Quran 2:12 — Al-Baqara, verse 12
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
but really they are causing corruption, though they do not realize it.
أَلَا إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْمُفْسِدُونَ وَلَـٰكِنْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
alā innahum humu l-muf'sidūna walākin lā yashʿurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Truly, they are the workers of corruption but they are not aware.
- Muhammad Asad
- Oh, verily, it is they, they who are spreading corruption but they perceive it not?
- Sahih International
- Unquestionably, it is they who are the corrupters, but they perceive [it] not.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَلَآalā | Beware | — |
| 2 | إِنَّهُمْinnahum | indeed they | — |
| 3 | هُمُhumu | themselves | — |
| 4 | ٱلْمُفْسِدُونَl-muf'sidūna | (are) the ones who spread corruption | فسد |
| 5 | وَلَـٰكِنwalākin | [and] but | — |
| 6 | لَّاlā | not | — |
| 7 | يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūna | they realize (it) | شعر |