Surah Al-Baqara · Ayah 11·Madanī

11

وَإِذَا لَهُمْ لَا فِى إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ ﴿١١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

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

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 4 roots in 5 of 11 words

Recitation · 12 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī9
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

11 words · 43 letters · āyah 11 of 286

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • Quran 28:55 · Al-Qasasclose

    وَإِذَا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱللَّغْوَ أَعْرَضُوا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ لَنَآ أَعْمَٰلُنَا وَلَكُمْ أَعْمَٰلُكُمْ سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ لَا نَبْتَغِى ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ

    And when they hear ill speech, they turn away from it and say, "For us are our deeds, and for you are your deeds. Peace will be upon you; we seek not the ignorant."

  • Quran 43:89 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    فَٱصْفَحْ عَنْهُمْ وَقُلْ سَلَٰمٌ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

    So turn aside from them and say, "Peace." But they are going to know.

  • Quran 12:73 · Yusufclose

    قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُم مَّا جِئْنَا لِنُفْسِدَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا كُنَّا سَٰرِقِينَ

    They said, "By Allah, you have certainly known that we did not come to cause corruption in the land, and we have not been thieves."

  • Quran 56:25 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا تَأْثِيمًا

    They will not hear therein ill speech or commission of sin -

  • Quran 26:183 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

    And do not deprive people of their due and do not commit abuse on earth, spreading corruption.

  • Quran 26:153 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ

    They said, "You are only of those affected by magic.

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1523 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ

    ف-س-دص-ل-حأ-ر-ض

  • Saad 38:283 shared roots

    أَمْ نَجْعَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ كَٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ نَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ كَٱلْفُجَّارِ

    ف-س-دص-ل-حأ-ر-ض

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:302 shared roots

    قَالَ رَبِّ ٱنصُرْنِى عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

    ف-س-دق-و-ل

  • Yunus 10:813 shared roots

    فَلَمَّآ أَلْقَوْا۟ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ مَا جِئْتُم بِهِ ٱلسِّحْرُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَيُبْطِلُهُۥٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُصْلِحُ عَمَلَ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

    ف-س-دص-ل-حق-و-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:563 shared roots

    وَلَا تُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بَعْدَ إِصْلَٰحِهَا وَٱدْعُوهُ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا إِنَّ رَحْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ قَرِيبٌ مِّنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

    ف-س-دص-ل-حأ-ر-ض

  • Yusuf 12:733 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُم مَّا جِئْنَا لِنُفْسِدَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا كُنَّا سَٰرِقِينَ

    ف-س-دأ-ر-ضق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 2:11?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 2:11 include Quran 28:55 (Surah Al-Qasas), Quran 43:89 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), Quran 12:73 (Surah Yusuf), and Quran 56:25 (Surah Al-Waaqia). For example, 28:55 reads: “And when they hear ill speech, they turn away from it and say, "For us are our deeds, and for you are your deeds. Peace will be upon you; we seek not the ignorant."” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 2:11 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 2:11 (Surah Al-Baqara, The Cow) reads: “And when it is said to them, "Do not cause corruption on the earth," they say, "We are but reformers."”

Which surah is verse 2:11 in?

Quran 2:11 is āyah 11 of Surah Al-Baqara (The Cow), chapter 2 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 286 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 2:11?

Tartīl presents Quran 2:11 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.