Quran glossary · draft

يَوْمٌ عَسِير

hard to endure

Hard to undergo because the occasion permits no ready relief.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 3

Roots: عسر

Lemmas: عسير · عسر

Forms: عَسِيرًا · عَسِرٌ · عَسِيرٌ

Occurrence examples (3 of 3)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 3.

25:26

ٱلْمُلْكُ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْحَقُّ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ وَكَانَ يَوْمًا عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَسِيرًا

54:8

مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِ يَقُولُ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ

74:9

فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ

Why this meaning was chosen

Quran-internal comparison across all 12 occurrences anchors the family in obstructive difficulty: 2:185 contrasts it directly with ease, 2:280 delays collection until ease follows financial strait, 65:7 promises ease after difficulty, and 94:5-6 places ease with difficulty. Adjectival forms qualify the Day as hard, Form VI marks reciprocal creation of difficulty, and 92:10 names the difficult counterpart to ease in 92:7. The exact profile of العسرى at 92:10 remains reviewable. No protected or pre-run meaning was edited.