Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 2 Al-Baqarah, Ayat 205-205
وَاِذَا تَوَلّٰى سَعٰى فِى الۡاَرۡضِ لِيُفۡسِدَ فِيۡهَا وَيُهۡلِكَ الۡحَـرۡثَ وَالنَّسۡلَؕ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الۡفَسَادَ
﴿2:205﴾
(2:205) Whenever he attains authority,225 he goes about the
earth spreading mischief and laying to waste crops and human life, even though
Allah (whose testimony he invokes) does not love mischief.
Notes
225. The expression idha tawalla can be translated in two ways. First, in
the manner of our translation of the text. It can also be translated to make
the verse mean that when such people return from sweet and apparently genuine
talk, they engage in arrogant and destructive action.