How did the brother know how to bury his brother whom he killed?
كيف عرف ابن آدم كيف يدفن أخاه الذي قتله؟
After the first murder on earth: the killer was left in a state of confusion and distress: not knowing what to do with his brother's body. The Holy Quran describes how Allah sent a crow to search in the earth: demonstrating the act of burial. Upon witnessing this: the son of Adam felt a deep sense of failure and regret: realizing that even a bird had more guidance in that moment than he did.
بعد وقوع أول جريمة قتل على الأرض: وقف القاتل حائراً عاجزاً لا يدري كيف يتصرف في جثمان أخيه. يروي القرآن الكريم أن الله أرسل غراباً ليقوم بالبحث في التراب أمام عيني ابن آدم: ليعلمه عملياً طريقة الدفن. وعندما رأى القاتل ذلك: شعر بضعفه وندمه الشديد: مدركاً أن هذا الطائر قد ألهمه الله ما عجز هو عن فهمه في تلك اللحظة الحرجة.
Quranic Evidence | الدليل من القرآن الكريم
(Then Allah sent a crow searching in the ground to show him how to hide the disgrace of his brother. He said: "Woe to me! Have I failed to be like this crow and hide the disgrace of my brother?" So he became of the regretful.)
(فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ غُرَابًا يَبْحَثُ فِي الْأَرْضِ لِيُرِيَهُ كَيْفَ يُوَارِي سَوْءَةَ أَخِيهِ ۚ قَالَ يَا وَيْلَتَا أَعَجَزْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِثْلَ هَٰذَا الْغُرَابِ فَأُوَارِيَ سَوْءَةَ أَخِي ۖ فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ النَّادِمِينَ)
[سورة المائدة: آية ٣١]
Scholarly Insight: The use of a crow in this divine lesson is significant because crows are known for their intelligence and complex social behaviors. Scholars of the Holy Quran note that the term "So'ata Akhih" refers to the corpse: and the killer's regret mentioned in the verse was for his inability to bury the body rather than a full repentance from the sin itself. This event established the tradition of burial as the honored way to treat the deceased in human history.