Meccan·Surah 90

البلد

Surah Al-Balad — Ayah 11

The City

20 Ayahs·Verse 90:11
90:11

فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ

But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

Context in Surah Al-Balad

Nearby ayahs help place verse 90:11 in sequence and meaning.

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

And a tongue and two lips?

وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ

And have shown him the two ways?

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ

And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

It is the freeing of a slave