فَسَادٌ distortion in Arabic
فَسَادٌ is how you say “distortion” in Arabic.
Root ف س د f-s-d. noun (verbal noun / maṣdar). fasād.
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Meaning of distortion in Arabic
- corruption, badness, unsoundness the direct opposite of ṣalāḥ (soundness, rightness); describes something bad, wrong, or vitiated in state
- disorder, ruin, destruction a state of disturbance, waste, or ruin — things falling into disorder or coming to nought
- wrongdoing, mischief, evildoing also used for the act of doing evil or stirring up discord and strife between people
- wrongful seizure of property a specific narrower use: taking someone's property unlawfully
Example sentence
قلّة التَّوْفِيق وَفَسَاد الرَّأْي وخفاء الْحق وَفَسَاد الْقلب
Lack of success, distortion of opinion, obscurity of truth, and corruption of the heart.
وَفَسَادُ and distortion
wa- = 'and'; fasad means 'spoiling, corruption', and it starts its own 'of…' phrase with the next word.
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How it is used
Fasād is the standard antonym of ṣalāḥ (soundness/righteousness) and covers everything from moral corruption to physical ruin or civil disorder. Classical commentators cite it in explaining Qur'an 21:22, where it describes the ruin that would follow if there were multiple gods.
Words from the same root
- فَسَدَ to be or become bad, corrupt, or unsound (form I verb)
- أَفْسَدَ to make bad, corrupt, spoil, or ruin something (form IV)
- فَاسِدٌ corrupt, bad, unsound (active participle)
- مَفْسَدَةٌ a cause or source of corruption, harm, or mischief
- فاسدهُ to break off and become at variance with someone (form III)
- استفسد to treat someone so as to provoke disaffection or rebellion (form X)
More example sentences
قلّة التَّوْفِيق وَفَسَاد الرَّأْي وخفاء الْحق وَفَسَاد الْقلب
Lack of success, distortion of opinion, obscurity of truth, and corruption of the heart.
وَفَسَادُ and corruption
wa- = 'and'; the same word fasad ('corruption') as before, here paired with 'the heart'.
وأظهر في الأرض الفساد والجور والكذب وخالف الخلق
And spread corruption, oppression, and falsehood on earth, and contradicted creation.
الْفَسَادَ corruption
This noun, corruption, is the accusative object of the spreading verb and is definite by 'al-'. It is the first of three coordinated objects, presented as the specific corruption brought into the open.
وَقَدْ ذَكَرْنَا أَنَّ الحُمْقَ فَسَادٌ فِي الْعَقْلَيْنِ أَوْ فِي الذِّهْنِ،
We have mentioned that folly is a corruption in the two intellects or in the mind,
فَسَادٌ a corruption
This noun is the predicate that completes the 'that' clause: folly IS a corruption. Unlike the subject before it, it stays in the nominative and carries an indefinite ending (tanwin), marking it as 'a corruption', one instance of the category. Arabic needs no verb 'is' here; simply placing this noun after the subject states the equation.
Common questions
- How do you say "distortion" in Arabic?
- فَسَادٌ (fasād).
- What does the root ف-س-د mean in Arabic?
- It centers on being bad, corrupt, or unsound — the opposite of ṣalāḥ (soundness/rightness) — covering senses from moral corruption to disorder, ruin, and wrongdoing.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).