Surah Al-Ma'idah (المائدة) • The Table Spread

Quran 5:30

5:30

فَطَوَّعَتْ لَهُۥ نَفْسُهُۥ قَتْلَ أَخِيهِ فَقَتَلَهُۥ فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ

faṭawwaʿat lahu nafsuhu qatla akhīhi faqatalahu fa-aṣbaḥa mina l-khāsirīna

And his soul permitted to him the murder of his brother, so he killed him and became among the losers.

— Saheeh International

But his soul prompted him to kill his brother: he killed him and became one of the losers.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

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 Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

فَطَوَّعَتْfaṭawwaʿatThen prompted
لَهُۥlahuto him
نَفْسُهُۥnafsuhuhis soul
قَتْلَqatla(to) kill
أَخِيهِakhīhihis brother
فَقَتَلَهُۥfaqatalahuso he killed him
فَأَصْبَحَfa-aṣbaḥaand became
مِنَminaof
ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَl-khāsirīnathe losers