Meaning: spread corruption · Also translated as: cause corruption, so that they cause corruption, that we cause corruption, Surely you will cause corruption
Forms in the Quran
تُفْسِدُوا۟×4
يُفْسِدُونَ×3
وَيُفْسِدُونَ×2
يُفْسِدُ×1
لِيُفْسِدَ×1
لِيُفْسِدُوا۟×1
لِنُفْسِدَ×1
لَتُفْسِدُنَّ×1
Its root in the classical dictionaries
الفساد: خروج الشيء عن الاعتدال، قليلا كان الخروج عنه أو كثيرا، ويضاده الصلاح، ويستعمل ذلك في النفس، والبدن، والأشياء الخارجة عن الاستقامة، يقال: فسد فسادا وفسودا ، وأفسده غيره. قال تعالى: لفسدت السماوات والأرض [المؤمنون/ 71] ، لو كان فيهما آلهة إلا الله لفسدتا [الأنبياء/ 22] ، ظهر الفساد في البر والبحر [الروم/ 41] ،…
قوله تعالى: ﴿ألا إنهم هم المفسدون﴾] البقرة:12 [الفساد لغة: خروج الشيء عن الاعتدال والاستقامة، قل ذلك الخروج أو كثر، ويكون في الأعيان والمعاني. ومنه فساد العقائد أعاذنا الله منه. ويستعمل في النفس والبدن. وفي الحديث: "إذا فسد القلب فسد سائر البدن" يقال: فسد يفسد فسادا فهو فاسد. وأفسد يفسد فهو مفسد إفسادا.
Those who break God's Covenant
After it is ratified,
And who sunder what God
Has ordered to be joined,
And do mischief on earth:
These cause loss (only) to themselves.
Behold, thy Lord said to the angels: "I will create
A vicegerent on earth." They said:
"Wilt Thou place therein one who will make
Mischief therein and shed blood?—
Whilst we do celebrate Thy praises
And glorify Thy holy (name)?"
He said: "I know what ye know not."
Do no mischief on the earth,
After it hath been
Set in order, but call
On Him with fear
And longing (in your hearts):
For the Mercy of God
Is (always) near
To those who do good.
To the Madyan people
We sent Shu‘aib, one
Of their own brethren: he said:
"O my people! worship God;
Ye have no other god
But Him. Now hath come
Unto you a clear (Sign)
From your Lord! Give just
Measure and weight, nor withhold
From the people the things
That are their due; and do
No mischief on the earth
After it has been set
In order: that will be best
For you, if ye have Faith.
Said the chiefs of Pharaoh's
People: "Wilt thou leave
Moses and his people,
To spread mischief in the land,
And to abandon thee
And thy gods?" He said:
"Their male children will we
Slay; (only) their females
Will we save alive;
And we have over them
(Power) irresistible."
But those who break
The Covenant of God, after
Having plighted their word thereto,
And cut asunder those things
Which God has commanded
To be joined, and work mischief
In the land;—on them
Is the Curse; for them
Is the terrible Home!
And We gave (clear) warning
To the Children of Israel
In the Book, that twice
Would they do mischief
On the earth and be elated
With mighty arrogance
(And twice would they be punished)!