ف س د Root f-s-d in the Qur’an 50 occurrences in 47 verses

Words from this root

Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.

مُفْسِد 21 times

• 2:12 · Al-Baqarahٱلْمُفْسِدُونَ (are) the ones who spread corruptionUnquestionably, it is they who are the corrupters, but they perceive [it] not.
• 2:60 · Al-Baqarahمُفْسِدِينَ spreading corruptionAnd [recall] when Moses prayed for water for his people, so We said, "Strike with your staff the stone." And there gushed forth from it twelve springs, and every people knew its watering place. "Eat and drink from the provision of Allah, and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption."
• 2:220 · Al-Baqarahٱلْمُفْسِدَ the corrupterTo this world and the Hereafter. And they ask you about orphans. Say, "Improvement for them is best. And if you mix your affairs with theirs - they are your brothers. And Allah knows the corrupter from the amender. And if Allah had willed, He could have put you in difficulty. Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.
• 3:63 · Ali 'Imranبِٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ of the corruptersBut if they turn away, then indeed - Allah is Knowing of the corrupters.
• 5:64 · Al-Ma'idahٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ the corruptersAnd the Jews say, "The hand of Allah is chained." Chained are their hands, and cursed are they for what they say. Rather, both His hands are extended; He spends however He wills. And that which has been revealed to you from your Lord will surely increase many of them in transgression and disbelief. And We have cast among them animosity and hatred until the Day of Resurrection. Every time they kindled the fire of war [against you], Allah extinguished it. And they strive throughout the land [causing] corruption, and Allah does not like corrupters.
• 7:74 · Al-A'rafمُفْسِدِينَ spreading corruptionAnd remember when He made you successors after the 'Aad and settled you in the land, [and] you take for yourselves palaces from its plains and carve from the mountains, homes. Then remember the favors of Allah and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption."
• 7:86 · Al-A'rafٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ (of) the corruptersAnd do not sit on every path, threatening and averting from the way of Allah those who believe in Him, seeking to make it [seem] deviant. And remember when you were few and He increased you. And see how was the end of the corrupters.
• 7:103 · Al-A'rafٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ (of) the corruptersThen We sent after them Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his establishment, but they were unjust toward them. So see how was the end of the corrupters.
• 7:142 · Al-A'rafٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ (of) the corruptersAnd We made an appointment with Moses for thirty nights and perfected them by [the addition of] ten; so the term of his Lord was completed as forty nights. And Moses said to his brother Aaron, "Take my place among my people, do right [by them], and do not follow the way of the corrupters."
• 10:40 · Yunusبِٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ of the corruptersAnd of them are those who believe in it, and of them are those who do not believe in it. And your Lord is most knowing of the corrupters
• 10:81 · Yunusٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ (of) the corruptersAnd when they had thrown, Moses said, "What you have brought is [only] magic. Indeed, Allah will expose its worthlessness. Indeed, Allah does not amend the work of corrupters.
• 10:91 · Yunusٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ the corruptersNow? And you had disobeyed [Him] before and were of the corrupters?
• 11:85 · Hudمُفْسِدِينَ spreading corruptionAnd O my people, give full measure and weight in justice and do not deprive the people of their due and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption.
• 18:94 · Al-Kahfمُفْسِدُونَ (are) corruptersThey said, "O Dhul-Qarnayn, indeed Gog and Magog are [great] corrupters in the land. So may we assign for you an expenditure that you might make between us and them a barrier?"
• 26:183 · Ash-Shu'araمُفْسِدِينَ spreading corruptionAnd do not deprive people of their due and do not commit abuse on earth, spreading corruption.
• 27:14 · An-Namlٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ (of) the corruptersAnd they rejected them, while their [inner] selves were convinced thereof, out of injustice and haughtiness. So see how was the end of the corrupters.
• 28:4 · Al-Qasasٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ the corruptersIndeed, Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and made its people into factions, oppressing a sector among them, slaughtering their [newborn] sons and keeping their females alive. Indeed, he was of the corrupters.
• 28:77 · Al-Qasasٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ the corruptersBut seek, through that which Allah has given you, the home of the Hereafter; and [yet], do not forget your share of the world. And do good as Allah has done good to you. And desire not corruption in the land. Indeed, Allah does not like corrupters."
• 29:30 · Al-'Ankabutٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ the corruptersHe said, "My Lord, support me against the corrupting people."
• 29:36 · Al-'Ankabutمُفْسِدِينَ (as) corruptersAnd to Madyan [We sent] their brother Shu'ayb, and he said, "O my people, worship Allah and expect the Last Day and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption."
• 38:28 · Sadكَٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ like those who spread corruptionOr should we treat those who believe and do righteous deeds like corrupters in the land? Or should We treat those who fear Allah like the wicked?

