# Fe-Sin-Dal — فسد (fsd)

> Occurs in 50 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to become evil/corrupted, invalid, decomposed, bad/spoiled/tainted, wrong, vicious, make mischief or foul deal. fasad - corruption/violence.
- **Derived forms:** أَفْسَدُ (15) · فَسَاد (11) · فَسَدَتِ (3) · مُفْسِد (21)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** تُفْسِدُوا۟ — tuf'sidū · "spread corruption"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِذَا ق۪يلَ لَهُمْ لَا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْاَرْضِۙ  قَالُٓوا اِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ

Wa-itha qeela lahum latufsidoo fee al-ardi qaloo innama nahnumuslihoon

And when it is said to them: “Work not corruption in the land,” they say: “We are but those who do right.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-11.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُفْسِدُونَ — l-muf'sidūna · "(are) the ones who spread corruption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

اَلَٓا اِنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْمُفْسِدُونَ وَلٰكِنْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Ala innahum humu almufsidoona walakinla yashAAuroon

In truth, it is they who are the workers of corruption; but they perceive not.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-12.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** وَيُفْسِدُونَ — wayuf'sidūna · "and [they] spread corruption"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يَنْقُضُونَ عَهْدَ اللّٰهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ م۪يثَاقِه۪ۖ وَيَقْطَعُونَ مَٓا اَمَرَ اللّٰهُ بِه۪ٓ اَنْ يُوصَلَ وَيُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْاَرْضِۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ

Allatheena yanqudoona AAahdaAllahi min baAAdi meethaqihi wayaqtaAAoona maamara Allahu bihi an yoosala wayufsidoona fee al-ardiola-ika humu alkhasiroon

Those who break the covenant with God after its agreement, and sever what God commanded to be joined, and work corruption in the land; it is they who are the losers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-27.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 30

- **Form in this verse:** يُفْسِدُ — yuf'sidu · "will spread corruption"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَاِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ اِنّ۪ي جَاعِلٌ فِي الْاَرْضِ خَل۪يفَةًۜ  قَالُٓوا اَتَجْعَلُ ف۪يهَا مَنْ يُفْسِدُ ف۪يهَا وَيَسْفِكُ الدِّمَٓاءَۚ وَنَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَۜ قَالَ اِنّ۪ٓي اَعْلَمُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Wa-ith qala rabbuka lilmala-ikatiinnee jaAAilun fee al-ardi khaleefatan qalooatajAAalu feeha man yufsidu feeha wayasfiku addimaawanahnu nusabbihu bihamdika wanuqaddisu lakaqala innee aAAlamu ma la taAAlamoon

And when thy Lord said to the angels: “I am placing in the earth a successor,” they said: “Wilt Thou place therein one who will do harm therein, and shed blood, while we give glory with Thy praise and hallow Thee?” He said: “I know what you know not.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-30.md_

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

- **Form in this verse:** مُفْسِدِينَ — muf'sidīna · "spreading corruption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

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_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 205

- **Form in this verse:** لِيُفْسِدَ — liyuf'sida · "to spread corruption"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَاِذَا تَوَلّٰى سَعٰى فِي الْاَرْضِ لِيُفْسِدَ ف۪يهَا وَيُهْلِكَ الْحَرْثَ وَالنَّسْلَۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْفَسَادَ

Wa-itha tawalla saAAafee al-ardi liyufsida feeha wayuhlika alharthawannasla wallahu la yuhibbualfasad

And when he turns away, he strives in the land working corruption therein and destroying tilth and progeny; and God loves not corruption.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-205.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 205

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْفَسَادَ — l-fasāda · "[the] corruption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَاِذَا تَوَلّٰى سَعٰى فِي الْاَرْضِ لِيُفْسِدَ ف۪يهَا وَيُهْلِكَ الْحَرْثَ وَالنَّسْلَۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْفَسَادَ

Wa-itha tawalla saAAafee al-ardi liyufsida feeha wayuhlika alharthawannasla wallahu la yuhibbualfasad

And when he turns away, he strives in the land working corruption therein and destroying tilth and progeny; and God loves not corruption.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-205.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 220

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُفْسِدَ — l-muf'sida · "the corrupter"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine · accusative case

فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْاٰخِرَةِۜ وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ الْيَتَامٰىۜ قُلْ اِصْلَاحٌ لَهُمْ خَيْرٌۜ وَاِنْ تُخَالِطُوهُمْ فَاِخْوَانُكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُ الْمُفْسِدَ مِنَ الْمُصْلِحِۜ وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ لَاَعْنَتَكُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَز۪يزٌ حَك۪يمٌ

Fee addunya wal-akhiratiwayas-aloonaka AAani alyatama qul islahunlahum khayrun wa-in tukhalitoohum fa-ikhwanukumwallahu yaAAlamu almufsida mina almuslihiwalaw shaa Allahu laaAAnatakum inna AllahaAAazeezun hakeem

Upon the World and the Hereafter. And they ask thee about the fatherless. Say thou: “Improvement for them is best.” And if you associate with them, then are they your brothers. And God knows the worker of corruption from the doer of right. And had God willed, He would have caused distress for you; God is exalted in might and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-220.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 251

- **Form in this verse:** لَّفَسَدَتِ — lafasadati · "certainly (would have) corrupted"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

فَهَزَمُوهُمْ بِاِذْنِ اللّٰهِۙ وَقَتَلَ دَاوُ۫دُ جَالُوتَ وَاٰتٰيهُ اللّٰهُ الْمُلْكَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَعَلَّمَهُ مِمَّا يَشَٓاءُۜ وَلَوْلَا دَفْعُ اللّٰهِ النَّاسَ بَعْضَهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ لَفَسَدَتِ الْاَرْضُ وَلٰكِنَّ اللّٰهَ ذُوفَضْلٍ عَلَى الْعَالَم۪ينَ

Fahazamoohum bi-ithni Allahiwaqatala dawoodu jaloota waatahu Allahualmulka walhikmata waAAallamahu mimma yashaowalawla dafAAu Allahi annasa baAAdahumbibaAAdin lafasadati al-ardu walakinna Allahathoo fadlin AAala alAAalameen

And they defeated them by the leave of God. And David killed Goliath, and God gave him dominion and wisdom, and taught him of what He willed. And were God not to repel some people by means of others, the earth should have become corrupt; but God is bountiful to all mankind.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-251.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 63

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ — bil-muf'sidīna · "of the corrupters"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

فَاِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَل۪يمٌ بِالْمُفْسِد۪ينَ۟

Fa-in tawallaw fa-inna AllahaAAaleemun bilmufsideen

And if they turn away, God knows the workers of corruption.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-63.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** فَسَادٍۢ — fasādin · "(for) spreading corruption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

مِنْ اَجْلِ ذٰلِكَۚۛ  كَتَبْنَا عَلٰى بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ اَنَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْساً بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ اَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْاَرْضِ فَكَاَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَم۪يـعاًۜ وَمَنْ اَحْيَاهَا فَكَاَنَّمَٓا اَحْيَا النَّاسَ جَم۪يعاًۜ وَلَقَدْ جَٓاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُنَا بِالْبَيِّنَاتِۘ ثُمَّ اِنَّ كَث۪يراً مِنْهُمْ بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ فِي الْاَرْضِ لَمُسْرِفُونَ

Min ajli thalika katabna AAalabanee isra-eela annahu man qatala nafsan bighayri nafsinaw fasadin fee al-ardi fakaannama qatala annasajameeAAan waman ahyaha fakaannama ahyaannasa jameeAAan walaqad jaat-hum rusulunabilbayyinati thumma inna katheeran minhum baAAda thalikafee al-ardi lamusrifoon

For that cause We prescribed for the children of Israel that whoso takes a life other than for a life or corruption in the land, it will be as if he killed mankind altogether; (and whoso gives life, it will be as if he gave life to mankind altogether ­— and Our messengers came to them with clear signs, then many of them after that are committers of excess in the earth — )

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-32.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 33

- **Form in this verse:** فَسَادًا — fasādan · "spreading corruption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اِنَّمَا جَزٰٓؤُا الَّذ۪ينَ يُحَارِبُونَ اللّٰهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِي الْاَرْضِ فَسَاداً اَنْ يُقَتَّلُٓوا اَوْ يُصَلَّـبُٓوا اَوْ تُقَطَّعَ اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَاَرْجُلُهُمْ مِنْ خِلَافٍ اَوْ يُنْفَوْا مِنَ الْاَرْضِۜ ذٰلِكَ لَهُمْ خِزْيٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَلَهُمْ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظ۪يمٌۙ

