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;
Wahiduddin Khan
It is the freeing of a slave
Safi Kaskas
It is to free a slave,
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
It is the liberating of a bondsperson
T.B.Irving
[It means] redeeming the captive,
Shakir
(It is) the setting free of a slave
Abdul Hye
(It is) the freeing of a neck (slave from bondage);
The Study Quran
[It is] the freeing of a slave
Talal Itani (2012)
The freeing of a slave
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
It is the freeing of a slave.
Dr. Kamal Omar
It is freeing or getting freed one (human) neck from (any sort of) enslavement
Dr. Munir Munshey
(It is) freeing slaves
Syed Vickar Ahamed
(It is) freeing the slave
It is the freeing of a slav
It is the freeing of a neck (slave) from bondage
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)
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
It is the freeing of a slave, (Literally: the untying of a neck
[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)
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
It is freeing the captive
Musharraf Hussain
It is to free a slave,
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
(It is) freeing 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
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,
Linda “iLHam” Barto
It is giving freedom to the enslaved.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
(It is) the freeing of a neck (from the yokes of slavery) ,
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,"
Mir Aneesuddin
Freeing a slave,
It is the freeing of a slave
The Wise Quran
Freeing a neck