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Verse (5:30) - English Translation

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Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 30th verse of chapter 5 (sūrat l-māidah). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

 

Chapter (5) sūrat l-māidah (The Table spread with Food)

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

Pickthall: But (the other's) mind imposed on him the killing of his brother, so he slew him and became one of the losers.

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.

Shakir: Then his mind facilitated to him the slaying of his brother so he slew him; then he became one of the losers

Muhammad Sarwar: (Cain's) soul prompted him to kill his own brother. In doing so he became of those who lose.

Mohsin Khan: So the Nafs (self) of the other (latter one) encouraged him and made fair­seeming to him the murder of his brother; he murdered him and became one of the losers.

Arberry: Then his soul prompted him to slay his brother, and he slew him, and became one of the losers.

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