1 The Virtues of Surah Al-Ma'idah; When It was Revealed Surah to ...

(the murderer) said, "Woe to me! Am I not even able to
be as this crow and to hide the dead body of my
brother!'' Then he became one of those who regretted.
As-Suddi said that the Companions said,
"When his brother died, Qabil left him on the bare
ground and did not know how to bury him. Allah
sent two crows, which fought with each other
until one of them killed the other. So it dug a hole
and threw sand over the dead corpse (which it
placed in the hole). When Qabil saw that, he said,
يَا وَيْلَتَا أَعَجَزْتُ‏ أَنْ‏ أَآُونَ‏ مِثْلَ‏ هَذَا الْغُرَابِ‏ فَأُوَارِيَ‏ سَوْءةَ‏ أَخِي
("Woe to me! Am I not even able to be as this
crow and to hide the dead body of my brother!'').
Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn Abbas said,
"A crow came to the dead corpse of another crow
and threw sand over it, until it hid it in the
يَا وَيْلَتَا said, ground. He who killed his brother
(Woe to أَعَجَزْتُ‏ أَنْ‏ أَآُونَ‏ مِثْلَ‏ هَذَا الْغُرَابِ‏ فَأُوَارِيَ‏ سَوْءةَ‏ أَخِي
me! Am I not even able to be as this crow and to
hide the dead body of my brother!).''
فَأَصْبَحَ‏ مِنَ‏ statement, Al-Hasan Al-Basri commented on the
regretted). (Then he became one of those who الن َّادِمِينَ‏
"Allah made him feel sorrow after the loss that he
earned.''
The Swift Punishment for Transgression and Cutting the
Relations of the Womb
A Hadith states that the Prophet said,
مَا مِنْ‏ ذَنْبٍ‏ أَجْدَرُ‏ أَنْ‏ یُعَج ِّلَ‏ االلهُ‏ عُقُوبَتَهُ‏ فِي الد ُّنْيَا مَعَ‏ مَا یَد َّخِرُ‏
لِصَاحِبهِ‏ فِي الْآخِرَةِ‏ مِنَ‏ الْبَغْيِ‏ وَقَطِيعَةِ‏ الر َّحِم
There is no sin that is more worthy of Allah
hastening its punishment in this life, in addition to
what He has in store for its offender in the
110