Qur'an 5:31

القرآن 5:31

Qur'an 5:31 (sura Al-Ma'ida, verse 31).

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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

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Its place: verse 31 of 120 verses in the surah. The text is kept in the frozen Tanzil mushaf and is not retyped here.

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Sura 5: Al-Ma'ida
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Burial

Sources

  1. Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
  • Tanzil Project, public-domain translations
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