فَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ غُرَابٗا يَبۡحَثُ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ لِيُرِيَهُۥ كَيۡفَ يُوَٰرِي سَوۡءَةَ أَخِيهِۚ قَالَ يَٰوَيۡلَتَىٰٓ أَعَجَزۡتُ أَنۡ أَكُونَ مِثۡلَ هَٰذَا ٱلۡغُرَابِ فَأُوَٰرِيَ سَوۡءَةَ أَخِيۖ فَأَصۡبَحَ مِنَ ٱلنَّٰدِمِينَ ٣١
Faba'athallāhu ghurāban yabhathu fil-ardi liyuriyahū kayfa yuwārī saw'ata akhīhi qāla yāwaylatā a'ajaztu an akūna mithla hādhal-ghurābi fa uwāriya saw'ata akhī fa asbaha minan-nādimīn
Then Allāh sent a crow searching [i.e., scratching] in the ground to show him how to hide the disgrace257 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.
Footnotes
257 Referring to the dead body, evidence of his shameful deed.