Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And his soul allowed him the killing of his brother; and he killed him, and became of the losers.

فَطَوَّعَتْ لَهُ نَفْسُهُ قَتْلَ اَخ۪يهِ فَقَتَلَهُ فَاَصْبَحَ مِنَ الْخَاسِر۪ينَ
FatawwaAAat lahu nafsuhu qatlaakheehi faqatalahu faasbaha mina alkhasireen
#wordmeaningroot
1faṭawwaʿatThen promptedطوع
2lahuto him
3nafsuhuhis soulنفس
4qatla(to) killقتل
5akhīhihis brotherاخو
6faqatalahuso he killed himقتل
7fa-aṣbaḥaand becameصبح
8minaof
9l-khāsirīnathe losersخسر
  • Aisha Bewley

    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 The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And his soul allowed him the killing of his brother; and he killed him, and became of the losers.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    So he found it in himself to kill his brother; so he killed him. He thus became one of the losers.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    So he found it in himself to kill his brother, and he killed him. He thus became one of the losers.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    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 (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    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.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    At last his evil soul drove him to the murder of his brother, and he killed him, whereby he himself became one of the losers.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    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

    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 The Clear Quran

    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.