Innama jazao allatheenayuhariboona Allaha warasoolahu wayasAAawna feeal-ardi fasadan an yuqattaloo aw yusallabooaw tuqattaAAa aydeehim waarjuluhum min khilafin awyunfaw mina al-ardi thalika lahum khizyun fee addunyawalahum fee al-akhirati AAathabun AAatheem

The reward but of those who war against God and His messenger, and strive to work corruption in the land, that they be killed, or they be crucified, or their hands and feet be cut off on opposite sides, or they be banished from the land. That[...]. They have disgrace in the World; and they have in the Hereafter a great punishment

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-33.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 64

- **Form in this verse:** فَسَادًۭا ۚ — fasādan · "spreading corruption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ يَدُ اللّٰهِ مَغْلُولَةٌۜ غُلَّتْ اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَلُعِنُوا بِمَا قَالُواۢ بَلْ يَدَاهُ مَبْسُوطَتَانِۙ يُنْفِقُ كَيْفَ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَلَيَز۪يدَنَّ كَث۪يراً مِنْهُمْ مَٓا اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ طُغْيَاناً وَكُفْراًۜ وَاَلْقَيْنَا بَيْنَهُمُ الْعَدَاوَةَ وَالْبَغْضَٓاءَ اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِۜ   كُلَّمَٓا اَوْقَدُوا نَاراً لِلْحَرْبِ اَطْفَاَهَا اللّٰهُۙ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِي الْاَرْضِ فَسَاداًۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُفْسِد۪ينَ

Waqalati alyahoodu yadu Allahimaghloolatun ghullat aydeehim waluAAinoo bima qaloobal yadahu mabsootatani yunfiqu kayfa yashaowalayazeedanna katheeran minhum ma onzila ilayka minrabbika tughyanan wakufran waalqaynabaynahumu alAAadawata walbaghdaa ilayawmi alqiyamati kullama awqadoo naran lilharbiatfaaha Allahu wayasAAawna fee al-ardifasadan wallahu la yuhibbualmufsideen

And the Rabbinic Jews say: “The hand of God is fettered.” Fettered are their hands! And cursed are they for what they say! Nay, His hands are spread wide; He spends how He wills. And there increases many of them in inordinacy and denial what was sent down to thee from thy Lord. And We have cast among them enmity and hatred until the Day of Resurrection; whenever they lit the fire of war, God extinguished it; and they strive in the land for corruption; and God loves not the workers of corruption.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-64.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 64

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ — l-muf'sidīna · "the corrupters"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ يَدُ اللّٰهِ مَغْلُولَةٌۜ غُلَّتْ اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَلُعِنُوا بِمَا قَالُواۢ بَلْ يَدَاهُ مَبْسُوطَتَانِۙ يُنْفِقُ كَيْفَ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَلَيَز۪يدَنَّ كَث۪يراً مِنْهُمْ مَٓا اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ طُغْيَاناً وَكُفْراًۜ وَاَلْقَيْنَا بَيْنَهُمُ الْعَدَاوَةَ وَالْبَغْضَٓاءَ اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِۜ   كُلَّمَٓا اَوْقَدُوا نَاراً لِلْحَرْبِ اَطْفَاَهَا اللّٰهُۙ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِي الْاَرْضِ فَسَاداًۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُفْسِد۪ينَ

Waqalati alyahoodu yadu Allahimaghloolatun ghullat aydeehim waluAAinoo bima qaloobal yadahu mabsootatani yunfiqu kayfa yashaowalayazeedanna katheeran minhum ma onzila ilayka minrabbika tughyanan wakufran waalqaynabaynahumu alAAadawata walbaghdaa ilayawmi alqiyamati kullama awqadoo naran lilharbiatfaaha Allahu wayasAAawna fee al-ardifasadan wallahu la yuhibbualmufsideen

And the Rabbinic Jews say: “The hand of God is fettered.” Fettered are their hands! And cursed are they for what they say! Nay, His hands are spread wide; He spends how He wills. And there increases many of them in inordinacy and denial what was sent down to thee from thy Lord. And We have cast among them enmity and hatred until the Day of Resurrection; whenever they lit the fire of war, God extinguished it; and they strive in the land for corruption; and God loves not the workers of corruption.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-64.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 56

