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Surah 2. Al-Baqara, Ayah 11

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وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَا تُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ

Wai tha qeela lahum l a tufsidoo fee alar d i q a loo innam a na h nu mu s li h oon a

And when they are told, "Do not spread corruption on earth," they answer, "We are but improving things!"

- Mohammad Asad

When it is said to them: "Do not make mischief on earth," they say: "We make peace."

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

When they are told, 'Do not spread corruption in the land,' they reply, 'We are only peace-makers!'¹

- Mustafa Khattab

And when it is said unto them: Make not mischief in the earth, they say: We are peacemakers only.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

When it is said to them: "Make not mischief on the earth" they say: "Why we only want to make peace!"

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali