The Table, The Table Spread — Verse 31

5:31 · al-Ma`idah

← Previous al-Ma`idah Next →

The Table, The Table Spread 5:31

Text Analysis  ·  Go to Parallel Translations
Arabic English Morphology
فَبَعَثَ fabaʿatha
Then (was) sent V
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu
(by) Allah Noun
غُرَابًا ghurāban
a crow Noun
يَبْحَثُ yabḥathu
it (was) scratching V
فِى fī
in Prep
ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi
the earth Noun
لِيُرِيَهُۥ liyuriyahu
to show him V
كَيْفَ kayfa
how Noun
يُوَٰرِى yuwārī
to hide V
سَوْءَةَ sawata
(the) dead body Noun
أَخِيهِ akhīhi
(of) his brother Noun
قَالَ qāla
He said V
يَٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓ yāwaylatā
Woe to me Noun
أَعَجَزْتُ aʿajaztu
Am I unable V
أَنْ an
that Prep
أَكُونَ akūna
I can be V
مِثْلَ mith'la
like Noun
هَٰذَا hādhā
this Noun
ٱلْغُرَابِ l-ghurābi
[the] crow Noun
فَأُوَٰرِىَ fa-uwāriya
and hide V
سَوْءَةَ sawata
(the) dead body Noun
أَخِى akhī
(of) my brother Noun
فَأَصْبَحَ fa-aṣbaḥa
Then he became V
مِنَ mina
of Prep
ٱلنَّٰدِمِينَ l-nādimīna
the regretful Noun

God sent a raven to scratch up the ground and show him how to cover his brother’s corpse and he said, ‘Woe is me! Could I not have been like this raven and covered up my brother’s body?’ He became remorseful

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

فَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ غُرَابࣰا یَبۡحَثُ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ لِیُرِیَهُۥ كَیۡفَ یُوَ ٰرِی سَوۡءَةَ أَخِیهِۚ قَالَ یَـٰوَیۡلَتَىٰۤ أَعَجَزۡتُ أَنۡ أَكُونَ مِثۡلَ هَـٰذَا ٱلۡغُرَابِ فَأُوَ ٰرِیَ سَوۡءَةَ أَخِیۖ فَأَصۡبَحَ مِنَ ٱلنَّـٰدِمِینَ ۝٣١

fabaʿatha l-lahu ghurāban yabḥathu fī l-arḍi liyuriyahu kayfa yuwārī sawata akhīhi qāla yāwaylatā aʿajaztu an akūna mith'la hādhā l-ghurābi fa-uwāriya sawata akhī fa-aṣbaḥa mina l-nādimīn

Export this verse as:
CSV JSON PDF MD TXT XML BibTeX RIS RSS Excel
← Previous Verse The Table, The Table Spread Next Verse →