- **Form in this verse:** تُفْسِدُوا۟ — tuf'sidū · "cause corruption"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ بَعْدَ اِصْلَاحِهَا وَادْعُوهُ خَوْفاً وَطَمَعاًۜ اِنَّ رَحْمَتَ اللّٰهِ قَر۪يبٌ مِنَ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَ

Wala tufsidoo fee al-ardibaAAda islahiha wadAAoohu khawfan watamaAAaninna rahmata Allahi qareebun mina almuhsineen

So work not corruption in the land after its right ordering. And call to Him in fear and hope; the mercy of God is near to the doers of good.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-56.md_

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

- **Form in this verse:** مُفْسِدِينَ — muf'sidīna · "spreading corruption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

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_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 85

- **Form in this verse:** تُفْسِدُوا۟ — tuf'sidū · "cause corruption"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِلٰى مَدْيَنَ اَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْباًۜ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ اِلٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۜ قَدْ جَٓاءَتْكُمْ بَيِّنَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ فَاَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ وَالْم۪يزَانَ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ اَشْيَٓاءَهُمْ وَلَا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ بَعْدَ اِصْلَاحِهَاۜ ذٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِن۪ينَۚ

Wa-ila madyana akhahumshuAAayban qala ya qawmi oAAbudoo Allaha malakum min ilahin ghayruhu qad jaatkum bayyinatunmin rabbikum faawfoo alkayla walmeezana walatabkhasoo annasa ashyaahum walatufsidoo fee al-ardi baAAda islahiha thalikumkhayrun lakum in kuntum mu/mineen

And to Madyan, their brother Shuʿayb. He said: “O my people: serve God; you have no god but He; there has come to you clear evidence from your Lord, so fulfil the measure and the balance, and deprive not people of their possessions; and work not corruption in the land after its right ordering; that is better for you, if you be believers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-85.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 86

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ — l-muf'sidīna · "(of) the corrupters"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَلَا تَقْعُدُوا بِكُلِّ صِرَاطٍ تُوعِدُونَ وَتَصُدُّونَ عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ مَنْ اٰمَنَ بِه۪ وَتَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجاًۚ وَاذْكُرُٓوا اِذْ كُنْتُمْ قَل۪يلاً فَكَثَّرَكُمْۖ وَانْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُفْسِد۪ينَ

Wala taqAAudoo bikulli siratintooAAidoona watasuddoona AAan sabeeli Allahi man amanabihi watabghoonaha AAiwajan wathkuroo ithkuntum qaleelan fakaththarakum wanthurookayfa kana AAaqibatu almufsideen

“And lie not in wait on every road, threatening and turning away from the path of God him who believes in Him, and seeking deviation therein. And remember when you were few, and He multiplied you; and see how was the final outcome of the workers of corruption.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-86.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 103

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ — l-muf'sidīna · "(of) the corrupters"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ مُوسٰى بِاٰيَاتِنَٓا اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَا۬ئِه۪ فَظَلَمُوا بِهَاۚ فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُفْسِد۪ينَ

Thumma baAAathna min baAAdihim moosabi-ayatina ila firAAawna wamala-ihifathalamoo biha fanuthurkayfa kana AAaqibatu almufsideen

Then We raised up after them Moses with Our proofs to Pharaoh and his eminent ones, but they wronged them; then see thou how was the final outcome of the workers of corruption: —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-103.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 127

- **Form in this verse:** لِيُفْسِدُوا۟ — liyuf'sidū · "so that they cause corruption"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَقَالَ الْمَلَأُ مِنْ قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ اَتَذَرُ مُوسٰى وَقَوْمَهُ لِيُفْسِدُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَيَذَرَكَ وَاٰلِهَتَكَۜ قَالَ سَنُقَتِّلُ اَبْنَٓاءَهُمْ وَنَسْتَحْـي۪ نِسَٓاءَهُمْۚ وَاِنَّا فَوْقَهُمْ قَاهِرُونَ

Waqala almalao min qawmi firAAawnaatatharu moosa waqawmahu liyufsidoo fee al-ardiwayatharaka waalihataka qala sanuqattilu abnaahumwanastahyee nisaahum wa-inna fawqahum qahiroon

