failed even to be like this crow to bury the corpse of my brother?” And he became one of the remorseful.

Explanation & meanings · 1
  1. It is said that this raven was burying another of its kind.