Mischief which is a translation for the Arabic, ©FASÄD¨ is the antonym of compensation, service, and good, and it is applied to all kinds of corruption. Any harm, damage, trouble or vexation caused by human agency can be counted as mischief. In otherword all the disorders and disturbances, and going to the extremes in the society are known as making mischief in the land. In the Holy Qurän the word, ©FASÄD¨ appears in various forms and shades of meaning. Sometimes we read it to be equal to fighting against God and His Messenger, (S 5:33) and sometimes it means to destroy and destruct farm and farmer, (S 2:205). In cases it is taken as breaking the covenant with Allah, (S 2:27). In the S10:91, Pharaoh has been called a mischief-maker in the land. Therefore we come to the conclusion that the word, FASÄDِ©MOFSED-FIL-ARZ¨ or the mischief-maker in the land has a wide variety of shades of meaning, and their guilts too is of various grades and importance, and accordingly the punishments decreed for them varies from light to heavy.