And the eminent ones among the people of Pharaoh said: “Wilt thou leave Moses and his people to work corruption in the land, and leave thee and thy gods?” Said he: “We will kill their sons and spare their women; for indeed we have them in subjugation.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-127.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 142

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ — l-muf'sidīna · "(of) the corrupters"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَوٰعَدْنَا مُوسٰى ثَلٰث۪ينَ لَيْلَةً وَاَتْمَمْنَاهَا بِعَشْرٍ فَتَمَّ م۪يقَاتُ رَبِّه۪ٓ اَرْبَع۪ينَ لَيْلَةًۚ وَقَالَ مُوسٰى لِاَخ۪يهِ هٰرُونَ اخْلُفْن۪ي ف۪ي قَوْم۪ي وَاَصْلِحْ وَلَا تَتَّبِـعْ سَب۪يلَ الْمُفْسِد۪ينَ

WawaAAadna moosa thalatheenalaylatan waatmamnaha biAAashrin fatamma meeqaturabbihi arbaAAeena laylatan waqala moosa li-akheehiharoona okhlufnee fee qawmee waaslih walatattabiAA sabeela almufsideen

And We appointed for Moses thirty nights, and completed them with ten; so he completed the time appointed by his Lord of forty nights. And Moses said to his brother Aaron: “Be thou my successor among my people; and make thou right; and follow thou not the path of the workers of corruption.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-142.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 73

- **Form in this verse:** وَفَسَادٌۭ — wafasādun · "and corruption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَالَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا بَعْضُهُمْ اَوْلِيَٓاءُ بَعْضٍۜ اِلَّا تَفْعَلُوهُ تَكُنْ فِتْنَةٌ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَفَسَادٌ كَب۪يرٌۜ

Wallatheena kafaroo baAAduhumawliyao baAAdin illa tafAAaloohu takunfitnatun fee al-ardi wafasadun kabeer

And those who ignore warning are allies of one another; save you do it, there will be means of denial in the land and great corruption.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-73.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ — bil-muf'sidīna · "of the corrupters"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِه۪ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِه۪ۜ وَرَبُّكَ اَعْلَمُ بِالْمُفْسِد۪ينَ۟

Waminhum man yu/minu bihi waminhum man layu/minu bihi warabbuka aAAlamu bilmufsideen

And among them is he who believes in it; and among them is he who believes not in it. And thy Lord best knows the workers of corruption.

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-40.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 81

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ — l-muf'sidīna · "(of) the corrupters"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

فَلَمَّٓا اَلْقَوْا قَالَ مُوسٰى مَا جِئْتُمْ بِهِ السِّحْرُۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ سَيُبْطِلُهُۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُصْلِحُ عَمَلَ الْمُفْسِد۪ينَ

Falamma alqaw qala moosama ji/tum bihi assihru inna Allahasayubtiluhu inna Allaha la yuslihuAAamala almufsideen

And when they had cast, Moses said: “What you have brought is sorcery; God will make it vain; God makes not right the work of the workers of corruption.

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-81.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 91

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ — l-muf'sidīna · "the corrupters"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

آٰلْـٰٔنَ وَقَدْ عَصَيْتَ قَبْلُ وَكُنْتَ مِنَ الْمُفْسِد۪ينَ

Al-ana waqad AAasaytaqablu wakunta mina almufsideen

“Now? And thou opposedst before, and wast of the workers of corruption?

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-91.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 85

- **Form in this verse:** مُفْسِدِينَ — muf'sidīna · "spreading corruption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

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_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 116

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْفَسَادِ — l-fasādi · "the corruption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

فَلَوْلَا كَانَ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ اُو۬لُوا بَقِيَّةٍ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْفَسَادِ فِي الْاَرْضِ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً مِمَّنْ اَنْجَيْنَا مِنْهُمْۚ  وَاتَّبَعَ الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُوا مَٓا اُتْرِفُوا ف۪يهِ وَكَانُوا مُجْرِم۪ينَ

Falawla kana mina alquroonimin qablikum oloo baqiyyatin yanhawna AAani alfasadi feeal-ardi illa qaleelan mimman anjayna minhumwattabaAAa allatheena thalamoo maotrifoo feehi wakanoo mujrimeen

Oh, that among the generations before you there had but been a remnant forbidding corruption in the land save a few whom We saved among them! But those who did wrong followed what they had been given therein of opulence, and were lawbreakers.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-116.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 73

