h-s-d

Description

The Arabic root حصد (h-s-d) carries the core meaning of harvesting, reaping, or cutting crops when they reach maturity. In the Quran, this root is used both literally to describe agricultural harvest and metaphorically to illustrate divine judgment, the consequences of human deeds, and the concept of reaping what one sows. The imagery of harvesting serves as a powerful reminder that just as crops are gathered at their appointed time, so too will humans face the results of their actions, whether in worldly destruction or in the ultimate accountability of the Hereafter.