Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Maaida, Ayah 30

Al-Maaida · Ayah 30 · View Ayah
فَطَوَّعَتْ لَهُۥ نَفْسُهُۥ قَتْلَ أَخِيهِ فَقَتَلَهُۥ فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ
And his soul permitted to him the murder of his brother, so he killed him and became among the losers.

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

Then his soul prompted him it seduced him to slay his brother so he slew him and became one of the losers by slaying him. And he did not know what to do with him because he was the first of the Children of Adam to die on earth and so he carried him on his back.

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(But (the other's) mind imposed on him) his ego permitted him (the killing of his brother, so he slew him and became one of the losers) who deserved punishment.

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