- **Form in this verse:** لِنُفْسِدَ — linuf'sida · "that we cause corruption"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 1st person, plural · present tense

قَالُوا تَاللّٰهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمْ مَا جِئْنَا لِنُفْسِدَ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَمَا كُنَّا سَارِق۪ينَ

Qaloo tallahi laqadAAalimtum ma ji/na linufsida fee al-ardi wamakunna sariqeen

Said they: “By God, you know we came not to work corruption in the land! And we are not thieves.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-73.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** وَيُفْسِدُونَ — wayuf'sidūna · "and spread corruption"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَالَّذ۪ينَ يَنْقُضُونَ عَهْدَ اللّٰهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ م۪يثَاقِه۪ وَيَقْطَعُونَ مَٓا اَمَرَ اللّٰهُ بِه۪ٓ اَنْ يُوصَلَ وَيُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْاَرْضِۙ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ لَهُمُ اللَّعْنَةُ وَلَهُمْ سُٓوءُ الدَّارِ

Wallatheena yanqudoonaAAahda Allahi min baAAdi meethaqihi wayaqtaAAoonama amara Allahu bihi an yoosala wayufsidoonafee al-ardi ola-ika lahumu allaAAnatu walahum soo-oaddar

But those who break the covenant of God after its agreement, and sever what God has commanded to be joined, and work corruption in the land: those have the curse, and they have the evil abode.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-25.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 88

- **Form in this verse:** يُفْسِدُونَ — yuf'sidūna · "spread corruption"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَلَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا وَصَدُّوا عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ زِدْنَاهُمْ عَذَاباً فَوْقَ الْعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُوا يُفْسِدُونَ

Allatheena kafaroo wasaddooAAan sabeeli Allahi zidnahum AAathaban fawqaalAAathabi bima kanoo yufsidoon

Those who ignore warning and turn away from the path of God, We will increase them in punishment over the punishment for what they wrought of corruption.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-88.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** لَتُفْسِدُنَّ — latuf'sidunna · "Surely you will cause corruption"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَقَضَيْنَٓا اِلٰى بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ فِي الْكِتَابِ لَتُفْسِدُنَّ فِي الْاَرْضِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَتَعْـلُنَّ عُـلُواًّ كَب۪يراً

Waqadayna ila banee isra-eelafee alkitabi latufsidunna fee al-ardi marratayniwalataAAlunna AAuluwwan kabeera

And We decreed for the children of Israel in the Writ: “You will work corruption in the land twice, and wax high to a great height.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-4.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 94

- **Form in this verse:** مُفْسِدُونَ — muf'sidūna · "(are) corrupters"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

قَالُوا يَا ذَا الْقَرْنَيْنِ اِنَّ يَأْجُوجَ وَمَأْجُوجَ مُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْاَرْضِ فَهَلْ نَجْعَلُ لَكَ خَرْجاً عَلٰٓى اَنْ تَجْعَلَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ سَداًّ

Qaloo ya tha alqarnayniinna ya/jooja wama/jooja mufsidoona fee al-ardi fahalnajAAalu laka kharjan AAala an tajAAala baynanawabaynahum sadda

They said: “O Dhūl-Qarnayn: Ya’jūj and Ma’jūj are workers of corruption in the land; so may we appoint for thee payment, that thou make between us and them a barrier?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-94.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** لَفَسَدَتَا ۚ — lafasadatā · "surely they (would) have been ruined"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, dual · past tense

لَوْ كَانَ ف۪يهِمَٓا اٰلِهَةٌ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ لَفَسَدَتَاۚ فَسُبْحَانَ اللّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

Law kana feehima alihatunilla Allahu lafasadata fasubhana Allahirabbi alAAarshi AAamma yasifoon

Were there in them gods save God, they would have been corrupted; and glory be to God, the Lord of the Throne, above what they describe!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-22.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** لَفَسَدَتِ — lafasadati · "surely (would) have been corrupted"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

وَلَوِ اتَّبَعَ الْحَقُّ اَهْوَٓاءَهُمْ لَفَسَدَتِ السَّمٰوَاتُ وَالْاَرْضُ وَمَنْ ف۪يهِنَّۜ بَلْ اَتَيْنَاهُمْ بِذِكْرِهِمْ فَهُمْ عَنْ ذِكْرِهِمْ مُعْرِضُونَۜ

