# Ayn-Se-Vav — عثو (Evw)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/Evw

- **Meaning:** To do evil, perpetrate crime, act corruptly/wickedly.
- **Derived forms:** تَعْثَ (5)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 60

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْثَوْا۟ — taʿthaw · "act wickedly"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِذِ اسْتَسْقٰى مُوسٰى لِقَوْمِه۪ فَقُلْنَا اضْرِبْ بِعَصَاكَ الْحَجَرَۜ فَانْفَجَرَتْ مِنْهُ اثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْناًۜ قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ اُنَاسٍ مَشْرَبَهُمْۜ كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا مِنْ رِزْقِ اللّٰهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْاَرْضِ مُفْسِد۪ينَ

Wa-ithi istasqa moosaliqawmihi faqulna idrib biAAasaka alhajarafanfajarat minhu ithnata AAashrata AAaynan qadAAalima kullu onasin mashrabahum kuloo washraboomin rizqi Allahi wala taAAthaw fee al-ardimufsideen

And when Moses sought water for his people; so We said: “Strike thou with thy staff the rock,” then there gushed therefrom twelve springs; each people knew its drinking-place: “Eat and drink of the provision of God, and commit not evil in the earth, working corruption.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-60.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 74

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْثَوْا۟ — taʿthaw · "act wickedly"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاذْ‌كُرُٓوا اِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَـفَٓاءَ مِنْ بَعْدِ عَادٍ وَبَوَّاَكُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْ سُهُولِهَا قُصُوراً وَتَنْحِتُونَ الْجِبَالَ بُيُوتاًۚ  فَاذْكُـرُٓوا اٰلَٓاءَ اللّٰهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْاَرْضِ مُفْسِد۪ينَ

Wathkuroo ithjaAAalakum khulafaa min baAAdi AAadin wabawwaakumfee al-ardi tattakhithoona min suhooliha qusooranwatanhitoona aljibala buyootan fathkurooalaa Allahi wala taAAthaw fee al-ardimufsideen

“And remember when He made you successors after ʿĀd, and settled you in the earth; you make castles out of its plains and hew the mountains into houses. Then remember the favours of God and commit not evil in the earth, working corruption.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-74.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 85

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْثَوْا۟ — taʿthaw · "act wickedly"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَيَا قَوْمِ اَوْفُوا الْمِكْيَالَ وَالْم۪يزَانَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ اَشْيَٓاءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْاَرْضِ مُفْسِد۪ينَ

Waya qawmi awfoo almikyala walmeezanabilqisti wala tabkhasoo annasaashyaahum wala taAAthaw fee al-ardimufsideen

And: “O my people: fulfil the measure and the balance with equity, and deprive not men of their possessions, and commit not evil in the earth, working corruption.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-85.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 183

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْثَوْا۟ — taʿthaw · "commit evil"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ اَشْيَٓاءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْاَرْضِ مُفْسِد۪ينَۚ

Wala tabkhasoo annasaashyaahum wala taAAthaw fee al-ardimufsideen

“And deprive not men of their possessions, and commit not evil in the earth, working corruption.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-183.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْثَوْا۟ — taʿthaw · "commit evil"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِلٰى مَدْيَنَ اَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْباًۙ فَقَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ وَارْجُوا الْيَوْمَ الْاٰخِرَ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْاَرْضِ مُفْسِد۪ينَ

Wa-ila madyana akhahumshuAAayban faqala ya qawmi oAAbudoo Allahawarjoo alyawma al-akhira wala taAAthaw feeal-ardi mufsideen

And to Madyan their brother Shuʿayb: he said: “O my people: serve God and expect the Last Day, and commit not evil in the earth, working corruption.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-36.md_

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