Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:205

2:205

وَإِذَا تَوَلَّىٰ سَعَىٰ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيُفْسِدَ فِيهَا وَيُهْلِكَ ٱلْحَرْثَ وَٱلنَّسْلَ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْفَسَادَ

wa-idhā tawallā saʿā fī l-arḍi liyuf'sida fīhā wayuh'lika l-ḥartha wal-nasla wal-lahu lā yuḥibbu l-fasāda

And when he goes away, he strives throughout the land to cause corruption therein and destroy crops and animals. And Allāh does not like corruption.

— Saheeh International

When he leaves, he sets out to spread corruption in the land, destroying crops and live-stock- God does not like corruption.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And when he turns away (from you "O Muhammad "صلى الله عليه وسلم"), his effort in the land is to make mischief therein and to destroy the crops and the cattle, and Allâh likes not mischief.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
تَوَلَّىٰtawallāhe turns away
سَعَىٰsaʿāhe strives
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
لِيُفْسِدَliyuf'sidato spread corruption
فِيهَاfīhā[in it]
وَيُهْلِكَwayuh'likaand destroys
ٱلْحَرْثَl-ḥarthathe crops
وَٱلنَّسْلَۗwal-naslaand progeny
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
لَاlā(does) not
يُحِبُّyuḥibbulove
ٱلْفَسَادَl-fasāda[the] corruption