Raqabah __socratesPageHistoryEdit Visual Text RAQABAH. رقبة Lit. "The Neck"; pl. riqab. A term used in the Qur'an for a captive slave. Surah iv. 94. "Whosoever kills a believer by mistake, then let him free a believing neck." The word is used in India for an enclosed area of land. (See Wilson's Glossary of Indian Terms.) Based on <a href="https://www.juancole.com/library/books/encyclopedias/dictionary-of-islam-hughes ">Hughes, Dictionary of Islam</a> CancelTweetShareRedditEmail
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