Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs
(Then Allah sent a raven scratching up the ground) turning up the ground to bury a dead raven, (to show him) Cain (how to hide his brother's naked corpse) in the ground. (He said: Woe unto me! Am I not able to be as this raven) in his ability (and so hide my brother's naked corpse) in the ground? (And he became repentant) he was repentant at not being able to cover his brother's naked corpse, but not repentant for having killed him.
Tafsir Ibn 'Abbas, trans. Mokrane Guezzou
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