Quran Ayah al-Balad (The City, This Countryside) 90:13 - 70+ Translation Comparison


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Muhammad Asad   
[It is] the freeing of one's neck [from the burden of sin]
Arthur John Arberry   
The freeing of a slave
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
(It is:) freeing the bondman

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Arabic   
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Arabic   
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
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fakku raqabatin
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˹It is˺ freeing a neck
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Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
(It is) freeing a neck,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
[It is] the freeing of one's neck [from the burden of sin]
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
(It is:) freeing the bondman
M. M. Pickthall   
(It is) to free a slave
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
It is to free a slave;
Wahiduddin Khan   
It is the freeing of a slave
Safi Kaskas   
It is to free a slave,
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
It is the liberating of a bondsperson
T.B.Irving   
[It means] redeeming the captive,
Shakir   
(It is) the setting free of a slave
Abdul Hye   
(It is) the freeing of a neck (slave from bondage);
Saeed Malik   
freeing of a slave
The Study Quran   
[It is] the freeing of a slave
Talal Itani (2012)   
The freeing of a slave
Talal Itani & AI (2025)   
It is freeing a slave.
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
The freeing of a slave,
M. Farook Malik   
It is the freeing of a neck (slave) from bondage
Dr. Kamal Omar   
It is freeing or getting freed one (human) neck from (any sort of) enslavement
Dr. Munir Munshey   
(It is) freeing slaves
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
(It is) freeing the slave
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
It is the freeing of a slav
Muhammad Sarwar   
It is the setting free of a slav
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
(It is) freeing of the neck of a slave
Shabbir Ahmed   
- Freeing others from bondage, physical or mental, and from any social, economic or political oppression. (Freeing the neck includes all the above meanings plus striving to establish the Divine System wherein the only Master is Allah's Law)
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
It is the freeing of a slave, (Literally: the untying of a neck
Hamid S. Aziz   
It is freeing captives (or prisoners, slaves, the restricted or bound)
Abdel Haleem   
It is to free a slave
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
It is freeing the neck
Ahmed Ali   
To free a neck (from the burden of debt or slavery)
Aisha Bewley   
It is freeing a slave
Ali Ünal   
It is the freeing of a bondsman (a slave or a captive)
Ali Quli Qara'i   
[It is] the freeing of a slave
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
It is freeing the captive
Musharraf Hussain   
It is to free a slave,
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
(It is) freeing a slave,
Maududi   
It is freeing someone´s neck from slavery
Mohammad Shafi   
Freeing a slave

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
It is the freeing of the neck of a bondman.
Rashad Khalifa   
The freeing of slaves
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
(It is) the freeing of a slave
Faridul Haque   
The freeing of a slave
Bijan Moeinian   
…. what type of actions will put the man in the right path,…
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
(It is) to free a slave
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
Releasing/freeing a neck/person/slave
Sher Ali   
It is the freeing of a slave
Edip Yuksel   
The freeing of slaves.
Amatul Rahman Omar   
(It is) the freeing of a captive (from the bondage of slavery, debt and other afflictions)
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
It is freeing a neck (from slavery and subjugation)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
(It is) Freeing a neck (slave, etc.

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
N J Dawood (2014)   
It is the freeing of a slave
Arthur John Arberry   
The freeing of a slave
Edward Henry Palmer   
It is freeing captives
George Sale   
It is to free the captive
John Medows Rodwell   
It is to ransom the captive

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi   
Freeing (Fakku) of a slave (Raqabat')
Fode Drame   
It is freeing a soul in bondage,
Munir Mezyed   
It is setting a slave free
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
The setting free of a slave,
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
It is giving freedom to the enslaved.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
(It is) the freeing of a neck (from the yokes of slavery),
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
[It means] redeeming the captive,
Samy Mahdy   
A freeing of a Neck (Slave).
Sayyid Qutb   
It is the freeing of a slave,
Ali Quli Qarai   
[It is] the freeing of a slave,
Thomas Cleary   
Emancipating a slave,
Ahmed Hulusi   
It is to liberate from slavery (to free consciousness from its enslavement to the body)!
Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri   
Freeing a neck
A. S. Mohamed   
It is the freeing of a slave,
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
"It is to free a slave,"
Mir Aneesuddin   
Freeing a slave,
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
It is the freeing of a slave
The Wise Quran Project   
Freeing a neck

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
(It is:) freeing the bondman
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
The freeing of slaves.
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
The freeing of slaves
OLD Literal Word for Word   
(It is) freeing a neck
OLD Transliteration   
Fakku raqabatin