Meccan·Surah 90

البلد

Surah Al-Balad — Ayah 13

The City

20 Ayahs·Verse 90:13
90:13

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

It is the freeing of a slave

Context in Surah Al-Balad

Nearby ayahs help place verse 90:13 in sequence and meaning.

فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ

But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ

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

أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

An orphan of near relationship