Discover the meaning of the word Flight (slave) (أبق) in the Quran, with 1 verse in which it appears, and a detailed explanation from Al-Raghib al-Asfahani's Mufradat fi gharib al-Qur'an.
Updated on 29 May 2026 at 7:00 AM
📖 1 min readAllah says: 'When he fled (abaqa) to the laden ship' (As-Sâffât: 140).
One says 'abaqa al-'abd' (the slave fled) when he runs away.
A fugitive slave is 'âbiq', plural 'ubbâq'.
Ta'abbaqa: he hid like him.
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