Discover the meaning of the word Ḥaṣd (حصد) in the Quran, with 6 verses in which it appears, and a detailed explanation from Al-Raghib al-Asfahani's Mufradat fi gharib al-Qur'an.
حصد
Ḥaṣd
Root: ح - ص - د
Creed (aqida) 6 verses
Updated on 29 May 2026 at 7:00 AM
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Definition of Ḥaṣd
The origin of al-hasd: cutting the harvest.
Harvest time is 'hasâd' and 'hisâd'.
Allah says: 'And give its due on the day of its harvest (hasâdihi)' (Al-An'âm: 141).
The right of the poor must be taken at harvest time.
And He it is who causes gardens to grow, [both] trellised and untrellised, and palm trees and crops of different [kinds of] food and olives and pomegranates, similar and dissimilar. Eat of [each of] its fruit when it yields and give its due [zakah] on the day of its harvest. And be not excessive. Indeed, He does not like those who commit excess.
The example of [this] worldly life is but like rain which We have sent down from the sky that the plants of the earth absorb - [those] from which men and livestock eat - until, when the earth has taken on its adornment and is beautified and its people suppose that they have capability over it, there comes to it Our command by night or by day, and We make it as a harvest, as if it had not flourished yesterday. Thus do We explain in detail the signs for a people who give thought.
God and His angels shower their blessings on the Prophet. O believers, you should also send your blessings on him, and salute him with a worthy greeting.