Tafseer Surah Baqarah Verse 11 | Surah Baqarah explanation in English | Surah Baqarah explained | Surah Baqarah Ayat 11

Tafseer Surah Baqarah Verse 11 | Surah Baqarah explanation in English | Surah Baqarah explained | Surah Baqarah Ayat 11 Translation

Surah Al-Baqarah

Verse 11

2:11 Al-Baqarah

‎وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ 

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

📚Do not cause corruption: Meaning with disbelief, calumniation, causing evil, and other than that.

Surah Baqarah Verse 11

☘️Meaning do not disobey on the earth. Their corruption was disobedience to Allāh, for whoever disobeys Allāh on the earth, or commands disobedience to Allāh, then he has caused corruption on the earth, because uprightness of the earth and the heavens is in obedience.

📚Fasād (corruption) is removing a matter from a state of integrity and it being beneficial.

☘️The corruption of the hypocrites was on the earth; they used to sympathize with the disbelievers and sympathize with them against the Muslims by revealing their secrets to them, and tempting (the disbelievers) against them. This is what leads to the agitation of sedition between them. So when it was this doing of theirs that led to corruption, it was said to them, “Do not cause corruption” – for one of the forms of corruption is believers taking disbelievers as their allies.

📚They said, “We are but reformers.” They combined between causing corruption on the earth and showing that it is not corruption - rather it is uprightness, inverting reality with their words - and between doing illicit deeds believing it to be true. This is a greater offence than someone who performs an act of disobedience, while believing it to be an act of disobedience.

☘️Disobedient deeds on the earth is corruption, because it includes corruption of what is on the face of the earth from good things, grains, fruits, trees, and plants in what befalls them from pests due to disobedience, and because reform on the earth (takes place) by living in obedience to Allāh and having faith in Him. For this reason, Allāh created creation and placed them on the earth, gave them provisions to help them in being obedient to Him, worshipping Him, and implementing His legislation. If one acted on (the earth) opposite to this, then they are walking within it (causing) corruption, and ruining the purpose of why it was created for them.

 Surah Baqarah Verse 11 explanation

🔮REFLECT/PONDER

🗃 No Person is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.

🗃 Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase.

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