Surah Al-Mai'dah (The Spread Table), Verse 31

فَبَعَثَ اللّٰهُ غُرَابًا یَّبْحَثُ فِی الْاَرْضِ لِیُرِیَهٗ كَیْفَ یُوَارِیْ سَوْءَةَ اَخِیْهِ قَالَ یٰوَیْلَتٰۤی اَعَجَزْتُ اَنْ اَكُوْنَ مِثْلَ هٰذَا الْغُرَابِ فَاُوَارِیَ سَوْءَةَ اَخِیْ فَاَصْبَحَ مِنَ النّٰدِمِیْنَ ۟

Faba'asal laahu ghuraabai yabhasu fil ardi liyuriyahoo kaifa yuwaaree saw'ata akheeh; qaala yaa wailataaa a'ajaztu an akoona misla haazal ghuraabi fa uwaariya saw ata akhee fa asbaha minan naadimeen

Then Allah sent a raven, who scratched the ground, to show him how to hide the shame of his brother. "Woe is me!" said he; "Was I not even able to be as this raven, and to hide the shame of my brother?" then he became full of regrets-

Quran 5:31 (Yusuf Ali Translation)

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