أَفْسَدُ 15 times

• 2:11 · Al-Baqarahتُفْسِدُوا۟ spread corruptionAnd when it is said to them, "Do not cause corruption on the earth," they say, "We are but reformers."
• 2:27 · Al-Baqarahوَيُفْسِدُونَ and [they] spread corruptionWho break the covenant of Allah after contracting it and sever that which Allah has ordered to be joined and cause corruption on earth. It is those who are the losers.
• 2:30 · Al-Baqarahيُفْسِدُ will spread corruptionAnd [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority." They said, "Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we declare Your praise and sanctify You?" Allah said, "Indeed, I know that which you do not know."
• 2:205 · Al-Baqarahلِيُفْسِدَ to spread corruptionAnd when he goes away, he strives throughout the land to cause corruption therein and destroy crops and animals. And Allah does not like corruption.
• 7:56 · Al-A'rafتُفْسِدُوا۟ cause corruptionAnd cause not corruption upon the earth after its reformation. And invoke Him in fear and aspiration. Indeed, the mercy of Allah is near to the doers of good.
• 7:85 · Al-A'rafتُفْسِدُوا۟ cause corruptionAnd to [the people of] Madyan [We sent] their brother Shu'ayb. He said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. There has come to you clear evidence from your Lord. So fulfill the measure and weight and do not deprive people of their due and cause not corruption upon the earth after its reformation. That is better for you, if you should be believers.
• 7:127 · Al-A'rafلِيُفْسِدُوا۟ so that they cause corruptionAnd the eminent among the people of Pharaoh said," Will you leave Moses and his people to cause corruption in the land and abandon you and your gods?" [Pharaoh] said, "We will kill their sons and keep their women alive; and indeed, we are subjugators over them."
• 12:73 · Yusufلِنُفْسِدَ that we cause corruptionThey said, "By Allah, you have certainly known that we did not come to cause corruption in the land, and we have not been thieves."
• 13:25 · Ar-Ra'dوَيُفْسِدُونَ and spread corruptionBut those who break the covenant of Allah after contracting it and sever that which Allah has ordered to be joined and spread corruption on earth - for them is the curse, and they will have the worst home.
• 16:88 · An-Nahlيُفْسِدُونَ spread corruptionThose who disbelieved and averted [others] from the way of Allah - We will increase them in punishment over [their] punishment for what corruption they were causing.
• 17:4 · Al-Israلَتُفْسِدُنَّ Surely you will cause corruptionAnd We conveyed to the Children of Israel in the Scripture that, "You will surely cause corruption on the earth twice, and you will surely reach [a degree of] great haughtiness.
• 26:152 · Ash-Shu'araيُفْسِدُونَ spread corruptionWho cause corruption in the land and do not amend."
• 27:34 · An-Namlأَفْسَدُوهَا they ruin itShe said, "Indeed kings - when they enter a city, they ruin it and render the honored of its people humbled. And thus do they do.
• 27:48 · An-Namlيُفْسِدُونَ they were spreading corruptionAnd there were in the city nine family heads causing corruption in the land and not amending [its affairs].
• 47:22 · Muhammadتُفْسِدُوا۟ you cause corruptionSo would you perhaps, if you turned away, cause corruption on earth and sever your [ties of] relationship?

