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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 30of 120

فَطَوَّعَتْ لَهُۥ نَفْسُهُۥ قَتْلَ أَخِيهِ فَقَتَلَهُۥ فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ﴿٣٠

Translation (Sahih International)

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

Word-by-word meaning

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

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Story of Habil (Abel) and Qabil (Cain)Allah describes the evil end and consequence of transgression, envy and injustice in the story of the two sons of Adam, Habil and Qabil. One of them fought against the other and killed him out of envy and transgression, because of the bounty that Allah gave his brother and because the sacrifice that he sincerely offered to Allah was accepted.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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