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Muhammad Asad   
[It is] the freeing of one's neck [from the burden of sin]
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
It is to free a slave;
Safi Kaskas   
It is to free a slave,

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Arabic   
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ۝١٣
Transliteration (2021)   
fakku raqabati
Word for Word
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(It is) freeing a neck,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
[It is] the freeing of one's neck [from the burden of sin]
M. M. Pickthall   
(It is) to free a slave
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
(It is:) freeing the bondman
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
It is to free a slave;
Safi Kaskas   
It is to free a slave,
Wahiduddin Khan   
It is the freeing of a slave
Shakir   
(It is) the setting free of a slave
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
It is the liberating of a bondsperson
T.B.Irving   
[It means] redeeming the captive,
Abdul Hye   
(It is) the freeing of a neck (slave from bondage);
The Study Quran   
[It is] the freeing of a slave
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
It is the freeing of a slave.
Talal Itani (2012)   
The freeing of a slave
Dr. Kamal Omar   
It is freeing or getting freed one (human) neck from (any sort of) enslavement
M. Farook Malik   
It is the freeing of a neck (slave) from bondage
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
It is the freeing of a slave, (Literally: the untying of a neck
Muhammad Sarwar   
It is the setting free of a slav
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
(It is) freeing of the neck of a slave
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)
Dr. Munir Munshey   
(It is) freeing slaves
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
(It is) freeing the slave
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
It is the freeing of a slav
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
The freeing of slaves
Abdel Haleem   
It is to free a slave
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
It is freeing the neck
Ahmed Ali   
To free a neck (from the burden of debt or slavery)
Aisha Bewley   
It is freeing a slave
Ali Ünal   
It is the freeing of a bondsman (a slave or a captive)
Ali Quli Qara'i   
[It is] the freeing of a slave
Hamid S. Aziz   
It is freeing captives (or prisoners, slaves, the restricted or bound)
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
(It is) freeing a slave,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
It is freeing the captive
Musharraf Hussain   
It is to free a slave,
Maududi   
It is freeing someone´s neck from slavery
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
The freeing of slaves.
Mohammad Shafi   
Freeing a slave

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
It is the freeing of the neck of a bondman.
Rashad Khalifa   
The freeing of slaves
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
(It is) the freeing of a slave
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
(It is) to free a slave
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
Releasing/freeing a neck/person/slave
Bijan Moeinian   
…. what type of actions will put the man in the right path,…
Faridul Haque   
The freeing of a slave
Sher Ali   
It is the freeing of a slave
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
It is freeing a neck (from slavery and subjugation)
Amatul Rahman Omar   
(It is) the freeing of a captive (from the bondage of slavery, debt and other afflictions)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
(It is) Freeing a neck (slave, etc.

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
The freeing of a slave
George Sale   
It is to free the captive
Edward Henry Palmer   
It is freeing captives
John Medows Rodwell   
It is to ransom the captive
N J Dawood (2014)   
It is the freeing of a slave

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
It is freeing a soul in bondage,
Munir Mezyed   
It is setting a slave free
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
The setting free of a slave,
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
(It is) the freeing of a neck (from the yokes of slavery),
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
It is giving freedom to the enslaved.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
[It means] redeeming the captive,
Samy Mahdy   
A freeing of a Neck (Slave).
Sayyid Qutb   
It is the freeing of a slave,
Thomas Cleary   
Emancipating a slave,
Ahmed Hulusi   
It is to liberate from slavery (to free consciousness from its enslavement to the body)!
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
"It is to free a slave,"
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
It is the freeing of a slave
Mir Aneesuddin   
Freeing a slave,

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
(It is:) freeing the bondman
OLD Literal Word for Word   
(It is) freeing a neck
OLD Transliteration   
Fakku raqabatin