سُوْرَةُ الْمُدَّثِّرِ

Surah Al-Muddaththir (74) — Ayah 17

The Cloaked One · Meccan · Juz 29 · Page 575

سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا ﴿17﴾
I shall oblige him to (climb a slippery mountain in the Hell-fire called As-Sa‘ûd, or) face a severe torment!
سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ sa-ur'hiquhu Soon I will cover Him
صَعُودًا ṣaʿūdan (with) a laborious punishment

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17. Soon I will make him climb a difficult ascent [10.1].

[10۔ 1] One meaning of this is that I will subject him to severe difficulties in his life, and the second meaning pertains to the punishment of the Hereafter. As is evident from the following hadith: Abu Sa'id says that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Sa'ud is a mountain in Hell upon which the denizen of Hell will be made to climb, then he will be thrown down from there. This will be his punishment forever." [ترمذي ابواب التفسير]