Walawi ittabaAAa alhaqqu ahwaahumlafasadati assamawatu wal-arduwaman feehinna bal ataynahum bithikrihim fahum AAanthikrihim muAAridoon

And had the truth followed their vain desires, the heavens and the earth and whoso is therein would have been corrupted; the truth is, We brought them their remembrance, and they from their remembrance are turning away.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-71.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 152

- **Form in this verse:** يُفْسِدُونَ — yuf'sidūna · "spread corruption"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ

Allatheena yufsidoona fee al-ardiwala yuslihoon

“Those who work corruption in the land, and do not right.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-152.md_

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

- **Form in this verse:** مُفْسِدِينَ — muf'sidīna · "spreading corruption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

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_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ — l-muf'sidīna · "(of) the corrupters"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَجَحَدُوا بِهَا وَاسْتَيْقَنَتْهَٓا اَنْفُسُهُمْ ظُلْماً وَعُلُواًّۜ فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُفْسِد۪ينَ۟

Wajahadoo biha wastayqanat-haanfusuhum thulman waAAuluwwan fanthurkayfa kana AAaqibatu almufsideen

And they rejected them, though their souls were convinced thereof, in injustice and arrogance. So see thou how was the final outcome of the workers of corruption.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-14.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 34

- **Form in this verse:** أَفْسَدُوهَا — afsadūhā · "they ruin it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

قَالَتْ اِنَّ الْمُلُوكَ اِذَا دَخَلُوا قَرْيَةً اَفْسَدُوهَا وَجَعَلُٓوا اَعِزَّةَ اَهْلِهَٓا اَذِلَّةًۚ وَكَذٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ

Qalat inna almulooka ithadakhaloo qaryatan afsadooha wajaAAaloo aAAizzata ahlihaathillatan wakathalika yafAAaloon

She said: “Kings, when they enter a city, spoil it and make its most honoured people abject; and thus will they do.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-34.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 48

- **Form in this verse:** يُفْسِدُونَ — yuf'sidūna · "they were spreading corruption"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَكَانَ فِي الْمَد۪ينَةِ تِسْعَةُ رَهْطٍ يُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ

Wakana fee almadeenati tisAAatu rahtinyufsidoona fee al-ardi wala yuslihoon

And there were in the city nine men who wrought corruption in the land and did not right.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-48.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ — l-muf'sidīna · "the corrupters"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

اِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ عَلَا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَجَعَلَ اَهْلَهَا شِيَعاً يَسْتَضْعِفُ طَٓائِفَةً مِنْهُمْ يُذَبِّـحُ اَبْنَٓاءَهُمْ وَيَسْتَحْـي۪ نِسَٓاءَهُمْۜ اِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُفْسِد۪ينَ

Inna firAAawna AAala fee al-ardiwajaAAala ahlaha shiyaAAan yastadAAifu ta-ifatanminhum yuthabbihu abnaahum wayastahyeenisaahum innahu kana mina almufsideen

Pharaoh exalted himself in the earth and made its people sects; a number among them he oppressed, slaughtering their sons and sparing their women; he was of the workers of corruption.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-4.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 77

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْفَسَادَ — l-fasāda · "corruption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَابْتَغِ ف۪يمَٓا اٰتٰيكَ اللّٰهُ الدَّارَ الْاٰخِرَةَ وَلَا تَنْسَ نَص۪يبَكَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَاَحْسِنْ كَمَٓا اَحْسَنَ اللّٰهُ اِلَيْكَ وَلَا تَبْغِ الْفَسَادَ فِي الْاَرْضِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُفْسِد۪ينَ

Wabtaghi feema atakaAllahu addara al-akhirata walatansa naseebaka mina addunya waahsinkama ahsana Allahu ilayka wala tabghialfasada fee al-ardi inna Allaha layuhibbu almufsideen

“But seek thou, in what God has given thee, the abode of the Hereafter; and forget thou not thy portion in the World; and do thou good, as God has done good to thee; and seek thou not corruption in the land; God loves not the workers of corruption,”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-77.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 77

