Corruption has appeared throughout the land and sea by [reason of] what the hands of people have earned so He [i.e., Allāh] may let them taste part of [the consequence of] what they have done that perhaps they will return [to righteousness].
لِيُذِيقَهُمso that He may let them tasteliyudhīqahum
بَعۡضَa partbaʿḍa
ٱلَّذِي(of) that whichalladhī
عَمِلُواْthey have doneʿamilū
لَعَلَّهُمۡso that they maylaʿallahum
يَرۡجِعُونَreturnyarjiʿūna
Tafsir
Corruption has appeared in the land and sea in the lives of people by their span becoming shorter, and in their bodies by way of diseases and illnesses, due to the sins they commit. It has become apparent so that Allah may give them a taste of some of their evil deeds in the worldly life, perhaps they repent to Him.