Quran 5:30 — Al-Maaida, verse 30
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
But his soul prompted him to kill his brother: he killed him and became one of the losers.
فَطَوَّعَتْ لَهُ نَفْسُهُ قَتْلَ أَخِيهِ فَقَتَلَهُ فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ
faṭawwaʿat lahu nafsuhu qatla akhīhi faqatalahu fa-aṣbaḥa mina l-khāsirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then his soul prompted him to slay his brother, and he slew 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.
- Sahih International
- And his soul permitted to him the murder of his brother, so he killed him and became among the losers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَطَوَّعَتْfaṭawwaʿat | Then prompted | طوع |
| 2 | لَهُۥlahu | to him | — |
| 3 | نَفْسُهُۥnafsuhu | his soul | نفس |
| 4 | قَتْلَqatla | (to) kill | قتل |
| 5 | أَخِيهِakhīhi | his brother | أخو |
| 6 | فَقَتَلَهُۥfaqatalahu | so he killed him | قتل |
| 7 | فَأَصْبَحَfa-aṣbaḥa | and became | صبح |
| 8 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 9 | ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَl-khāsirīna | the losers | خسر |