The Quran

سورة المَائدة

Surah Al-Mâ’idah 5:30

The Table Spread of Food · Verse 30 of 120

فَطَوَّعَتْ لَهُ نَفْسُهُ قَتْلَ أَخِيهِ فَقَتَلَهُ فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

But (the baser instincts of) his mind prompted him (whose offering was not accepted) to kill his brother (whose offering was accepted), so he killed him, wherefore he became one of the losers.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The (selfish) soul of the other led him to the murder of his brother: he murdered him, and became (himself) one of the lost ones.

Ahmed Ali

Then the other was induced by his passion to murder his brother, and he killed him, and became one of the damned.

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Ali Unal

(This warning served only to fuel the other’s passion:) His carnal, evil-commanding soul prompted him to kill his brother, and he killed him, thus becoming among the losers.

Daryabadi

Then his soul made the slaying of his brother agreeable to him, so he slew him, and he became of the losers.

Faridul Haque

So his soul incited him to kill his brother - he therefore killed him, and was therefore ruined.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

At length his mind made it easy for him to kill his brother, so he killed him; so he became one of the losers.

Maulvi Sher Ali

But his evil self induced him to kill his brother, and so he killed him and became one of the losers.

Muhammad Asad

But the other's passion drove him to slaying his brother; and he slew him: and thus he became one of the lost.

Muhammad Musin Khan

So the Nafs (self) of the other (latter one) encouraged him and made fair-seeming to him the murder of his brother; he murdered him and became one of the losers.

Muhammad Pickthall

But (the other's) mind imposed on him the killing of his brother, so he slew him and became one of the losers.

Muhammad Sarwar

(Cain's) soul prompted him to kill his own brother. In doing so he became of those who lose.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Then his mind facilitated to him the slaying of his brother so he slew him; then he became one of the losers

Rashad Khalifa

His ego provoked him into killing his brother. He killed him, and ended up with the losers.

Shabbir Ahmed

His ego led him into killing his brother. He killed him and became a loser.