فَسَاد
perversion
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Highlights
Present tense
يُفْسِدُ
Verbal noun
إِفْسَاد
Active participle
مُفْسِد
Passive participle
مُفْسَد
Most common words from the same root
أَفْسَدَ in English
Verb · Form IV
- to spoil, to damage, to ruin
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ. أَلَا إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْمُفْسِدُونَ وَلَٰكِن لَّا يَشْعُرُونَ.When they are told, “Do not spread corruption in the land,” they reply, “We are only peace-makers!”. Indeed, it is they who are the corruptors, but they fail to perceive it.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:11-12
Word origin
Elative of فَاسِد (fāsid, “spoiled, rotten; corrupt; destructive”).
Words from the root ف-س-د
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
فَسَدَ
· present يَفْسُدُ
Form I · The plain action
to be or become rotten, spoiled, bad; to be or become wicked, vile, evil, depraved; to be empty, vain, false, unsound, wrong
فَسَّدَ
· present يُفَسِّدُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to corrupt, spoil, pervert, ruin; to sully, debase, tarnish
تَفْسِيد
مُفَسِّد
مُفَسَّد
to spoil, to damage, to ruin
إِفْسَاد
ruining
مُفْسِد
who corrupts
مُفْسِد
corruptor
مُفْسَد
أَفْسَد
elative degree of فَاسِد
مَفْسَدَة
cause of corruption or evil
أَفْسَدَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | أَفْسَدْتُ | أُفْسِدُ | أُفْسِدَ | أُفْسِدْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | أَفْسَدْتَ | تُفْسِدُ | تُفْسِدَ | تُفْسِدْ | أَفْسِدْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | أَفْسَدْتِ | تُفْسِدِينَ | تُفْسِدِي | تُفْسِدِي | أَفْسِدِي |
| هُوَ he | أَفْسَدَ | يُفْسِدُ | يُفْسِدَ | يُفْسِدْ | — |
| هِيَ she | أَفْسَدَتْ | تُفْسِدُ | تُفْسِدَ | تُفْسِدْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | أَفْسَدْتُمَا | تُفْسِدَانِ | تُفْسِدَا | تُفْسِدَا | أَفْسِدَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | أَفْسَدَا | يُفْسِدَانِ | يُفْسِدَا | يُفْسِدَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | أَفْسَدَتَا | تُفْسِدَانِ | تُفْسِدَا | تُفْسِدَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | أَفْسَدْنَا | نُفْسِدُ | نُفْسِدَ | نُفْسِدْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | أَفْسَدْتُمْ | تُفْسِدُونَ | تُفْسِدُوا | تُفْسِدُوا | أَفْسِدُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | أَفْسَدْتُنَّ | تُفْسِدْنَ | تُفْسِدْنَ | تُفْسِدْنَ | أَفْسِدْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | أَفْسَدُوا | يُفْسِدُونَ | يُفْسِدُوا | يُفْسِدُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | أَفْسَدْنَ | يُفْسِدْنَ | يُفْسِدْنَ | يُفْسِدْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | إِفْسَاد |
|---|---|
| Active participle | مُفْسِد |
| Passive participle | مُفْسَد |
أَفْسَدَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to spoil
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ. أَلَا إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْمُفْسِدُونَ وَلَٰكِن لَّا يَشْعُرُونَ.When they are told, “Do not spread corruption in the land,” they reply, “We are only peace-makers!”. Indeed, it is they who are the corruptors, but they fail to perceive it.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:11-12
From a fully vowelled text
وَلاَ مِنْ وَبَإٍ يَسْلُكُ فِي الدُّجَى، وَلاَ مِنْ هَلاَكٍ يُفْسِدُ فِي الظَّهِيرَةِ.Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.Psalms 91:6, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَقَاوَمَهُمَا عَلِيمٌ السَّاحِرُ، لأَنْ هكَذَا يُتَرْجَمُ اسْمُهُ، طَالِبًا أَنْ يُفْسِدَ الْوَالِيَ عَنِ الإِيمَانِ.But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.Acts 13:8, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ يُفْسِدُ هَيْكَلَ اللهِ فَسَيُفْسِدُهُ اللهُ، لأَنَّ هَيْكَلَ اللهِ مُقَدَّسٌ الَّذِي أَنْتُمْ هُوَ.If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.1 Corinthians 3:17, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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