Quranic Arabic term for a transgressor against religious law, used in modern Iranian discourse as a moral slur against women out of hijab, drinkers, and people who break religious norms publicly.
Deployed from pulpits, in state media, and inside families. Marks the target as outside the moral community, which in Iran can justify social exclusion, professional retaliation, and in some cases formal sanction.
Fasegh is the soft-edged slur that lets the speaker pretend they are quoting scripture while doing civic violence. We document it so learners can hear the move when it happens.
Learners encounter fasegh in sermons, state broadcasts, and family arguments. Translating it as immoral loses the religious-civic weight that makes it dangerous.
فاسق (fasegh) is Arabic for one who has stepped outside a moral boundary, the Quranic name for a transgressor against religious law. In contemporary Iranian usage it slips from scripture into living rooms and Friday sermons as a label for women whose hijab does not pass inspection, for people who drink, for anyone visibly breaking a religious norm. Fasegh is about behavior, while its cousin منافق (monafegh) is about loyalty. The accusation is portable: a cleric uses it from the pulpit, a father uses it across a kitchen table, a regime mouthpiece uses it about a singer. Each use carries the same payload, you have stepped outside, you no longer count.
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