فَطَوَّعَتْ لَهُ نَفْسُهُ قَتْلَ أَخِيهِ فَقَتَلَهُ فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ
FatawwaAAat lahu nafsuhu qatla akheehi faqatalahu faasbaha mina alkhasireena
Then prompted to him his soul (to) kill his brother, so he killed him and became of the losers.
But the other's passion drove him to slaying his brother; and he slew him: and thus he became one of the lost.
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.
But (the other's) mind imposed on him the killing of his brother, so he slew him and became one of the losers.
At length his mind made it easy for him to kill his brother, so he killed him; so he became one of the losers.
And his soul permitted to him the murder of his brother, so he killed him and became among the losers.