al-Baqarah 2:11

AYAH al-Baqarah 2:11	2:12 <= Next ayah Prev ayah => 2:10
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Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration

Arabic		وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُون
Transliteration		Wa-itha qeela lahum la tufsidoo fee al-ardi qaloo innama nahnu muslihoona
Transliteration-2		wa-idhā qīla lahum lā tuf'sidū fī l-arḍi qālū innamā naḥnu muṣ'liḥūn
Word for Word Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more		And when it is said to them, "(Do) not spread corruption in the earth," they say, "Only we (are) reformers."

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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad		And when they are told, "Do not spread corruption on earth," they answer, "We are but improving things!"
M. M. Pickthall		And when it is said unto them: Make not mischief in the earth, they say: We are peacemakers only
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)		When it is said to them: "Make not mischief on the earth," they say: "Why, we only Want to make peace!"
Shakir		And when it is said to them, Do not make mischief in the land, they say: We are but peace-makers
Wahiduddin Khan		When they are told, Do not cause corruption in the land, they say, We are only promoters of peace
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar		And when it was said to them not to make corruption in and on the earth, they said: Truly, we are only ones who make things right.
T.B.Irving		Whenever someone tells them: "Don´t act so depraved on earth," they say: "We are only improving matters!"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab		When they are told, “Do not spread corruption in the land,” they reply, “We are only peace-makers!”
Safi Kaskas		When they are told, "Do not cause corruption in the land," they say, "But we are reformers!"
Abdul Hye		And when it is said to them: “Don’t make mischief on earth,” they say: “We are only peace-makers.”
The Study Quran		And when it is said unto them, “Do not work corruption upon the earth,” they say, “We are only working righteousness.
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)		And if they are told: "Do not make evil in the land," they Say: "But we are the reformers!"
Abdel Haleem		When it is said to them, ‘Do not cause corruption in the land,’ they say, ‘We are only putting things right,&rsquo
Abdul Majid Daryabadi		And when it said unto them: act not corruptly on the earth, they say: we are but reconcilers
Ahmed Ali		When asked to desist from spreading corruption in the land they say: "Why, we are reformers."
Aisha Bewley		When they are told, ´Do not cause corruption on the earth,´ they say, ´We are only putting things right.´
Ali Ünal		(Because of the disorder they intend to provoke with their lies), whenever they are told (as part of the duty enjoined upon the believers to promote good and forbid evil), "Do not cause disorder and corruption on earth," they say: "Why! We indeed are the ones who set things right."
Ali Quli Qara'i		When they are told, ‘Do not cause corruption on the earth,’ they say, ‘We are only reformers!&rsquo
Hamid S. Aziz		And when it is said to them, "Do not evil in the earth," they say, "We do only what is right"
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali		And when it is said to them, "Do not corrupt in the earth, " they say, "Surely we are only doers of righteousness." (i.e. reformers, peacemakers
Muhammad Sarwar		When they are told not to commit corruption in the land, they reply, "We are only reformers"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani		When it is said to them, .Do not spread disorder on the earth., they say, .We are but reformers
Shabbir Ahmed		(By declining to submit to the Divine Values, every individual will formulate his own set of values. The obvious result would be corruption and chaos in the earth). When they are told not to cause corruption and disorder in the land, they say, "We are but reformers."
Syed Vickar Ahamed		When it is said to them: "Do not make mischief on the earth," they say: "Why, we only want to make peace!"
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)		And when it is said to them, "Do not cause corruption on the earth," they say, "We are but reformers."
Farook Malik		When it is said to them: "Do not make mischief on earth," they say: "We make peace."
Dr. Munir Munshey		When they are told, "Do not promote disorder and decadence in the world", they respond, "But we are really the reformers!"
Dr. Kamal Omar		And when it was said to them: “Make no mischief on the earth,” they said: “We are only peace-makers.”
Talal A. Itani (new translation)		And when it is said to them, 'Do not make trouble on earth,' they say, 'We are only reformers.'
Maududi		Whenever it is said to them, "Spread not disorder on the earth", their reply is, "We only seek to put things aright"
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad		When they are told: do not commit corruption on the earth; they say: we are just reformers
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)		When it is said to them, “Do no harm on the earth,” they say, “We only want to make things right.
Musharraf Hussain		When they are told for their own good: “Don’t make trouble in the land”, they say: “We are the peacemakers”
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)		And if they are told: "Do not make corruption in the land," they say: "But we are reformers!"
Mohammad Shafi		And when they are told, "Make no mischief on the earth," they say, "We are but trying to improve things."

Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
Bijan Moeinian		And when they are told, “Do not to make mischief on the earth,” they reply: “[Our actions are meant with the best intentions]/ we are indeed the righteous ones.&rdquo
Faridul Haque		And when it is said to them, “Do not cause turmoil in the earth”, they say, “We are only peacemakers!&rdquo
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah		When it is said to them, 'Do not corrupt in the land, ' they reply, 'We are only reformers.
Maulana Muhammad Ali		And when it is said to them, Make not mischief in the land, they say: We are but peacemakers
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira		And if (it was) said to them: "Do not corrupt in the earth/Planet Earth." They said: "But we are correcting/repairing ."
Sher Ali		And when it is said to them, `Create not disorder in the earth,' they say `We are only promoters of peace.
Rashad Khalifa		When they are told, "Do not commit evil," they say, "But we are righteous!"
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)		And when it is said to them, create not disorder on the earth, they say, 'we are but reformats'.
Amatul Rahman Omar		When it is said to them, `Do not disturb the peace of the land (by hypocritical tactics),' they say, `We are simply setting things right (and so helping the cause of peace).
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri		When it is said to them: ‘Do not spread disorder in the land,’ they say: ‘It is we who reform.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali		And when it is said to them: "Make not mischief on the earth," they say: "We are only peacemakers."

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry		When it is said to them, 'Do not corruption in the land', they say, 'We are only ones that put things right.
Edward Henry Palmer		And when it is said to them, 'Do not evil in the earth,' they say, 'We do but what is right.
George Sale		When one saith unto them, act not corruptly in the earth; they reply, Verily we are men of integrity
John Medows Rodwell		And when it is said to them, "Cause not disorders in the earth:" they say, "Nay, rather do we set them right."
N J Dawood (2014)		If they are told: ‘You shall not do evil in the land,‘ they reply: ‘Surely we are doing only what is good.‘

New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress
Linda “iLHam” Barto		When they are told, “Do not make trouble upon the earth,” they say, “We are making things better!”
Sayyid Qutb		When it is said to them: â€œDo not spread corruption in the land', they say: â€œWe are but doers of good.'
Thomas Cleary		And when they are told not to make trouble on earth, they say "We are only reformers.
Ahmed Hulusi		And when it is said to them, “Do not cause corruption (do not live contrary to your purpose of existence) on the earth (and your bodies),” they say, “We are but reformers (we use things justly and appropriately).”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli		And when it is said to them : 'do not make corruption in the earth', they say : 'verily, we are only reformers'
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim		And when told to stop making mischief on earth nor create discord, they say: "But we only try to bring people to abandon the wrong course of life and conduct and adopt the right one till the new principle governs their thoughts"
Mir Aneesuddin		And when it is said to them, "Do not cause corruption in the earth," they say, "We are but reformers."
The Ascendant Qur‘an, Muhammad H. al-‘Asi		And when they are told, “Do not cause corruption on earth,” they say, “We are but improving things!

AYAH al-Baqarah 2:11

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