Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 11
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَا تُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ
And when it is said to them, "Do not cause corruption on the earth," they say, "We are but reformers."
Al-Baqarah · 2:11
Word by word
- وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
- قِيلَqīlait is said
- لَهُمْlahumto them
- لَاlā(Do) not
- تُفْسِدُوا۟tuf'sidūspread corruption
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say
- إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
- نَحْنُnaḥnuwe
- مُصْلِحُونَmuṣ'liḥūna(are) reformers
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