The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة
al-Mā’idah (The Table)
ٱلْمَائِدَة
5:31
فَبَعَثَ
اللَّهُ
غُرَابًا
يَبْحَثُ
فِي
الْأَرْضِ
لِيُرِيَهُ
كَيْفَ
يُوَارِي
سَوْءَةَ
أَخِيهِ
قَالَ
يَاوَيْلَتَا
أَعَجَزْتُ
أَنْ
أَكُونَ
مِثْلَ
هَذَا
الْغُرَابِ
فَأُوَارِيَ
سَوْءَةَ
أَخِي
فَأَصْبَحَ
مِنَ
النَّادِمِينَ
fa-baʿatha llāhu ghurāban yabḥathu fī l-ʾarḍi li-yuriyahū kayfa yuwārī sawʾata ʾakhīhi qāla yā-waylatā ʾa-ʿajaztu ʾan ʾakūna mithla hādhā l-ghurābi fa-ʾuwāriya sawʾata ʾakhī fa-ʾaṣbaḥa mina n-nādimīna
God sent down a raven which started to dig up the earth to show the killer how to bury the corpse of his brother. On seeing the raven, (Cain) said, "Woe to me! Am I less able than a raven to bury the corpse of my brother?" He became greatly remorseful.
