Discover the meaning of the word Liver / Difficulty (كبد) in the Quran, with 1 verse in which it appears, and a detailed explanation from Al-Raghib al-Asfahani's Mufradat fi gharib al-Qur'an.
Updated on 29 May 2026 at 7:00 AM
📖 1 min readAl-Kabd refers to the liver.
The Almighty says: 'We have certainly created man into hardship' (Al-Balad 4).
Al-mukābadah is difficult effort.
Al-kabd is also the middle of something, like kabd as-samā' (the middle of the sky).
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