Slur (Religious) Cluster
مفسد فی الارض
/ mofsed-e fel-arz /
noun · "corruptor on earth" (capital charge)
Say itmofsed-e-fel-ARZ
Meaning
معنی۱
Mofsed is a legal black hole. The penal code lists the sentencing options but the threshold for "corruption on earth" is so loose that judges treat it as discretionary. Defendants are typically convicted in closed Revolutionary Court proceedings, often without a lawyer of their choice, often on confessions extracted under torture. Where Iranian law admits it does not need law, it uses mofsed.
In a sentence
مثالIndictment headline: «به اتهام افساد فی الارض»
be ettehâm-e efsâd-e fel-arz
on the charge of corruption on earth.
Toomaj Salehi case (April 2024): the original death sentence was issued under this charge.
Mohsen Shekari (December 2022): hanged on a related capital conviction; his case set the template for protest-era executions.
In its constellation
در پیوندNo word stands alone. Follow a thread to the words it lives beside — hover to read one, click to open it.
مفسد فی الارضmofsed-e fel-arz
توماج صالحیTumâj Sâlehiمحسن شکاریmohsen-shekariفاسدfâsedفاسقfaseghمرتدmortadفسادfasâdمفسد فی الارضmofsed-e fel-arz
keeps company with ۶ words