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Al-Baqarah (The Cow) · Ayah 11

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَا تُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ 11

And when it is said to them, "Do not cause corruption on the earth," they say, "We are but reformers."

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
noun
قِيلَqīlait is said
لَهُمْlahumto them
noun
لَا(Do) not
تُفْسِدُوا۟tuf'sidūspread corruption
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say
إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
نَحْنُnaḥnuwe
noun
مُصْلِحُونَmuṣ'liḥūna(are) reformers
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