Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 12 (2:12)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

أَلَآ إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْسِدُونَ وَلَٰكِن لَّا يَشْعُرُونَ

Quran 2:12 is ayah 12 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 1, on page 3 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:12
أَلَآإِنَّهُمْهُمُٱلْمُفْسِدُونَوَلَٰكِنلَّايَشْعُرُونَ١٢
alā innahum humu l-muf'sidūna walākin lā yashʿurūna

Unquestionably, it is they who are the corrupters, but they perceive [it] not.(12)

Word by word

  1. أَلَآalāBeware
  2. إِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed they
  3. هُمُhumuthemselves
  4. ٱلْمُفْسِدُونَl-muf'sidūna(are) the ones who spread corruption
  5. وَلَٰكِنwalākin[and] but
  6. لَّاlānot
  7. يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnathey realize (it)

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