Surah Al-Balad
Quran 90:13
Read Quran 90:13 from Surah Al-Balad (The City) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 90:13
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ١٣
(It is) to free a slave,
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 90. Al-Balad (The City)
- Ayah
- 13 of 20
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 90:13
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 90:13
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
وهذه العقبة شديدة عليه، ثم فسر [هذه] العقبة { فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ } أي: فكها من الرق، بعتقها أو مساعدتها على أداء كتابتها، ومن باب أولى فكاك الأسير المسلم عند الكفار.