Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

The freeing of a slave,

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍۙ
Fakku raqaba
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1fakku(It is) freeingفكك
2raqabatina neckرقب
  • Aisha Bewley

    It is freeing a slave

  • Progressive Muslims

    The freeing of slaves.

  • 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).

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    The freeing of a slave,

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    The freeing of slaves.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    The freeing of slaves.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    The freeing of slaves.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    To free a neck (from the burden of debt or slavery),

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    It is the freeing of a slave

  • Muhammad Asad

    the freeing of one's neck ,

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    (It is) to free a slave,

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    It is freeing someone's neck from slavery;

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    It is the freeing of a slave,

  • Bijan Moeinian

    …. what type of actions will put the man in the right path, ….

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    (It is) freeing a neck (slave)

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    (It is:) freeing the bondman;

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    It is to free a slave,

  • Taqi Usmani

    (It is) freeing of the neck of a slave,

  • Abdul Haleem

    It is to free a slave,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    The freeing of a slave,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    It is freeing captives,

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    It is freeing captives (or prisoners, slaves, the restricted or bound),

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    It is the freeing of a slave, (Literally: the untying of a neck)

  • George Sale

    It is to free the captive;

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    (It is) freeing the slave;

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    (It is) the freeing of a captive (from the bondage of slavery, debt and other afflictions),

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    the freeing of a slave,