Quran 2:205 — Al-Baqara, verse 205
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When he leaves, he sets out to spread corruption in the land, destroying crops and live-stock- God does not like corruption.
وَإِذَا تَوَلَّىٰ سَعَىٰ فِي الْأَرْضِ لِيُفْسِدَ فِيهَا وَيُهْلِكَ الْحَرْثَ وَالنَّسْلَ ۗ وَاللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْفَسَادَ
wa-idhā tawallā saʿā fī l-arḍi liyuf'sida fīhā wayuh'lika l-ḥartha wal-nasla wal-lahu lā yuḥibbu l-fasāda
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and when he turns his back, he hastens about the earth, to do corruption there and to destroy the tillage and the stock; and God loves not corruption;
- Muhammad Asad
- But whenever he prevails, he goes about the earth spreading corruption and destroying [man's] tilth and progeny: and God does not love corruption.
- Sahih International
- And when he goes away, he strives throughout the land to cause corruption therein and destroy crops and animals. And Allāh does not like corruption.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | تَوَلَّىٰtawallā | he turns away | ولي |
| 3 | سَعَىٰsaʿā | he strives | سعي |
| 4 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 5 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 6 | لِيُفْسِدَliyuf'sida | to spread corruption | فسد |
| 7 | فِيهَاfīhā | [in it] | — |
| 8 | وَيُهْلِكَwayuh'lika | and destroys | هلك |
| 9 | ٱلْحَرْثَl-ḥartha | the crops | حرث |
| 10 | وَٱلنَّسْلَ ۗwal-nasla | and progeny | نسل |
| 11 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 12 | لَاlā | (does) not | — |
| 13 | يُحِبُّyuḥibbu | love | حبب |
| 14 | ٱلْفَسَادَl-fasāda | [the] corruption | فسد |