← Surah 2

2:11

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَا تُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ

Word by word

وَإِذَا
And when
Preposition
قِيلَ
it is said
Verb
Root: قول
لَهُمْ
to them
Preposition
لَا
(Do) not
Preposition
تُفْسِدُوا۟
spread corruption
Verb
Root: فسد
فِى
in
Preposition
ٱلْأَرْضِ
the earth
Noun
Root: أرض
قَالُوٓا۟
they say
Verb
Root: قول
إِنَّمَا
Only
Preposition
نَحْنُ
we
Noun
مُصْلِحُونَ
(are) reformers
Noun
Root: صلح

Translation

When it is said to them: "Make not mischief on the earth," they say: "Why, we only Want to make peace!"

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

Hem onlara: "Yeryüzünde fesat çıkarmayın." denildiğinde: "Biz ancak ıslah edicileriz." derler.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

Onlara “Yeryüzünde bozgunculuk çıkarmayın!” dendiği zaman, “Biz ancak ıslah edicileriz.” derler.

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

And when it is said unto them: Make not mischief in the earth, they say: We are peacemakers only.

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain