Al-Baqarah 2:11 واذا قيل لهم لا تفسدوا في الارض قالوا انما نحن مصلحون ١١
وَإِذَا
قِيلَ
لَهُمۡ
لَا
تُفۡسِدُواْ
فِي
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
قَالُوٓاْ
إِنَّمَا
نَحۡنُ
مُصۡلِحُونَ
١١
When they are told, “Do not spread corruption in the land,” they reply, “We are only peace-makers!”1
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
And when it is said to them, "Do not cause corruption on the earth," they say, "We are but reformers."
— Saheeh International
Soma Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Meaning of Mischief
In 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 hypo
…Meaning of Mischief
In his Tafsir, As-Suddi said that Ibn `Abbas and Ibn Mas`ud commented,
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لاَ تُفْسِدُواْ فِى الأَرْضِ قَالُواْ إ
…