فَبَعَثَ Then (was) sent fabaʿatha (by) Allah l-lahu a crow ghurāban it (was) scratching yabḥathu in fī the earth l-arḍi to show him liyuriyahu how kayfa to hide yuwārī (the) dead body sawata (of) his brother akhīhi He said qāla Woe to me yāwaylatā Am I unable aʿajaztu that an I can be akūna like mith'la this hādhā [the] crow l-ghurābi and hide fa-uwāriya (the) dead body sawata (of) my brother akhī Then he became fa-aṣbaḥa of mina the regretful l-nādimīna
Then Allāh sent a crow searching [i.e., scratching] in the ground to show him how to hide the disgrace1 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.