سورة البَلَد
Surah Al-Balad 90:13
The City · Verse 13 of 20
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Abdul Mannan Omar
(It is) the freeing of a captive (from the bondage of slavery, debt and other afflictions),
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
Ahmed Ali
To free a neck (from the burden of debt or slavery),
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Ali Unal
It is the freeing of a bondsman (a slave or a captive);
Daryabadi
It is freeing the neck,
Faridul Haque
The freeing of a slave!
Maulana Muhammad Ali
(It is) to free a slave,
Maulvi Sher Ali
It is the freeing of a slave,
Muhammad Asad
[It is] the freeing of one's neck [from the burden of sin],
Muhammad Musin Khan
(It is) Freeing a neck (slave, etc.)
Muhammad Pickthall
(It is) to free a slave,
Muhammad Sarwar
It is the setting free of a slave
Muhammed ali Shakir
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
Rashad Khalifa
The freeing of slaves.
Shabbir Ahmed
Freeing others from bondage, physical or mental, and from any social, economic or political oppression.
Commentary 90:13 The freeing of a captive (فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ) does not only mean the freeing of a slave; the term also covers all forms of subjugation and exploitation,…
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
90:13 The freeing of a captive (فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ) does not only mean the freeing of a slave; the term also covers all forms of subjugation and exploitation, social, economic or political that can be described as slavery. Freeing of a captive also signifies freeing of one’s self, and others who are plunged in sinful deeds and are slaves of materialism (Râzî; Baghawî).