Surah 90 · verse 14
Al-Balad 90:14
Sign in to listenأَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ
aw it'amun fi yawmin dhi masghabatin
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
Verse 12وَمَا 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
أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
An orphan of near relationship
Verse 16أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
Or a needy person in misery
Verse 17ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
