Quran 2:11 — Al-Baqara, verse 11
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When it is said to them, ‘Do not cause corruption in the land,’ they say, ‘We are only putting things right,’
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ
wa-idhā qīla lahum lā tuf'sidū fī l-arḍi qālū innamā naḥnu muṣ'liḥūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When it is said to them, 'Do not corruption in the land', they say, 'We are only ones that put things right.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And when they are told, "Do not spread corruption on earth," they answer, "We are but improving things!"
- Sahih International
- And when it is said to them, "Do not cause corruption on the earth," they say, "We are but reformers."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | قِيلَqīla | it is said | قول |
| 3 | لَهُمْlahum | to them | — |
| 4 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 5 | تُفْسِدُوا۟tuf'sidū | spread corruption | فسد |
| 6 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 7 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 8 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | they say | قول |
| 9 | إِنَّمَاinnamā | Only | — |
| 10 | نَحْنُnaḥnu | we | — |
| 11 | مُصْلِحُونَmuṣ'liḥūna | (are) reformers | صلح |