Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 30 (5:30)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

فَطَوَّعَتْ لَهُۥ نَفْسُهُۥ قَتْلَ أَخِيهِ فَقَتَلَهُۥ فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ

Quran 5:30 is ayah 30 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 112 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:30
فَطَوَّعَتْلَهُۥنَفْسُهُۥقَتْلَأَخِيهِفَقَتَلَهُۥفَأَصْبَحَمِنَٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ٣٠
faṭawwaʿat lahu nafsuhu qatla akhīhi faqatalahu fa-aṣbaḥa mina l-khāsirīna

And his soul permitted to him the murder of his brother, so he killed him and became among the losers.(30)

Word by word

  1. فَطَوَّعَتْfaṭawwaʿatThen prompted
  2. لَهُۥlahuto him
  3. نَفْسُهُۥnafsuhuhis soul
  4. قَتْلَqatla(to) kill
  5. أَخِيهِakhīhihis brother
  6. فَقَتَلَهُۥfaqatalahuso he killed him
  7. فَأَصْبَحَfa-aṣbaḥaand became
  8. مِنَminaof
  9. ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَl-khāsirīnathe losers

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