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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 205of 286

وَإِذَا تَوَلَّىٰ سَعَىٰ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيُفْسِدَ فِيهَا وَيُهْلِكَ ٱلْحَرْثَ وَٱلنَّسْلَ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْفَسَادَ﴿٢٠٥

Translation (Sahih International)

And when he goes away, he strives throughout the land to cause corruption therein and destroy crops and animals. And Allah does not like corruption.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
تَوَلَّىٰtawallāhe turns away
سَعَىٰsaʿāhe strives
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
لِيُفْسِدَliyuf'sidato spread corruption
فِيهَاfīhā[in it]
وَيُهْلِكَwayuh'likaand destroys
ٱلْحَرْثَl-ḥarthathe crops
وَٱلنَّسْلَ ۗwal-naslaand progeny
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
لَا(does) not
يُحِبُّyuḥibbulove
ٱلْفَسَادَl-fasāda[the] corruption

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Characteristics of the HypocritesThe Characteristics of the HypocritesAs-Suddi said that these Ayat were revealed about Al-Akhnas bin Shariq Ath-Thaqafi who came to Allah's Messenger ﷺ and announced his Islam although his heart concealed otherwise.Ibn `Abbas narrated that these Ayat were revealed about some of the hypocrites who criticized Khubayb and his companions who were killed during the Raji` incident.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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