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ — l-muf'sidīna · "the corrupters"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَابْتَغِ ف۪يمَٓا اٰتٰيكَ اللّٰهُ الدَّارَ الْاٰخِرَةَ وَلَا تَنْسَ نَص۪يبَكَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَاَحْسِنْ كَمَٓا اَحْسَنَ اللّٰهُ اِلَيْكَ وَلَا تَبْغِ الْفَسَادَ فِي الْاَرْضِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُفْسِد۪ينَ

Wabtaghi feema atakaAllahu addara al-akhirata walatansa naseebaka mina addunya waahsinkama ahsana Allahu ilayka wala tabghialfasada fee al-ardi inna Allaha layuhibbu almufsideen

“But seek thou, in what God has given thee, the abode of the Hereafter; and forget thou not thy portion in the World; and do thou good, as God has done good to thee; and seek thou not corruption in the land; God loves not the workers of corruption,”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-77.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 83

- **Form in this verse:** فَسَادًۭا ۚ — fasādan · "corruption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

تِلْكَ الدَّارُ الْاٰخِرَةُ نَجْعَلُهَا لِلَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُر۪يدُونَ عُلُواًّ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَلَا فَسَاداًۜ وَالْعَاقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّق۪ينَ

Tilka addaru al-akhiratunajAAaluha lillatheena la yureedoonaAAuluwwan fee al-ardi wala fasadan walAAaqibatulilmuttaqeen

That is the abode of the Hereafter We make for those who seek neither exaltedness nor corruption in the land. And the final outcome is for those of prudent fear.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-83.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 30

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ — l-muf'sidīna · "the corrupters"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

قَالَ رَبِّ انْصُرْن۪ي عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْمُفْسِد۪ينَ۟

Qala rabbi onsurnee AAalaalqawmi almufsideen

He said: “My Lord: help Thou me against the people who work corruption.”)

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-30.md_

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

- **Form in this verse:** مُفْسِدِينَ — muf'sidīna · "(as) corrupters"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

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_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْفَسَادُ — l-fasādu · "the corruption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

ظَهَرَ الْفَسَادُ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ اَيْدِي النَّاسِ لِيُذ۪يقَهُمْ بَعْضَ الَّذ۪ي عَمِلُوا لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

Thahara alfasadu feealbarri walbahri bima kasabat aydee annasiliyutheeqahum baAAda allathee AAamiloolaAAallahum yarjiAAoon

Corruption has appeared on land and sea for what the hands of men have earned, that He might let them taste some of what they have done, that they might return.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-41.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** كَٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ — kal-muf'sidīna · "like those who spread corruption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

اَمْ نَجْعَلُ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ كَالْمُفْسِد۪ينَ فِي الْاَرْضِۘ اَمْ نَجْعَلُ الْمُتَّق۪ينَ كَالْفُجَّارِ

Am najAAalu allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati kalmufsideenafee al-ardi am najAAalu almuttaqeena kalfujjar

If We make those who heed warning and do righteous deeds like the workers of corruption in the land:[...]. — Or if We make those of prudent fear like the licentious:[...].

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-28.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْفَسَادَ — l-fasāda · "the corruption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ذَرُون۪ٓي اَقْتُلْ مُوسٰى وَلْيَدْعُ رَبَّهُۚ اِنّ۪ٓي اَخَافُ اَنْ يُبَدِّلَ د۪ينَكُمْ اَوْ اَنْ يُظْهِرَ فِي الْاَرْضِ الْفَسَادَ

Waqala firAAawnu tharooneeaqtul moosa walyadAAu rabbahu innee akhafu anyubaddila deenakum aw an yuthhira fee al-ardialfasad

And Pharaoh said: “Let me kill Moses; — and let him call to his Lord — I fear that he will change your doctrine, or will cause corruption in the land.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-26.md_

### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** تُفْسِدُوا۟ — tuf'sidū · "you cause corruption"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

فَهَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ اِنْ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ اَنْ تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَتُقَطِّعُٓوا اَرْحَامَكُمْ

Fahal AAasaytum in tawallaytum an tufsidoofee al-ardi watuqattiAAoo arhamakum

And would you, perhaps, if you turned away, work corruption in the land and sever your kinship?

_https://quran.so/surah-muhammad/verse-22.md_

### 89. Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْفَسَادَ — l-fasāda · "corruption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

فَاَكْثَرُوا ف۪يهَا الْفَسَادَۙۖ

Faaktharoo feeha alfasad

And increased corruption therein?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-12.md_

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