Al-Balad (البلد)
Chapter 90 · The City · Juz 30
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Fakku raqabah
It is the freeing of a slave
Quran 90:13 — Surah Al-Balad
This is verse 13 of 20 in Surah Al-Balad (البلد), meaning “The City”. It is a Meccan surah — revealed in Makkah before the Hijrah. This verse is located in Juz 30 (Part 30) of the Quran.
Surah Al-Balad is the 90th chapter of the Holy Quran and contains 20 verses (ayat). You can listen to this surah with audio recitation and follow along with transliteration on QuranMakkah.com.
To pronounce this verse, follow the transliteration below. Each syllable represents the Arabic sounds written in Latin letters:
Fakku raqabah
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?
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
It is the freeing of a slave
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
An orphan of near relationship