s-h-q

Description

The Arabic root سحق (s-h-q) carries the core meaning of being crushed, ground into powder, or utterly destroyed, which extends metaphorically to mean something extremely distant or remote. In the Quran, it appears in the derived form "suḥqan" (سُحْقًا) meaning "far off" or "away with," expressing both physical remoteness and a curse of complete destruction or banishment from divine mercy. This usage emphasizes the severity of distance from God's favor, combining the spatial concept of being far away with the notion of being utterly ruined or condemned, typically in reference to the dwellers of Hellfire.