وَإِذَا
قِيلَ
لَهُمۡ
لَا
تُفۡسِدُواْ
فِي
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
قَالُوٓاْ
إِنَّمَا
نَحۡنُ
مُصۡلِحُونَ
١١

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

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:12

أَلَآ

إِنَّهُمۡ

هُمُ

ٱلۡمُفۡسِدُونَ

وَلَٰكِن

لَّا

يَشۡعُرُونَ

١٢

Indeed, it is they who are the corruptors, but they fail to perceive it.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:13

وَإِذَا

قِيلَ

لَهُمۡ

ءَامِنُواْ

كَمَآ

ءَامَنَ

ٱلنَّاسُ

قَالُوٓاْ

أَنُؤۡمِنُ

كَمَآ

ءَامَنَ

ٱلسُّفَهَآءُۗ

أَلَآ

إِنَّهُمۡ

هُمُ

ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ

وَلَٰكِن

لَّا

يَعۡلَمُونَ

١٣

And when they are told, “Believe as others believe,” they reply, “Will we believe as the fools believe?” Indeed, it is they who are fools, but they do not know.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:14

وَإِذَا

لَقُواْ

ٱلَّذِينَ

ءَامَنُواْ

قَالُوٓاْ

ءَامَنَّا

وَإِذَا

خَلَوۡاْ

إِلَىٰ

شَيَٰطِينِهِمۡ

قَالُوٓاْ

إِنَّا

مَعَكُمۡ

إِنَّمَا

نَحۡنُ

مُسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ

١٤

When they meet the believers they say, “We believe.” But when alone with their evil associates they say, “We are definitely with you; we were only mocking.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:15

ٱللَّهُ

يَسۡتَهۡزِئُ

بِهِمۡ

وَيَمُدُّهُمۡ

فِي

طُغۡيَٰنِهِمۡ

يَعۡمَهُونَ

١٥

Allah will throw their mockery back at them, leaving them to continue wandering blindly in their defiance.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:16

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ

ٱلَّذِينَ

ٱشۡتَرَوُاْ

ٱلضَّلَٰلَةَ

بِٱلۡهُدَىٰ

فَمَا

رَبِحَت

تِّجَٰرَتُهُمۡ

وَمَا

كَانُواْ

مُهۡتَدِينَ

١٦

They are the ones who trade guidance for misguidance. But this trade is profitless, and they are not ˹rightly˺ guided.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:17

مَثَلُهُمۡ

كَمَثَلِ

ٱلَّذِي

ٱسۡتَوۡقَدَ

نَارٗا

فَلَمَّآ

أَضَآءَتۡ

مَا

حَوۡلَهُۥ

ذَهَبَ

ٱللَّهُ

بِنُورِهِمۡ

وَتَرَكَهُمۡ

فِي

ظُلُمَٰتٖ

لَّا

يُبۡصِرُونَ

١٧

Their example is that of someone who kindles a fire, but when it lights up all around them, Allah takes away their light, leaving them in complete darkness—unable to see.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:18

صُمُّۢ

بُكۡمٌ

عُمۡيٞ

فَهُمۡ

لَا

يَرۡجِعُونَ

١٨

They are ˹wilfully˺ deaf, dumb, and blind, so they will never return ˹to the Right Path˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:19

أَوۡ

كَصَيِّبٖ

مِّنَ

ٱلسَّمَآءِ

فِيهِ

ظُلُمَٰتٞ

وَرَعۡدٞ

وَبَرۡقٞ

يَجۡعَلُونَ

أَصَٰبِعَهُمۡ

فِيٓ

ءَاذَانِهِم

مِّنَ

ٱلصَّوَٰعِقِ

حَذَرَ

ٱلۡمَوۡتِۚ

وَٱللَّهُ

مُحِيطُۢ

بِٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ

١٩

Or ˹those caught in˺ a rainstorm from the sky with darkness, thunder, and lightning. They press their fingers into their ears at the sound of every thunder-clap for fear of death. And Allah encompasses the disbelievers ˹by His might˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:20

يَكَادُ

ٱلۡبَرۡقُ

يَخۡطَفُ

أَبۡصَٰرَهُمۡۖ

كُلَّمَآ

أَضَآءَ

لَهُم

مَّشَوۡاْ

فِيهِ

وَإِذَآ

أَظۡلَمَ

عَلَيۡهِمۡ

قَامُواْۚ

وَلَوۡ

شَآءَ

ٱللَّهُ

لَذَهَبَ

بِسَمۡعِهِمۡ

وَأَبۡصَٰرِهِمۡۚ

إِنَّ

ٱللَّهَ

عَلَىٰ

كُلِّ

شَيۡءٖ

قَدِيرٞ

٢٠

It is as if the lightning were about to snatch away their sight. Whenever lightning strikes, they walk in its light, but when darkness covers them, they stand still. Had Allah willed, He could have taken away their hearing and sight. Surely Allah is Most Capable of everything.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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