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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
Text: Tanzil Project,tanzil.net · verbatim and unchanged · previous verse · next verse
Then Allah sent a raven scratching up the ground, to show him how to hide his brother's naked corpse. He said: Woe unto me! Am I not able to be as this raven and so hide my brother's naked corpse? And he became repentant.— Marmaduke Pickthall
Summary
Verse 31 of Surat al-Ma'ida, a Medinan surah. 1
Place in the museum
Its place: verse 31 of 120 verses in the surah. The text is kept in the frozen Tanzil mushaf and is not retyped here.
Connections
- Part of
- Sura 5: Al-Ma'ida
- Basis for
- Burial
Sources
- Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
- Tanzil Project, public-domain translations
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Qur'an 5:31”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/quran-5-31/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.