Al-Ma'idah 31: Then, to show to him how to bury his brother, Allah sent a crow that dug out the earth. (He said) “pity me! Am I not even capable of burying my brother as this crow does?” and became regretful of what he had done.

A. Metin Saruhan · 8 October 2016 · Al-Ma'idah

Translation

Then, to show to him how to bury his brother, Allah sent a crow that dug out the earth. (He said) “pity me! Am I not even capable of burying my brother as this crow does?” and became regretful of what he had done.

Tafsir

When Cain, after killing Abel, was standing over his brother's corpse, not knowing what to do, God sent a crow to show Cain how to bury his brother's body. Inspired by the crow, Cain digs a hole and buries his brother in it, saying, "Woe is me, I did not think as much as a crow.

In this way, people who have feelings of hatred and resentment, no matter how much their intellect shows them the truth, the person who has dictated the script that he had dictated to himself in the past as his destiny, plays out his covenant like an artist in this world's life and makes himself a witness against himself, his surroundings and Allah (swt) as to what kind of a person he is.

In the face of these events that Allah (swt) has created, he does his deeds and holds himself as a witness to Allah (swt). Their regret is temporary and not for Allah. If they were sincerely repentant, it is impossible for Allah (swt) not to forgive them with His attribute of Tawwab. Therefore, such people are eternal hell-bound with this character.

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Look, yes, Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 31.

Then Allah sent a crow scratching the ground, to show him how his brother's body was to be buried. A crow scratching the ground. The murderer brother said: woe to me, could I not even be like this crow, so that I might bury my brother's body? And he became one of those who regretted what they had done, He says. He became one of those who regretted what they had done, but it was too late. A moment's desire of the nafs, hatred, and such things lead a person into dead ends, tie his hands and feet, and ruin him.

After Cain killed Abel, he did not know where his body was to be buried. Even as a corpse, he lies on the ground; blessed Abel lies there. And he stands over him, looking at him like that.

How people were first to be buried — Allah Almighty sends Cain a crow. The crow — according to a narration, two crows fight. Cain watches. One of the crows kills the other. And the crow scratches the ground. It buries the crow it killed in that hole and covers it over. So Cain says, woe to me. Woe to me, I could not even be like a crow, he says. Like a crow. To bury his brother's body, he digs a hole. He buries him there. At that moment our father Adam becomes aware of the situation and, saying, Cain, what have you done, wants to come running to Cain. But Cain flees. That flight, that flight. That flight, that flight.

He fled from man, but he could not flee from Allah. Yes. After Cain killed Abel, when the body lay out in the open, he did not know what to do. In such a state, while he waited by his brother's body. Yes. Let's have a look at our phone. There'll be news to wait for from two places.

Yes, as-salamu alaykum.

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Let's take up our topic from the beginning. Cain, it says, after killing Abel, when the body lay out in the open, not knowing what to do, in a bewildered state, while he waited by his brother's body, Allah, to show Cain how to bury his brother's body, a crow scratching the ground sends. Inspired by the crow, Cain said, woe to me, I could not even think as much as a crow, and scratched out a hole and buried his brother in it. Yes. For people who follow feelings of hatred and loathing like this, however much their mind however much shows them what is right, the person who had the script he had written earlier written for himself as his destiny, his pledge in worldly life, playing it like an actor, shows what kind of person he is, and makes himself a witness against himself before those around him and before Allah Almighty.

Where was the script written? In the covenant of Alastu bi-Rabbikum, at Qalu bala, people's desires and wishes (?) became their destiny, and those destinies settled in people as characters. When people come into the world, on the basis of those characters, desires and wishes begin. And Allah Almighty creates events according to their desires and wishes. Within these events, people earn reward and sin through their deeds. So the world is programmed until the Day of Judgement. Yes. Indeed, there is not a single living being of which Allah Almighty does not know, until the Day of Judgement, what it will not do.

In the face of these events that Allah Almighty creates, he commits the deeds he is to commit, and makes himself a witness before Allah Almighty. Since their regret is temporary, it is not for Allah's sake itself. If they had truly regretted from the heart, it would not be possible for Allah Almighty, with His attribute at-Tawwab, not to forgive them. For this reason, such people, with these characters, are people of Hell forever.

Allah Almighty says, if only they knew Me. If only they knew. That is, look at Allah Almighty's mercy. If only they knew. That is, He would do away with Hell. But their saying, my Lord, we have believed in You, send us back to the world — since they do not have the capacity to change their own characters, they are lying. Since our Lord knows this, since He knows they are lying, because characters do not change. His pledge does not change. We say: even if We sent you back to the world not once but several times more, you would do the same thing again. According to the verse, those characters will come to light again.

And of course He does not forgive them. In fact, what do they say to Malik in Hell? O Malik, tell your Lord to lighten the punishment on us a little. They cannot say “our Lord”. Because in Hell, the more they see that punishment, the more their hatred towards Allah Almighty grows. As their hatred grows, they remain there forever. They are waiting for the Lord in their imagination. As Allah Almighty says in the verse, they will not be able to see their Lord. He is waiting for the Lord in his imagination. That Lord will come, the Lord in his imagination — if there were a god other than Allah, as they themselves think anyway — they will take revenge on Allah.

So they cannot get out of this (?) world. Because that is the character. Within that world they become people of Hell forever.

Yes.