Conceptualization of The Word "Fasād" and Its Semantic Range in The Holy Quran

Among new research methods of the Quranic studies it must be mentioned of semantics of the Quranic words. In such a semantical and notional method, every word is studied and analyzed besides its examples and context. Based on this method, the present paper, regarding the clarification of the concept and nature of “fasād” in philology and terminology and commentators’ views, surveys its Quranic applications. Findings indicate that this term has a general negative concept and is connected to an extensive notional network including “'utuww”, “ghayy”, “khibāl”, “dakhl”, “thabūr”, “bawār”, “fahshā'”, “qubḥ”, and “ṣalāḥ”.