Koran

Original Book

فَطَوَّعَتْ لَهُ نَفْسُهُ قَتْلَ أَخِيهِ فَقَتَلَهُ فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ

Bubenheim - Elyas

Doch machte ihn seine Seele willig, seinen Bruder zu töten. Und so tötete er ihn. Und er wurde einer von den Verlierern.

Khoury

Seine Seele machte ihn willig, seinen Bruder zu töten. Er tötete ihn und wurde einer der Verlierer.

Ahmed Ali

Then the other was induced by his passion to murder his brother, and he killed him, and became one of the damned.

Ali Ünal

(This warning served only to fuel the other’s passion:) His carnal, evil-commanding soul prompted him to kill his brother, and he killed him, thus becoming among the losers.

Amatul Rahman Omar

But (the baser instincts of) his mind prompted him (whose offering was not accepted) to kill his brother (whose offering was accepted), so he killed him, wherefore he became one of the losers.

Asad

But the other's passion 37  drove him to slaying his brother; and he slew him: and thus he became one of the lost.

Daryabadi

Then his soul made the slaying of his brother agreeable to him, so he slew him, and he became of the losers.

Faridul Haque

So his soul incited him to kill his brother - he therefore killed him, and was therefore ruined.

Hamid S. Aziz

Then Allah sent a crow to scratch in the earth and show him how he might hide his brother´s naked corpse. He said, "Alas, for me! Am I too helpless to become like this crow and hide my brother´s naked corpse?" and in the morning he was of those who did repent.

Literal

So his self consented for him, his brother`s killing/murdering, so he killed him, so he became from the losers.

Malik

The latter's soul prompted him to kill his brother; he killed him and thus became one of the losers.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

I would rather that thou shouldst bear the sin against me and thine own sin, thus thou wouldst be of the companions of the Fire; and that is the recompense of the unjust.

Muhammad Sarwar

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

The Noble Koran

So the Nafs (self) of the other (latter one) encouraged him and made fair-seeming to him the murder of his brother; he murdered 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.