Surah 90 · verse 11
Al-Balad 90:11
Sign in to listenفَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ
fa-la iqtaham al-'aqabah
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
Verse 8Verse 11 Verse 12
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Verse 9وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And a tongue and two lips?
Verse 10وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ
And have shown him the two ways?
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
Verse 13فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
It is the freeing of a slave
Verse 14أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
