This phrase has got a wider concept that involves every kind...

This phrase has got a wider concept that involves every kind of dissemination of corruption, spreading indecency and giving help to its development. Of course, in the holy Qur'an, the Arabic word /fahisah/,or /fahsa/, is mostly applied to sexual deviations and obscenity in honour, (defilements of honour), but philologically, as Raqib says in the book Mufradat, 'Fuhsh', 'Fahsha', and 'Fahishah' refer to any behaviour and speech that the obscenity of it is very bad and great.

And, in the holy Qur'an, it is sometimes used in the same vast meaning, such as the verse which says: "And those who shun the great sins and indecencies, ..."[^1] Thus, the extent of the concept of the verse gets completely clear. But, the sentence "... theirs will be a painful punishment in the world..." may refer to religiously prescribed punishments, social reactions, and individual gloomy consequences that in this very world will catch those who commit these actions.

Moreover, their deprivation from the right of testimony and their condemnation to disgrace and iniquity are also its other worldly signs. The agonizing punishment of the Hereafter is Hell Fire, Divine wrath and fury, and not enjoying Allah's bless. At the end of the verse, it says: "...

and Allah knows, while you do not know." Allah is well aware of the gloomy consequences and fatal results of spreading indecency both in the world and the Hereafter, but we are not aware of its different dimensions. He does know in whose heart the interest and love of committing this sin lies. He knows those who carry out this evil action under beguiling names, but we do not know them. He knows how to reveal His ordinances to prevent this wicked and indecent action.

In the last verse in question, that is the last verse which is about 'Ifk', 'struggling with indecency', and 'Qathf, again emphasis is put on the fact that: Had it not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy unto you, and if Allah were not Clement, Merciful on you, He would have sent such a great and painful chastisement upon you in this world that your life could be ruined.

The verse says: "And had it not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy on you, and Allah is Compassionate, Merciful, (you would have been chastised)." Pay attention to some matters: 1- What is Spreading Indecency? Since man is a social creature, the great community in which he lives, from one point of view, is like his home and its enclosure are counted as that of his home.