Surah 90 · verse 12
Al-Balad 90:12
Sign in to listenوَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ
wa-ma adraka ma al-'aqabah
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
Verse 9Verse 12 Verse 13
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And a tongue and two lips?
Verse 10وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ
And have shown him the two ways?
Verse 11فَلَا 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?
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
It is the freeing of a slave
Verse 14أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Verse 15يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
An orphan of near relationship