| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Baqarah Verse 177 (2:177:31) | الرِّقَابِۚ | الرقاب | rrikâbi | freeing the necks (slaves) | ر ق ب |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces Towards east or West; but it is righteousness(177)- to believe in Allah(178) and the Last Day, and the Angels, and the Book, and the Messengers; to spend of your substance(179), out of love for Him, for your kin, for orphans, for the needy, for the wayfarer, for those who ask, and for the ransom of slaves; to be steadfast in prayer(180), and practice regular charity; to fulfil the contracts which ye have made; and to be firm and patient(181), in pain (or suffering) and adversity, and throughout all periods of panic. Such are the people of truth, the Allah.fearing.* | |||||
| 2 | Al-Baqarah Verse 178 (2:178:12) | وَالْعَبْدُ | والعبد | vel-’abdu | and the slave | ع ب د |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O ye who believe! the law of equality(182) is prescribed to you in cases of murder(183): the free for the free, the slave for the slave, the woman for the woman. But if any remission is made by the brother(184) of the slain, then grant any reasonable demand(185), and compensate him with handsome gratitude, this is a concession and a Mercy from your Lord. After this whoever exceeds the limits shall be in grave penalty.* | |||||
| 3 | Al-Baqarah Verse 178 (2:178:13) | بِالْعَبْدِ | بالعبد | bil-’abdi | for the slave | ع ب د |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O ye who believe! the law of equality(182) is prescribed to you in cases of murder(183): the free for the free, the slave for the slave, the woman for the woman. But if any remission is made by the brother(184) of the slain, then grant any reasonable demand(185), and compensate him with handsome gratitude, this is a concession and a Mercy from your Lord. After this whoever exceeds the limits shall be in grave penalty.* | |||||
| 4 | Al-Baqarah Verse 221 (2:221:18) | وَلَعَبْدٌ | ولعبد | ve le’abdun | and a bondman | ع ب د |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Do not marry unbelieving(245-A) women (idolaters), until they believe: A slave woman who believes is better than an unbelieving woman, even though she allures you. Nor marry (your girls) to unbelievers until they believe: A man slave who believes is better than an unbeliever, even though he allures you. Unbelievers do (but) beckon you to the Fire. But Allah beckons by His Grace to the Garden (of bliss) and forgiveness, and makes His Signs clear to mankind: That they may celebrate His praise.* | |||||
| 5 | An-Nisa Verse 92 (4:92:14) | رَقَبَةٍ | رقبة | rakabetin | (of) a slave | ر ق ب |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Never should a believer kill a believer; but (If it so happens) by mistake,(611) (Compensation is due): If one (so) kills a believer, it is ordained that he should free a believing slave, and pay compensation to the deceased´s family, unless they remit it freely. If the deceased belonged to a people at war with you, and he was a believer, the freeing of a believing slave (Is enough). If he belonged to a people with whom ye have treaty of Mutual alliance, compensation should be paid to his family, and a believing slave be freed. For those who find this beyond their means, (is prescribed) a fast for two months running: by way of repentance to Allah. for Allah hath all knowledge and all wisdom.* | |||||
| 6 | An-Nisa Verse 92 (4:92:32) | رَقَبَةٍ | رقبة | rakabetin | (of) a believing slave | ر ق ب |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Never should a believer kill a believer; but (If it so happens) by mistake,(611) (Compensation is due): If one (so) kills a believer, it is ordained that he should free a believing slave, and pay compensation to the deceased´s family, unless they remit it freely. If the deceased belonged to a people at war with you, and he was a believer, the freeing of a believing slave (Is enough). If he belonged to a people with whom ye have treaty of Mutual alliance, compensation should be paid to his family, and a believing slave be freed. For those who find this beyond their means, (is prescribed) a fast for two months running: by way of repentance to Allah. for Allah hath all knowledge and all wisdom.* | |||||
| 7 | An-Nisa Verse 92 (4:92:46) | رَقَبَةٍ | رقبة | rakabetin | (of) a slave | ر ق ب |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Never should a believer kill a believer; but (If it so happens) by mistake,(611) (Compensation is due): If one (so) kills a believer, it is ordained that he should free a believing slave, and pay compensation to the deceased´s family, unless they remit it freely. If the deceased belonged to a people at war with you, and he was a believer, the freeing of a believing slave (Is enough). If he belonged to a people with whom ye have treaty of Mutual alliance, compensation should be paid to his family, and a believing slave be freed. For those who find this beyond their means, (is prescribed) a fast for two months running: by way of repentance to Allah. for Allah hath all knowledge and all wisdom.* | |||||
