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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 12of 286

أَلَآ إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْسِدُونَ وَلَٰكِن لَّا يَشْعُرُونَ﴿١٢

Translation (Sahih International)

Unquestionably, it is they who are the corrupters, but they perceive [it] not.

Word-by-word meaning

أَلَآalāBeware
إِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed they
هُمُhumuthemselves
ٱلْمُفْسِدُونَl-muf'sidūna(are) the ones who spread corruption
وَلَـٰكِنwalākin[and] but
لَّاnot
يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnathey realize (it)

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Meaning of MischiefIn his Tafsir, As-Suddi said that Ibn `Abbas and Ibn Mas`ud commented, وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لاَ تُفْسِدُواْ فِى الأَرْضِ قَالُواْ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ (And when it is said to them: "Do not make mischief on the earth," they say: "We are only peacemakers.") "They are the hypocrites. As for, لاَ تُفْسِدُواْ فِى الأَرْضِ("Do not make mischief on the earth"), that is disbelief and acts of disobedience.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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