سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ

Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 205

The Cow · Medinan · Juz 2 · Page 32

وَإِذَا تَوَلَّىٰ سَعَىٰ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيُفْسِدَ فِيهَا وَيُهْلِكَ ٱلْحَرْثَ وَٱلنَّسْلَ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْفَسَادَ ﴿205﴾
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.
وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when
تَوَلَّىٰ tawallā he turns away
سَعَىٰ saʿā he strives
فِى in
ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi the earth
لِيُفْسِدَ liyuf'sida to spread corruption
فِيهَا fīhā [in it]
وَيُهْلِكَ wayuh'lika and destroys
ٱلْحَرْثَ l-ḥartha the crops
وَٱلنَّسْلَ ۗ wal-nasla and progeny
وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah
لَا (does) not
يُحِبُّ yuḥibbu love
ٱلْفَسَادَ l-fasāda [the] corruption

Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.

The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.