فَساد 11 times

• 2:205 · Al-Baqarahٱلْفَسَادَ [the] corruptionAnd when he goes away, he strives throughout the land to cause corruption therein and destroy crops and animals. And Allah does not like corruption.
• 5:32 · Al-Ma'idahفَسَادٍۢ (for) spreading corruptionBecause of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land - it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one - it is as if he had saved mankind entirely. And our messengers had certainly come to them with clear proofs. Then indeed many of them, [even] after that, throughout the land, were transgressors.
• 5:33 · Al-Ma'idahفَسَادًا spreading corruptionIndeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive upon earth [to cause] corruption is none but that they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides or that they be exiled from the land. That is for them a disgrace in this world; and for them in the Hereafter is a great punishment,
• 5:64 · Al-Ma'idahفَسَادًۭا ۚ spreading corruptionAnd the Jews say, "The hand of Allah is chained." Chained are their hands, and cursed are they for what they say. Rather, both His hands are extended; He spends however He wills. And that which has been revealed to you from your Lord will surely increase many of them in transgression and disbelief. And We have cast among them animosity and hatred until the Day of Resurrection. Every time they kindled the fire of war [against you], Allah extinguished it. And they strive throughout the land [causing] corruption, and Allah does not like corrupters.
• 8:73 · Al-Anfalوَفَسَادٌۭ and corruptionAnd those who disbelieved are allies of one another. If you do not do so, there will be fitnah on earth and great corruption.
• 11:116 · Hudٱلْفَسَادِ the corruptionSo why were there not among the generations before you those of enduring discrimination forbidding corruption on earth - except a few of those We saved from among them? But those who wronged pursued what luxury they were given therein, and they were criminals.
• 28:77 · Al-Qasasٱلْفَسَادَ corruptionBut seek, through that which Allah has given you, the home of the Hereafter; and [yet], do not forget your share of the world. And do good as Allah has done good to you. And desire not corruption in the land. Indeed, Allah does not like corrupters."
• 28:83 · Al-Qasasفَسَادًۭا ۚ corruptionThat home of the Hereafter We assign to those who do not desire exaltedness upon the earth or corruption. And the [best] outcome is for the righteous.
• 30:41 · Ar-Rumٱلْفَسَادُ the corruptionCorruption has appeared throughout the land and sea by [reason of] what the hands of people have earned so He may let them taste part of [the consequence of] what they have done that perhaps they will return [to righteousness].
• 40:26 · Ghafirٱلْفَسَادَ the corruptionAnd Pharaoh said, "Let me kill Moses and let him call upon his Lord. Indeed, I fear that he will change your religion or that he will cause corruption in the land."
• 89:12 · Al-Fajrٱلْفَسَادَ corruptionAnd increased therein the corruption.

فَسَدَتِ 3 times

• 2:251 · Al-Baqarahلَّفَسَدَتِ certainly (would have) corruptedSo they defeated them by permission of Allah, and David killed Goliath, and Allah gave him the kingship and prophethood and taught him from that which He willed. And if it were not for Allah checking [some] people by means of others, the earth would have been corrupted, but Allah is full of bounty to the worlds.
• 21:22 · Al-Anbyaلَفَسَدَتَا ۚ surely they (would) have been ruinedHad there been within the heavens and earth gods besides Allah, they both would have been ruined. So exalted is Allah, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.
• 23:71 · Al-Mu'minunلَفَسَدَتِ surely (would) have been corruptedBut if the Truth had followed their inclinations, the heavens and the earth and whoever is in them would have been ruined. Rather, We have brought them their message, but they, from their message, are turning away.

How we count

Each Qur’an word whose stem comes from this root counts once. Attached prefixes and pronouns, such as wa- (and) or al- (the), are not counted separately. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.