Harassment

«Harassment» covers a wide range of behaviors of an offensive nature. It is commonly understood as behavior that demeans, humiliates or embarrasses a person, and it is characteristically identified by its unlikelihood in terms of social and moral reasonableness.

In the legal sense, these are behaviors that appear to be disturbing, upsetting or threatening. They evolve from discriminatory grounds, and have an effect of nullifying a person's rights or impairing a person from benefiting from their rights.

Etymology

The triliteral root ḥā rā ṣād (ح ر ص), according to corpus.quran.com, occurs in the Quran - 5 times.

English word «harassment», derives from Middle French «harassement» - "exhaustion"; it is synchronically analyzable as verb «harass» - "to annoy" +‎ suffix «-ment», that forms nouns from verbs, synchronically analyzable as "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress, deliberate pestering or intimidation"; derives from "zero grade" quranic root ḥā rā ṣād (ح ر ص).

To be joined

With the triliteral root rā ṣād dāl (ر ص د), according to corpus.quran.com, occurs in the Quran - 6 times. See page «Pursuit».

English word «pursuit», that means "the act of pursuing, a hobby or recreational activity, done regularly, prosecution", derives to "zero grade" quranic root ḥā rā ṣād (ح ر ص).

In the Quran

rā ṣād dāl (ر ص د)

(9:5) So when the Ceasefire Months have passed, then you may kill those who have set up partners wherever you find them, take them, surround them, and set up for them all kind of prosecutions (Arab. مَرْصَدٍ, marṣadin). If they repent, hold the contact prayer, and contribute towards betterment, then you shall leave them alone. God is forgiving, compassionate.