"Then Allah sent a raven scratching in the ground"—the verse.
Al-Kalbi said:
He had killed him in the evening, and returned to him in the morning to see what had become of him. He found a living raven throwing dirt over a dead raven. He then said: "Woe to me! Have I become unable to be like this raven and cover the corpse of my brother?"—just as this raven covers the corpse of its brother. He then cried out in woe, and became one of the regretful ones.
Surat al-Ma'idah, verse (32) only.
﴿فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ غُرَابًا يَبْحَثُ فِي الأَرْض﴾ الْآيَةَ.
قَالَ الْكَلْبِيُّ:
وَكَانَ قَتَلَهُ عَشِيَّةً، وَغَدَا إِلَيْهِ غَدْوَةً لِيَنْظُرَ مَا فَعَلَ؛ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِغُرَابٍ حَيٍّ يَحْثِي التُّرَابَ عَلَى غُرَابٍ مَيْتٍ، فَقَالَ: ﴿يَا وَيْلَتَا أَعَجَزْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِثْلَ هَذَا الْغُرَابِ فأواري سوءة أخي﴾ كَمَا يُوَارِي هَذَا الْغُرَابُ سَوْءَةَ أَخِيهِ ﴿﴾ فَدَعَا بِالْوَيْلِ، وَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ النادمين.
سُورَة الْمَائِدَة من الْآيَة (٣٢) فَقَط.
