Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 31 (5:31)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

فَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ غُرَابًا يَبْحَثُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيُرِيَهُۥ كَيْفَ يُوَٰرِى سَوْءَةَ أَخِيهِ ۚ قَالَ …

Quran 5:31 is ayah 31 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 112 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:31
فَبَعَثَٱللَّهُغُرَابًايَبْحَثُفِىٱلْأَرْضِلِيُرِيَهُۥكَيْفَيُوَٰرِىسَوْءَةَأَخِيهِ ۚقَالَيَٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓأَعَجَزْتُأَنْأَكُونَمِثْلَهَٰذَاٱلْغُرَابِفَأُوَٰرِىَسَوْءَةَأَخِى ۖفَأَصْبَحَمِنَٱلنَّٰدِمِينَ٣١
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-nādimīna

Then Allāh sent a crow searching [i.e., scratching] in the ground to show him how to hide the disgrace of his brother. He said, "O woe to me! Have I failed to be like this crow and hide the disgrace [i.e., body] of my brother?" And he became of the regretful.(31)

Word by word

  1. فَبَعَثَfabaʿathaThen (was) sent
  2. ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
  3. غُرَابًاghurābana crow
  4. يَبْحَثُyabḥathuit (was) scratching
  5. فِىfīin
  6. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  7. لِيُرِيَهُۥliyuriyahuto show him
  8. كَيْفَkayfahow
  9. يُوَٰرِىyuwārīto hide
  10. سَوْءَةَsawata(the) dead body
  11. أَخِيهِ ۚakhīhi(of) his brother
  12. قَالَqālaHe said
  13. يَٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓyāwaylatāWoe to me
  14. أَعَجَزْتُaʿajaztuAm I unable
  15. أَنْanthat
  16. أَكُونَakūnaI can be
  17. مِثْلَmith'lalike
  18. هَٰذَاhādhāthis
  19. ٱلْغُرَابِl-ghurābi[the] crow
  20. فَأُوَٰرِىَfa-uwāriyaand hide
  21. سَوْءَةَsawata(the) dead body
  22. أَخِى ۖakhī(of) my brother
  23. فَأَصْبَحَfa-aṣbaḥaThen he became
  24. مِنَminaof
  25. ٱلنَّٰدِمِينَl-nādimīnathe regretful

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