| 8 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 89 (5:89:25) | رَقَبَةٍۜ | رقبة | rakabe(tin) | a slave | ر ق ب |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Allah will not call you to account for what is futile in your oaths,(792) but He will call you to account for your deliberate oaths: for expiation, feed ten indigent persons, on a scale of the average for the food of your families; or clothe them; or give a slave his freedom. If that is beyond your means, fast for three days. That is the expiation for the oaths ye have sworn. But keep to your oaths. Thus doth Allah make clear to you His signs, that ye may be grateful.* | |||||
| 9 | At-Tawbah Verse 60 (9:60:0) | الرِّقَابِ | الرقاب | rrikâbi | the (freeing of) the necks | ر ق ب |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Alms are for the poor and the needy, and those employed to administer the (funds); for those whose hearts have been (recently) reconciled (to Truth); for those in bondage and in debt; in the cause of Allah. and for the wayfarer:(1320) (thus is it) ordained by Allah, and Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.* | |||||
| 10 | An-Nahl Verse 75 (16:75:4) | عَبْدًا | عبدا | ‘abden | (of) a slave | ع ب د |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Allah sets forth the Parable (of two men: one) a slave under the dominion of another;(2107) He has no power of any sort; and (the other) a man on whom We have bestowed goodly favours from Ourselves, and he spends thereof (freely), privately and publicly: are the two equal? (By no means;) praise be to Allah. But most of them understand not.* | |||||
| 11 | Al-Mu'minun Verse 47 (23:47:7) | عَابِدُونَۚ | عابدون | ‘âbidûn(e) | (are) slaves | ع ب د |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They said: "Shall we believe in two men like ourselves? And their people are subject(2904) to us!"* | |||||
| 12 | An-Nur Verse 31 (24:31:46) | مَلَكَتْ | ملكت | meleket | possess | م ل ك |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard(2984) their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments(2985) except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband´s fathers, their sons, their husbands´ sons, their brothers or their brothers´ sons, or their sisters´ sons, or their women, or the slaves whom their right hands possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments.(2986) And O ye Believers! turn ye all together towards Allah, that ye may attain Bliss.(2987)* | |||||
| 13 | An-Nur Verse 32 (24:32:6) | عِبَادِكُمْ | عبادكم | ‘ibâdikum | your male slaves | ع ب د |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Marry those among you who are single,(2988) or the virtuous ones among yourselves, male or female: if they are in poverty, Allah will give them means out of His grace: for Allah encompasseth all,(2989) and he knoweth all things.* | |||||
| 14 | An-Nur Verse 58 (24:58:7) | مَلَكَتْ | ملكت | meleket | possess | م ل ك |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O ye who believe!(3033) Let those whom your right hands(3034) possess, and the (children) among you who have not come of age(3035) ask your permission (before they come to your presence), on three occasions: before morning prayer; the while ye doff your clothes for the noonday heat; and after the latenight prayer: these are your three times(3036) of undress: outside those times it is not wrong for you or for them to move about attending to each other: Thus does Allah make clear the Signs to you: for Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.* | |||||
| 15 | Ash-Shu'ara Verse 22 (26:22:6) | عَبَّدْتَ | عبدت | ‘abbedte | you have enslaved | ع ب د |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "And this is the favour (3151)with which thou dost reproach me,- that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel!"* | |||||
| 16 | Ar-Rum Verse 28 (30:28:10) | مَلَكَتْ | ملكت | meleket | possess | م ل ك |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | He does propound to you a similitude from your own (experience):(3535) do ye have partners among those whom your right hands possess, to share as equals in the wealth We have(3536) bestowed on you? Do ye fear(3537) them as ye fear each other? Thus do we explain the Signs in detail to a people that understand.(3538)* | |||||
| 17 | Al-Ahzab Verse 55 (33:55:20) | مَلَكَتْ | ملكت | meleket | they rightfully possess | م ل ك |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | There is no blame (on these ladies if they appear) before their fathers(3760) or their sons, their brothers, or their brother´s sons, or their sisters´ sons, or their women, or the (slaves) whom their right hands possess. And, (ladies), fear Allah. for Allah is Witness to all things.* | |||||
| 18 | Az-Zumar Verse 29 (39:29:4) | رَجُلًا | رجلا | raculen | a man | ر ج ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Allah puts forth a Parable a man belonging to many(4287) partners at variance with each other, and a man belonging entirely to one master: are those two equal in comparison? Praise be to Allah!(4288) But most of them have no knowledge.* | |||||
| 19 | Al-Mujadila Verse 3 (58:3:10) | رَقَبَةٍ | رقبة | rakabetin | (of) a slave | ر ق ب |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But those who divorce their wives by Zihar, then wish to go back(5335) on the words they uttered,- (It is ordained that such a one) should free a slave before they touch each other: Thus are ye admonished to perform: and Allah is well-acquainted with (all) that ye do.* | |||||
| 20 | Al-Balad Verse 13 (90:13:2) | رَقَبَةٍۙ | رقبة | rakabe(tin) | a neck | ر ق ب |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | (It is:) freeing the bondman;(6140)* | |||||