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Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 205

سورة البقرة، الآية ٢٠٥

2:205 Juz 2 Hizb 4 Page 32 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 2:205

وَإِذَا تَوَلَّىٰ سَعَىٰ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيُفْسِدَ فِيهَا وَيُهْلِكَ ٱلْحَرْثَ وَٱلنَّسْلَ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْفَسَادَ ۝٢٠٥

Transliteration

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

Translation

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.

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Verse 205 of Surah Al-Baqarah (2:205), a Medinan surah, is in juz 2, on page 32 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 69 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 205

Al-Mukhtasar

When this Hypocrite leaves you, he works hard to cause corruption by committing sins, and he destroys crops and kills animals. Allah does not love corruption in the land and He does not love those that cause corruption.

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Other translations of verse 205

When they leave [you], they strive to spread corruption in the land104 and destroy crops and livestock, whereas Allah does not like corruption.

Notes

[104] By spreading disbelief, rebellion against Allah, and injustice, which brings about punishment of withholding rain, thus causing ruination of crops and death of cattle.

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.

And when he turneth away (from thee) his effort in the land is to make mischief therein and to destroy the crops and the cattle; and Allah loveth not mischief.

When he turns his back, His aim everywhere is to spread mischief through the earth and destroy crops and cattle. But Allah loveth not mischief.

And when he turns back, he runs along in the land that he may cause mischief in it and destroy the tilth and the stock, and Allah does not love mischief-making.

And when he turns away, he (diligently) endeavors about the earth to corrupt in it and cause the tillage and stock to perish; and Allah does not love corruption.

Verse 205 word by word

  1. وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when
  2. تَوَلَّىٰ tawallā he turns away و ل ي
  3. سَعَىٰ saʿā he strives س ع ي
  4. فِى fī in
  5. ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi the earth أ ر ض
  6. لِيُفْسِدَ liyuf'sida to spread corruption ف س د
  7. فِيهَا fīhā [in it]
  8. وَيُهْلِكَ wayuh'lika and destroys ه ل ك
  9. ٱلْحَرْثَ l-ḥartha the crops ح ر ث
  10. وَٱلنَّسْلَ wal-nasla and progeny ن س ل
  11. وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah
  12. لَا lā (does) not
  13. يُحِبُّ yuḥibbu love ح ب ب
  14. ٱلْفَسَادَ l-fasāda [the] corruption ف س د

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Muwatta Malik 238

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had asked Ibn Shihab about the word of Allah, the Majestic, the Mighty, "O you who accept, when the call is made for the prayer on the day of jumua, make haste to the remembrance of Allah."(Sura 62 ayat 9). Ibn Shihab said, ''Umar ibn al-Khattab used to…

حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ ابْنَ شِهَابٍ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ، عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ‏{‏يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا نُودِيَ لِلصَّلاَةِ مِنْ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ فَاسْعَوْا إِلَى ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ‏}‏…

Verses related to verse 205

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • An-Nazi’at 79:22–26

    ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ …

    Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting]. …

  • Al-Jumu’ah 62:9

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا نُودِىَ لِلصَّلَوٰةِ مِن يَوْمِ ٱلْجُمُعَةِ فَٱسْعَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ وَذَرُوا۟ ٱلْبَيْعَ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

    O you who have believed, when [the adhān] is called for the prayer on the day of Jumuʿah [Friday], then proceed to the remembrance of Allāh and leave trade. That is better for you, if you only knew.

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