5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 30
فَطَوَّعَتْ لَهُ نَفْسُهُ قَتْلَ اَخ۪يهِ فَقَتَلَهُ فَاَصْبَحَ مِنَ الْخَاسِر۪ينَ
FatawwaAAat lahu nafsuhu qatlaakheehi faqatalahu faasbaha mina alkhasireen
So his lower self persuaded him to kill his brother, and he killed him and became one of the lost.
- Progressive Muslims
So he found it in himself to kill his brother; so he killed him. He thus became one of the losers.
- Shabbir Ahmed
His ego led him into killing his brother. He killed him and became a loser.
- Sam Gerrans
And his soul allowed him the killing of his brother; and he killed him, and became of the losers.
- The Monotheist Group
So he found it in himself to kill his brother; so he killed him. He thus became one of the losers.
- Edip-Layth
So he found it in himself to kill his brother, and he killed him. He thus became one of the losers.
- Aisha Bewley
So his lower self persuaded him to kill his brother, and he killed him and became one of the lost.
- Rashad Khalifa
His ego provoked him into killing his brother. He killed him, and ended up with the losers.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Then the other was induced by his passion to murder his brother, and he killed him, and became one of the damned.
- Sahih International
And his soul permitted to him the murder of his brother, so he killed him and became among 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.
- Marmaduke Pickthall
But (the other's) mind imposed on him the killing of his brother, so he slew him and became one of the losers.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
He succumbed to his evil thought of slaying his brother and he killed him, only to incur the loss of the noble qualities of the soul and be one of those born to be losers.
- Bijan Moeinian
[Even after this warning, ] He followed his vain desire and killed his brother and became a looser.
- Al-Hilali & 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.
- 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.
- Mustafa Khattab
Still, the other convinced himself to kill his own brother, so he killed him—becoming a loser.
- Taqi Usmani
His self, however, prompted him to kill his brother, so he killed him and became one of the losers.
- Abdul Haleem
But his soul prompted him to kill his brother: he killed him and became one of the losers.
- Arthur John Arberry
Then his soul prompted him to slay his brother, and he slew him, and became one of the losers.
- E. Henry Palmer
But his soul allowed him to slay his brother, and he slew him, and in the morning he was of those who lose.
- Hamid S. Aziz
But the other's soul compelled him to slay his brother, and so he slew him, and became one of the losers.
- Mahmoud Ghali
Then his self persuaded him to the killing of his brother, so he killed him, then he became among the losers.
- George Sale
But his soul suffered him to slay his brother, and he slew him; wherefore he became of the number of those who perish.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
The (selfish) soul of the other (brother) led him to the murder of his brother: (For) he murdered him, and became (himself) one of the lost ones.
- Amatul Rahman 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.
- Ali Quli Qarai
So his soul prompted him to kill his brother, and he killed him, and thus became one of the losers.