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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Al-Baqarah 2:11

Word by word

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."

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وإذا نُصحوا ليكفُّوا عن الإفساد في الأرض بالكفر والمعاصي، وإفشاء أسرار المؤمنين، وموالاة الكافرين، قالوا -كذبًا وجدالاً- إنما نحن أهل الإصلاح.

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