The Holy Quran 5:30 — Surah Al-Ma'idah

Arabic text

فَطَوَّعَتْ لَهُۥ نَفْسُهُۥ قَتْلَ أَخِيهِ فَقَتَلَهُۥ فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ

Translation

So his (Qaabeel's) soul seduced (encouraged) him to kill his brother and he killed him, thereby becoming among the losers (in this world by oppression and severing relationship and in the Aakhirah).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Perhaps at first there was some hesitation. Gradually the soul that commands evil firmed up [his] intention; and this is usually how sins begin. The punishment for oppression and severing family ties in this world: the worldly loss was that he lost, by his own hand, such a righteous brother who would have been a strength to his arm, and he himself died…

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