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Surah Al-Ma'idah Verse 31

Quran 5:31 · The Table Spread · Medinan · Juz 6

5:31

Arabic

فَبَعَثَ اللّٰهُ غُرَابًا يَّبْحَثُ فِى الْاَرْضِ لِيُرِيَهٗ كَيْفَ يُوَارِيْ سَوْءَةَ اَخِيْهِ ۗ قَالَ يٰوَيْلَتٰٓى اَعَجَزْتُ اَنْ اَكُوْنَ مِثْلَ هٰذَا الْغُرَابِ فَاُوَارِيَ سَوْءَةَ اَخِيْۚ فَاَصْبَحَ مِنَ النّٰدِمِيْنَ ۛ ۝٣١

Transliteration

Fa ba‘aṡallāhu ghurōbay yabḥaṡu fil-arḍi liyuriyahū kaifa yuwārī sau'ata akhīh, qōla yā wailatā a‘ajazta an akūna miṡla hāżal-ghurōbi fa uwāriya sau'ata akhī, fa aṣbaḥa minan-nādimīn

Meaning

Then Allah sent a raven digging the ground, to show him how to cover his brother’s corpse. He said, “Woe to me! I was unable to be like this raven, and bury my brother’s corpse.” So he became full of regrets.

Surah Al-Ma'idah verse 31 (Quran 5:31) is verse 31 of the 120 verses of Surah Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread), a Medinan surah that is number 5 in the Quran, and it is part of juz 6.

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Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).